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Table of Contents: Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach


Introduction 11
I. Climate Change: A Range of Risks and Opportunities 3
II. The Case for Business Adaptation: What is at Risk?
7
III. The Risk Disk and The Adaptation Challenge 11
IV. Meeting the Challenge: Screening for Climate Impacts and Adaptation
15
Question 1. Is climate important to business risk?
16
Question 2. Is there an immediate threat?
 17
Or are long-term assets, investments, or decisions being locked into place?

Question 3. Is a high value at stake if a wrong decision is made?
18
V. Case Studies: Three Business Responses to Climate Risks 19
Entergy Corporation: A Climate Wakeup Call—
The First Step Was Admitting There Was a Problem
20
The Travelers Companies, Inc.: An Ounce of Prevention—
23
Linking the Interests of Homeowners, Business, and Insurance Providers
Rio Tinto: Reappraising “Normal”—
 26
VI. Conclusions 29
Endnotes 31
References 33