COP27 has ended
and the best case scenario
for the planet’s climate
has quietly shifted
from 1.5C of warming
to about 2.4C.
This has an impact
on those of us
who are building businesses.
Coral reefs were dead
at 1.5C, for example.
2.4C means they will be dead
sooner.
As in, within the decade,
sooner.
If your business is located
close to reefs,
losing those reefs will impact
your foot traffic.
You might wish
to find alternative sources
of prospective customers.
Glaciers will also shrink
and/or disappear.
As will the polar ice caps.
There will be more natural disasters,
more drought,
more water and food shortages,
and all this will happen sooner.
Insurance coverage
for our businesses
will become more and more key.
As will ensuring
we have supplies.
If we can buy supplies
in advance,
we should likely
factor the cost of doing that
into our start up expenses.
Climate change WILL
change the way we do business.
We should plan for that.