It’s too hard to make business decisions in the face of climate uncertainty – here’s how ‘storylines’ could help

Mon, 9 Sep 2024 17:15:08 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/its-too-hard-to-make-business-decisions-in-the-face-of-climate-uncertainty-heres-how-storylines-could-help-236588>

"What will our climate look like in the future? It is hard to overstate not
only the importance of answering this question, but also the challenges
involved in doing so.

We know the climate is changing rapidly. But without information about where we
are headed, planning – at personal, organisational and societal levels –
becomes tricky, to put it mildly.

Because climate risks are also understood as financial risks, many countries
around the world – including Australia – are moving to make climate risk
reporting mandatory. Accordingly, this need for a plan can no longer be
ignored.

But the way we currently communicate climate risk has some serious limitations.

Recent research led by Tanya Fiedler explores these limitations, and proposes
that a new approach – incorporating the power of narratives – would be more
useful and practical for organisations."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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