Adapting to Climate Change: A Guide for the Energy and Utility Industry

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Description

This primer on climate change adaptation in the energy and utility (E&U) industry:
- Summarizes how E&U companies are reporting on climate change risks and opportunities;
- Highlights current and emerging best practices and guidance for E&U companies on how to develop a proactive approach to climate change adaptation; and
- Provides recommendations for next steps for company consideration.
The E&U industry is vast, encompassing upstream producers of fossil fuels, downstream processers and refiners, logistics and distribution networks, electric and gas utilities, renewable energy companies, and providers of energy management and other services, to name a few subsectors. This brief summarizes some common key issues across this diverse industry.

Reference information

Websites:

http://www.bsr.org/reports/BSR_Climate_Adaptation_Issue_Brief_Energy_Utilities.pdf

Source:

BSR

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2009

Keywords:

energy supply

Climate impacts:

Non specific

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Energy

Geographic characterisation:

Global

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