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Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts

– 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.

Climate risk and response in Asia

Will infrastructure bend or break under climate stress?

Could climate become the weak link in your supply chain?

Will the world’s breadbaskets become less reliable?

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Will infrastructure bend or break under climate stress?
– Infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy, connecting people, enhancing quality of life, and promoting health and safety.... But climate change is revealing infrastructure vulnerabilities.

A Mediterranean basin without a Mediterranean climate?
– The Mediterranean’s signature climate drives tourism and agriculture in the region. What impact is climate change likely to have?

Will mortgages and markets stay afloat in Florida?
– Flood risk is rising in Florida due to climate change. How exposed is residential real estate—both directly and indirectly—and... what can be done to manage the risks?

Can coastal cities turn the tide on rising flood risk?
– Coastal cities are on the front line of flooding. Two very different cities, Ho Chi Minh City and Bristol, help illustrate variations... in risks and approaches to adaptation.

Thomas L. Friedman: An interview with Mother Nature
– The New York Times foreign affairs columnist shares what the environment can teach us about thriving in an age of disruption... in a conversation with James Manyika.

How technology is reshaping supply and demand for natural resources
– The ways we consume energy and produce commodities are changing. This transformation could benefit the global economy, but resource... producers will have to adapt to stay competitive.

Resource revolution: Tracking global commodity markets
– Commodity prices, though off recent peaks, still reflect emerging-market demand, a challenging geology, innovative technology,... and improved resource productivity.

Game changers: Five opportunities for US growth and renewal
– Five catalysts can reignite the US economy—opportunities in energy, trade, technology, infrastructure, and talent development... can add hundreds of billions of dollars to annual GDP and create millions of new jobs by 2020.

Resource revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs
– Resource prices are rising and becoming more volatile. Without a resource revolution, we all face the prospect of damage to global... growth, welfare, and the environment.

Averting the next energy crisis: The demand challenge
– Global energy-demand growth is expected to flatten in the short term but will rebound with recovery. Indeed, there is potential... for liquids-demand growth to outpace that of supply—risking a new spike in oil as soon as 2010 to 2013, depending on the depth of the economic downturn.

Fueling sustainable development: The energy productivity solution
– By choosing more energy-efficient cars and appliances, and selecting lower-energy-consuming production technologies, developing... countries could cut their annual energy-demand growth by more than half over the next 12 years.
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