1.3. What opportunities will climate change bring?

The flip side of risk is opportunity. Climate change is not all bad news and there are opportunities for businesses and nations, as well as people. Business strategies can be aligned to enhance and develop new product lines for emerging markets created from the effects of climate change.

• Yale University Sabin Price Lecture [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] on Entrepreneurship in climate change: Brighter Planet

Here are some case studies of how companies have turned around the climate change risk to their advantage:

• Whirlpool;
• DuPont.

Here are some other resources that look at business opportunities in climate change:

• Strategies that address global climate change, from Michigan University;
• Camco;
• Green Investing on climate change.

These web-based resources consider opportunities for businesses in other countries:

• Northern Europe — Climate change: adapting to the impacts;
• Australia - ‘A climate of opportunity’;
• Overseas Development Institute – ‘Challenging development: Will climate change hold back poverty reduction?’
• The International Fund for Agricultural Development: ‘Challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmers in the context of climate change and new demands on agriculture’