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.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Confronting climate risk
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The changing climate is poised to create a wide array of economic, business, and social risks over the next three decades. Leaders should start integrating climate risk into their decision making now.
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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 specialized skills are needed to protect balance sheets.
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Will infrastructure bend or break under climate stress?
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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.
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Could climate become the weak link in your supply chain?
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Greater frequency and severity of climate hazards can create more disruptions in global supply chains—interrupting production, raising costs and prices, and hurting corporate revenues.
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Reduced dividends on natural capital?
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The world’s stock of natural resources performs a range of services that are essential to human well-being. But climate change is accelerating the depletion of natural capital.
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A Mediterranean basin without a Mediterranean climate?
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The Mediterranean’s signature climate drives tourism and agriculture in the region. What impact is climate change likely to have?
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How will African farmers adjust to changing patterns of precipitation?
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Agriculture is critical to Africa’s growth and development, but climate change could destabilize local markets, curb economic growth, and heighten risk for agricultural investors.
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Will the world’s breadbaskets become less reliable?
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The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing vulnerabilities in the global food system which could be compounded by climate change risks.
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Will mortgages and markets stay afloat in Florida?
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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?
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Can coastal cities turn the tide on rising flood risk?
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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.
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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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Addressing climate change in a post-pandemic world
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The coronavirus crisis holds profound lessons that can help us address climate change—if we make greater economic and environmental resiliency core to our planning for the recovery ahead.
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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. Here’s how organizations can bring economic and environmental priorities together.
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Driving CO2 emissions to zero (and beyond) with carbon capture, use, and storage
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Any pathway to mitigate climate change requires the rapid reduction of CO2 emissions and negative-emissions technologies to cut atmospheric concentrations. Technology and regulation will be the key.
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Fashion on climate
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How the fashion industry can urgently act to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions
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How airlines can chart a path to zero-carbon flying
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The coronavirus crisis will transform aviation, giving airlines their best chance yet to address climate change. Sustainable fuels are a key part of that strategy.
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Plastics recycling: Using an economic-feasibility lens to select the next moves
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The Plastics Recovery and Reuse model helps identify the most effective moves to boost plastics recycling, using analysis of fully integrated economics across the value chain.
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The European recycling landscape—the quiet before the storm?
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Before plastics recycling in Europe can scale up, the industry needs to overcome sizable obstacles. Our survey helps illustrate what companies can do to achieve their aspirations.
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McKinsey Electric Vehicle Index: Europe cushions a global plunge in EV sales
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McKinsey’s recent analysis of global electric-vehicle markets shows both challenges and opportunities ahead.
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How to drive winning battery-electric-vehicle design: Lessons from benchmarking ten Chinese models
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Our analysis of the Chinese battery-electric-vehicle market revealed important clues for OEMs that want to thrive in this sector.
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Leaving the niche: Seven steps for a successful go-to-market model for electric vehicles
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To regain momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, the players in this market must reconsider their strategies.
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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 participants work together and start now.
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Decarbonization challenge for steel
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Steel players across the globe, and especially in Europe, are increasingly facing a decarbonization challenge.