Beyond Net Zero - does climate adaptation plus transition planning equal organizational resilience?

Climate adaptation has not historically been given either the same focus or level of financial investment as climate mitigation. But according to Isobel Ashbey, Head of Biodiversity and Nature Tech at deep tech product development and technology consultancy, Cambridge Consultants, this situation is now changing.

She argues that recent extreme heatwaves across much of Europe had "focused minds" on that fact that preparing for, and adjusting to, the impacts of climate change is becoming vital - although she recognizes that the "zeitgeist is fickle".

As such, Ashbey acknowledges that "there's now loads of talk at conferences" about adaptation. She is also seeing more organizations thinking about it as a commercial opportunity in terms of developing new products and services. But more broadly:

It's not clear how that translates into action and expenditure. We saw a wave of interest in nature a couple of years agoand that didn't translate...

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