Earth’s changing climate has big implications for individuals, businesses, and policy makers. This collection draws together articles and reports on physical climate risk, sustainability, the energy transition, and approaches to face up to the challenges brought on by climate change.
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Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
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How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
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Curbing methane emissions: How five industries can counter a major climate threat
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Methane accounts for about one-third of global warming. New McKinsey research shows how five industries can cut emissions with...
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How cities can adapt to climate change
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Research identifies 15 proven ways that urban areas around the world can adapt to climate risk.
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A blueprint for scaling voluntary carbon markets to meet the climate challenge
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The trading of carbon credits can help companies—and the world—meet ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Here...
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McKinsey on Climate Change
This special downloadable collection brings together recent McKinsey research and perspectives on the climate risks the world must confront and actions to reduce emissions.
Sustainability and the post-COVID-19 recovery
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Making supply-chain decarbonization happen
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Active supply-chain decarbonization is becoming a license to operate for businesses, but companies aiming to be role models in...
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Investing in infrastructure for a ‘green recovery’
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Asset managers must understand climate change's impact on portfolios. Lawrence Slade of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association...
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How a post-pandemic stimulus can both create jobs and help the climate
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The $10 trillion in stimulus measures that policy makers have allocated could be decisive for the world’s low-carbon transition....
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Why a stable climate is important for our businesses and our lives
McKinsey Global Institute senior fellow Mekala Krishnan explains how climate impacts are nearer than you might think.
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Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
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How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
Interactive - McKinsey Quarterly
The 1.5-degree challenge
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Holding warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels could limit the most dangerous and irreversible effects of climate change.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Climate math: What a 1.5-degree pathway would take
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Decarbonizing global business at scale is achievable, but the math is daunting.
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How big business is taking the lead on climate change
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Business leaders have made bold commitments to reducing emissions. The challenge will be fulfilling these pledges across industries....
Interview - McKinsey Quarterly
Asia at the speed of light: An interview with the head of ReNew Power
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The energy transition will remake Asia, says Sumant Sinha, managing director of ReNew Power.
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Ørsted’s renewable-energy transformation
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Twelve years ago, the Danish energy company made most of its money from fossil fuels. Today, it’s the world’s leading offshore-wind...
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Author Talks: What will it take to save the planet?
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In his new book, Siddarth Shrikanth argues that the economic case for protecting nature is well known. Focusing on the intrinsic...
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How negative emissions can help organizations meet their climate goals
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Substantial negative emissions (carbon removals) are needed with emission reductions to avert catastrophic climate change. Analysis...
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Climate math: What it takes to limit warming to 1.5°C
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We can limit climate change and reduce carbon emissions to zero if leaders in key industries act now. Here’s an action...
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Global Energy Perspective 2021
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The Global Energy Perspective describes our view on how the energy transition can unfold, through four scenarios.
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Accounting for values and valuation
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Former UPS finance chief Kurt Kuehn describes how the SASB framework can help companies measure, manage, and disclose material...
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Climate change and P&C insurance: The threat and opportunity
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Many in the property and casualty insurance industry have underestimated the immediacy of physical—and systemic—effects...
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Banking imperatives for managing climate risk
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More than regulatory pressure is driving banks to manage climate risk. Financing a green agenda is also a commercial imperative—but...
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Climate risk and the opportunity for real estate
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Real-estate leaders should revalue assets, decarbonize, and create new business opportunities. Here’s how.
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How to prepare for a sustainable future along the value chain
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Consumer-goods companies are setting ambitious sustainability targets for themselves. To reach those targets, however, changes...
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Meeting the sustainable infrastructure challenge
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Welcome to the September 2021 issue of Voices on Infrastructure, a collection of insights on how infrastructure can...
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How hydrogen combustion engines can contribute to zero emissions
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Hydrogen combustion engines can leverage existing technologies and provide a zero-emissions option for specific use cases while...
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Five retail banking products that unite value and a sense of purpose
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As increasing numbers of customers look for products and services with positive social or environmental impacts, banks can add...
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On target: How to succeed with carbon-reduction initiatives
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McKinsey research reveals which industries are on track to meet green objectives and how they got there.
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How companies capture the value of sustainability: Survey findings
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What makes the difference between a sustainability program that produces business value and one that doesn’t? A new survey...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
The irresistible momentum behind clean, electric, connected mobility: Four key trends
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Mobility’s future is visible in the increasing support of capital markets, the demands of Chinese consumers, the effort to slow...
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How insurance can help combat climate change
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In the transition to a green economy, the insurance industry can play a critical role in helping stakeholders manage risk.
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The zero-carbon car: Abating material emissions is next on the agenda
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The automotive industry could abate 66 percent of emissions from their material production at no extra cost by 2030—if industry...
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America 2021: Renewing the nation’s commitment to climate action
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To America’s leaders, innovators, and changemakers: here’s how you can help build a low-carbon economy that is resilient,...
Report - MGI Research
Climate risk and response in Asia
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In many ways, Asia is on the frontline of a changing climate. We analyze the extent of climate risk facing the region and effective...
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How the European Union could achieve net-zero emissions at net-zero cost
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The decarbonization pathways to a net-zero Europe are countless, but not all are cost optimal. We explore one pathway that could...
From the New at McKinsey blog
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Can data science turn ocean conservation dreams into reality?
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Through a series of pro-bono projects, McKinsey is supporting the Blue Nature Alliance by developing innovative funding models...
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Launching McKinsey Sustainability: Our new platform for helping clients innovate to net zero
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To help every industry get to “net zero” by 2050, McKinsey Sustainability will serve clients on sustainable corporate...
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Dickon Pinner: Why sustainability must be core to the post-pandemic recovery
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Our firm’s global Sustainability leader talks about the extent of climate change’s risks and how organizations can...
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