Will Richardson explains why emissions cuts today won't prevent climate damage in the next 15 years: the warming is already locked in. Businesses need adaptation and resilience plans now, not just mitigation for the future.
Here is the timing problem nobody is acknowledging. The emissions you cut today take decades to translate into less warming. The climate impacts hitting your business in the next 15 years are baked in. They are coming whether you reduce your footprint or not, whether China reduces theirs or not, whether the entire planet hits net zero by 2050 or not. So if your climate strategy is only mitigation, you are protecting the planet your grandchildren will inherit. You are not protecting the business you are running right now.
