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The doorway below uses active links to let you explore the breadth and depth of topical coverage in the Climate Web. Right clicking on links opens the Climate Web to that exact spot (each thought in the Climate Web has its own URL). Links open into the on-line version of the Climate Web, and allow you to see the range of curated topical resources available to you. Note that the on-line version of TheBrain software doesn’t do a good job of demonstrating the power, the speed, and the ease of use of the software, and this carries through to applications like the Climate Web. We’ll discuss below the ways you can leverage the knowledge curation available in the Climate Web, while avoiding the limitations.
Business Climate Risks Doorway
The climate change as business risk conversation has evolved rapidly in recent years. As recently as 2011 Mercer Consulting was concluding that while policy risk might already be material, physical risk was still decades away. Mercer reversed course in a 2015 report in which they announced that climate change had arrived.
A number of key topics come into play when it comes to exploring “business risk” to climate change.
- The evolution of business climate risk thinking
- Business risk known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns
- GHG emissions as a proxy for business risk
- Distinguishing between societal and business risk framing
- “Expected climate change” vs. “potential climate risk”
- The likelihood of an “Inevitable Policy Response”
- What carbon pricing levels businesses may need to adapt to
- Sectoral sensitivities to levels of carbon pricing
- Systemic climate risk as the business risk elephant in the room
- Greenwashing and greenwishing as business risk
Note that there are other closely related Doorways also available to you.
Timely Questions
The list below is by no means intended to be comprehensive. Our goal is primarily to flag the range of topics and questions currently in play, and to perhaps raise some questions that users might not have considered, but that might contribute to finding actionable knowledge.
- Although recent court cases in The Netherlands and Germany suggest that litigation against governments for failing to adequately respond to climate change might be gaining ground, will that continue to be the case?
- Is there any realistic possibility that climate change could emulate the course of tobacco litigation, with companies becoming liable for the current and future costs of climate change?
- Will evolving “attribution science” have a signficant impact on climate change litigation outcomes?
- Could the formalization of “Ecocide” in international law have a significant impact on climate change litigation outcomes?
- Could the growing acceptance of the “necessity defense” lead to a surge of civil disobedience and potentially more direct disruptions of business activities on behalf of climate change mitigation?
- How are companies using litigation to counter climate activism?
Timely Resources
Included here are links to a small subset of resources specific to this Doorway. Right-clicking on the links will usually go directly to the on-line story, bypassing the Climate Web itself (although that’s where they’re all organized). Note that what’s listed here represents just the smallest sliver of the topical information organized in the Climate Web. If the stories seem a bit dated, we apologize. We’re constantly trying to update these Doorways, but we do fall behind. Feel free to send us a note through the contact form at right requesting an update!
- 2021/3 the ECB’s economy-wide climate stress test
- 2021/5 The World’s Largest Pension Fund Has Cooled on ESG
- 2021/4 What’s the point of saving for retirement in a world on fire?
- 2021/4 Improving return to risk ratios by reducing climate risk exposures The race to net-zero urgently requires this
- 2021/3 Pricing ESG risk in credit markets
- 2021/1 Supply Chains as a Game-Changer in the Fight Against Climate Change
- 2021/5 Power Failures During Heat Waves
- 2021/4 Sea-level rise could submerge fiber optic cables, a key component of internet infrastructure
- 2021/3 A Glimpse of America’s Future: Climate Change Means Trouble for Power Grids
- 2021/2 'California and Texas are warnings': Blackouts show US deeply unprepared for the climate crisis
- 2021/2 Study Shows California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season
Topical Doorway into Climate Web
The goal of the links organized below is to illustrate how topical information is organized in the Climate Web. If you’re looking for a much better developed story-line relating to this topic, that literally walks you through the key issues, points to relevant sources and other materials, consider the Premium Roadmaps discussed later on this page.
We’ll start with the highest level of information organization in the Climate Web, and work our way down to more granular knowledge curation (which may be what you’re ultimately most interested in). We think it’s worthwhile understanding how information has been curated in the Climate Web, even if you’re ultimately focused on a specific question.
The highest level or organization in the Climate Web is Index Entries (of which there are more than 3,000). Index Entries are Topical Doorways in their own right, linking you both to other relevant Index Entries, and to curated information. Index Entries specifical to this Topical Doorway include:
- I:IndirectImpactsasBusinessRisk
- I:BusinessImpactsandRisks (Deep Dive)
- I:BusinessRiskVariables
- I:PhysicalImpactsasBusinessRisk
- I:InvestorResponseasBusinessRisk
- I:Litigation/LiabilityasBusinessRisk
- I:RiskDisclosureasBusinessRisk
- I:TransitionRisk
- I:BusinessImpactsattheSectorLevel
Sources Headings organize books, reports, and journal articles. The Climatographers are constantly extracting useful graphics, ideas, and more from these sources, and organizing them under Extracted Materials headings (see below).
- S - Assessments of Business Climate Risks
- S - Litigation Outcomes as Business Risk
- S - Economic/Political Disruption as Business Risk
- S - Business Perceptions of Climate Risks
- S - Historically Low Probability Outcomes as Business Risk
- S - Carbon Intensity/Footprint as Business Risk
- S - Supply Chain Disruption as Business Risk
News and Opinion Headings organize news stories and blogs, often allowing you to scan the evolution of a topic over the last 5-10 years just by scanning the headlines. Note that with local access to the Climate Web all you have to do is hover your mouse over a specific story to have it open instantly on your screen.
- N - Business Climate Risk News
- N - Business Risk Variables
- N - Business and Sector Impacts
- N - Climate Stress Testing
- N - Business Risk Perceptions
- N - Indirect Impacts of Climate Change
- N - Investor Risk Perceptions
Extracted Materials Headings organize the ideas, graphics, and more that we’ve individually extracted from sources. Individual thoughts are always physically linked back to their source, allowing you to easily follow an idea or graphic back to the report or article it came from, which in turn lets you explore other extracted materials, or click through to the larger Sources Heading.
- E - Business Value at Risk
- E - Business Risk Assessment
- E - Business Risk Timing
- E - Business Risk Perception
Networking Topical Headings organize websites, experts, and more:
Video Topical Headings organize videos.
Topical Dashboards pull everything else together to help users come rapidly up to speed on a particular topic. Just a few Dashboards are pointed to below, and more are being added all the time. Note that the contents of Dashboards changes on an ongoing basis as new materials are added. Dashboards can deliver all kinds of information, as explored here. Note that while you can get an overview of Dashboards in the on-line Climate Web, they are confusing to actually use in the on-line version of the software.
- 101 Physical Risk Assessment
- 101 Surveying the WEF’s Global Risk Reports
- 101 Stranded Assets
- 101 Business Climate Risk Overview
Pre-Set Search Strings
Pre-set search strings are intended to help you explore the latest information on a topic, and to stay current with relevant sub-topics. Topical pre-set search strings in the Climate Web can include: Twitter Hashtag Searches, Google Searches, Google Scholar Searches, Google Image Searches, YouTube Searches, Vimeo Searches, Quora.com Searches, Reddit Searches, DeepDyve Searches (professional journals). They’re a great way to supplement the curated knowledge in the Climate Web. You can see how pre-set search terms work in this 1 minute video
Here are some of the pre-set search strings the Climatographers have found to be relevant to this Topical Doorway. Unfortunately, you can’t tell exactly where the search is going from the links below, even though it’s obvious if you’re accessing these search terms in the Climate Web itself. In fact, all you have to do is hover your mouse over a search string to have it automatically execute on your screen. They’re a bit time saver.
- climate policy risk
- climate policy business risk - images
- #policyrisk
- climate change policy risks
- how can businesses adapt to climate change policy
- is climate policy a business risk
- is climate policy a risk to business
- climate policy risk
- climate change business risk
- climate liability risk
- business liability risks climate change
- climate change liability risks - images
- climate change liability risks
- climate change liability risks
- climate change liability risks
- risk to business climate change
- business value at risk
- value at risk
- business value at risk - images
- Value at risk
- #valueatrisk
- business value at risk
- value at risk questions
- business value at risk
- business value at risk
- value at risk
- supply chain disruption risk climate change
- indirect climate impacts risks to business - images
- supply chain disruption due to climate change - images
- Effects of climate change
- Supply chain risk management
- climate change risk to business
- food system climate impacts business risks
- indirect climate impacts risks to business
- supply chain disruption due to climate change
- indirect climate impacts risks to business
- supply chain disruption risk climate change
- indirect climate impacts on business
- supply chain disruption climate change
- supply chain disruption climate change
Accessing the Climate Web
This Topical Doorway has pointed you to a lot of topical resources. Since the Climate Web is open-access on-line, you’re free to explore these resources there. But as discussed above, on-line access is not an efficient way to leverage the Climate Web. The desktop and mobile versions are much more flexible, powerful and at least 500% faster when it comses to exploring the Climate Web (a function of TheBrain software itself).
If you want to take advantage of the Climate Web we strongly recommend taking advantage of the ability to download it, whether through our Your Climate Brain or Premium Access. You’ll be surprised at how cost-effective we’ve made these options as a way to leverage thousands of hours climate knowledge curation, but if they are still financially out of reach please contact us through the contact form at right to explore a free license.
Premium Topical Roadmaps are also an option for exploring topics in more depth, and they can be used even in the on-line version of the Climate Web. Representing hundreds of hours of research and knowledge curation, Premium Roadmaps link together together explanatory materials, topical headings, individual reports, news stories, videos, websites, and curated topical dashboards to explore a topic in depth, even including links to individual ideas and graphics extracted from a wide range of key sources.
Premium Roadmaps tell the story of a topic in far more detail than a Topical Doorway like this one. To clearly see the differences between a Topical Doorway and a Premium Topical Roadmap, you can take a look at both versions for “Under-Estimating Climate Risks:”
Another option you have to access topical knowledge in the Climate Web is to work directly with the Climatographers. We can deliver uniquely cost-effective customized briefings, webinars, E-courses, and more for utilizing the topical knowledge curated in the Climate Web To learn more about topical briefings, for example, take a look at our Climate Briefings page.
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