A climate transition plan is a strategic document that outlines how a company will transition from its current emissions profile to one consistent with a 1.5°C scenario. It is neither a statement of intent nor a list of energy-efficiency measures: it is a document that integrates reduction targets, committed investments, changes to the business model,…
A decarbonization roadmap is an operational document that answers a specific question: Given this company’s emissions profile, what measures should be implemented, in what order, with what investment, and toward what target? What Is a Decarbonization Roadmap? A decarbonization roadmap identifies a company’s most significant sources of emissions, evaluates the available measures to reduce them,…
In a world where climate change poses an unprecedented threat to our way of life—and where government leadership has been conspicuously absent—businesses have a fundamental responsibility and a unique opportunity to lead the way toward a more sustainable future. Setting “science-based” decarbonization goals is not only a step toward combating climate change, but also a…
Climate action is the set of measures—political, business, technological, and social—aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting human systems to the impacts of climate change that are already inevitable. It is not an abstract concept: it has international frameworks that define it, metrics that measure it, and specific actors who implement it or evade…