Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change

Climate adaptation offers competitive advantages to businesses worldwide. This report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change in ways that build the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries. It is a resource for companies with a national, regional or global reach that are interested in increasing their strategic focus on adaptation in developing countries where they have operations, supply chains, employees and current or potential customers. This report is also aimed at national and international policymakers involved in climate change and sustainable development dialogues and decision-making. It is hoped that the report’s findings will be useful for a much wider range of actors as well, including small, local businesses in developing countries that are on the front line of climate impacts; civil society organizations seeking to strengthen their work around climate change and sustainable development; and subnational policymakers, who are in a key position to shape a productive interface among government, communities and businesses.