Posted on April 13, 2014 by wikistrat
Wikistrat is happy to release today the report from a recent brainstorming session called “The Coming Storm: Commercial Implications of Climate Change.”
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established by the United Nations, each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any other on record. Climate change models predict increased warming will have the direct effect of rising sea levels and an increase in the frequency and strength of extreme weather events. Climate change threatens societies’ access to clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food supply and secure shelter. These factors, in turn, result in indirect challenges to existing consumption patterns and public policies.
In a world where goods and capital markets are highly integrated, firms depend on international markets to buy their inputs, sell their outputs and raise investment. In this interconnected world, climate change will be an increasingly important factor.
In February 2014, Wikistrat ran a two-week brainstorming drill exploring the commercial implications of climate change. More than fifty analysts collaboratively explored which industries are most vulnerable to climate change — and which industries stand to gain from it.
In this report, Wikistrat Senior Analyst Dr. Amanda Jakobsson highlights a selection of the insights from this exercise.
Click here or on the thumbnail to download the PDF report.
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