{"id":11885,"date":"2026-02-19T16:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/?p=11885"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:06:25","slug":"adapting-to-climate-change-without-giving-up-on-cutting-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/tomorrow-choices\/adapting-to-climate-change-without-giving-up-on-cutting-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Adapting to climate change, without giving up on cutting emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As climate deadlines slip and extreme weather intensifies, many companies are quietly reframing their strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, climate talks focused on mitigation \u2013 or cutting greenhouse gas emissions to keep global warming under control. Now a new word has moved to the centre of the debate: adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At November\u2019s UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil, that shift was unmistakable. \u201cThere is clearly a change to adaptation,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/delbard-olivier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olivier Delbard<\/a>, professor in the Sustainability Department at ESCP Business School. \u201cAt the latest COP that was visible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That shift in mindset is especially visible inside companies. <strong>As efforts to cut emissions continue to stall, businesses are increasingly asking: if we cannot stop all of the warming, how do we live with it<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the business world, there is a general fatigue around mitigation,\u201d Delbard says. \u201cWe are missing the targets, and mitigation is not very attractive in terms of potential returns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cutting emissions looks expensive, slow and uncertain, while the financial payoff is hard to measure and even harder to capture in the short term. Adaptation, by contrast, can look like something to invest in, rather than something to cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet behind that shift is a darker assumption: \u201cThere is this feeling that it is too late in a way,\u201d says Delbard, who has worked on sustainability issues for more than 25 years. And that is where the strategic risk begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the business world, there is a general fatigue around mitigation. We are missing the targets, and mitigation is not very attractive in terms of potential returns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/wp-content\/uploads\/delbard-olivier_emma-frery-photographe_hd-carre-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Emma Frery<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adaptation is not a substitute<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Delbard is clear: shifting towards adaptation must not mean giving up on cutting emissions. That would be a mistake, he argues. <strong>Without deep cuts in emissions, global temperatures could rise by several degrees by the end of the century<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that point, adaptation becomes harder \u2013 and in some places, impossible. \u201cThe most vulnerable countries are in the developing world,\u201d Delbard notes. \u201cFor many of them, adaptation would be extremely difficult. Some low-lying countries are already facing existential threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For global companies, this is not a distant moral question. It is a systemic business risk. Rising temperatures affect labour productivity, water availability, agricultural output, infrastructure stability and political stability. Supply chains do not operate in isolation from these pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That reality raises the stakes. Framing adaptation as the \u201conly way out\u201d risks lowering ambition, he says. \u201cIt\u2019s an easy way out. It\u2019s sexier. But we cannot overlook mitigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ready for the shocks?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If adaptation is climbing the political agenda, corporate readiness for physical climate shocks remains uneven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask Delbard what businesses are least prepared for, and the answer is immediate: \u201cNatural disasters.\u201d Floods. Droughts. Heatwaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many companies, he argues, still see climate change through a narrow lens \u2013 regulation, disclosure requirements and small adjustments to their offerings \u2013 rather than as a direct physical threat to their operations. As Delbard puts it, \u201cthey view climate in terms of products\u201d rather than ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argues that globalisation has deepened the problem. As companies spread operations across continents, they lost close ties to the places they depend on. Climate risk can feel distant \u2013 at least until a flood, drought, or storm brings it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a mindset gap, Delbard adds. Resilience is often seen as the state\u2019s responsibility. <strong>For many companies, putting in place a serious plan to anticipate and manage climate disruption is still not a core priority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The more large companies work with their suppliers, the more influence they can have beyond their own operations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From efficiency to resilience<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Where companies <em>are<\/em> taking action, they are starting with the supply chain. \u201cSupply chains are crucial,\u201d Delbard notes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of chasing lower costs through overseas expansion, many firms now see <a href=\"https:\/\/escp.eu\/thechoice\/tomorrow-choices\/building-business-resilience-through-climate-change-adaptation-strategies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how exposed those long, complex chains are to climate shocks<\/a>. A single extreme weather event can ripple across multiple tiers of suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One response Delbard sees is to make supply chains more regional: shorter, simpler and easier to manage. That can mean creating regional hubs or bringing some production back in-house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is clear that this requires a shift in mindset. Instead of focusing only on cutting costs and protecting short-term margins, companies need to ask a harder question: will this model hold up in a more volatile climate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means building slack into the system. <strong>Circular models \u2013 reusing materials and reducing waste \u2013 and regenerative approaches that restore natural resources are part of that shift towards durability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Delbard, the hardest part is getting suppliers to move with you. Large multinationals rely on thousands of them, scattered across countries with different laws and business practices. Many are small firms running on thin margins. Asking them to change how they produce, source, or invest is not simple. It requires time, support and a clear business reason to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet this is also where companies have the greatest leverage, Delbard argues. When a multinational changes its standards or purchasing rules, suppliers have to follow. \u201c<strong>The more large companies work with their suppliers, the more influence they can have beyond their own operations<\/strong>,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stuck in the short term<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the case for climate adaptation is clear, why does progress still feel so slow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the main issues, in his view, is that many boards and shareholders still lack sufficient knowledge of climate risks. Even when a climate strategy is signed off on at the top, it can stall further down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managers are judged on sales, costs and quarterly results. Climate investments often come with upfront costs and long payback periods, which can make them harder to justify. Incentives do not help, Delbard adds. Chief executives typically serve limited terms, and executive pay is still largely tied to short-term financial performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That makes it harder to commit serious capital to projects that may not pay off for years. It also exposes a structural gap, he continues. Much of the bold climate innovation is happening in start-ups. But these companies often lack the funding and scale to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>You need radical innovation from start-ups,\u201d Delbard says. \u201cBut they often lack funding. Large companies have the capital and the ability to scale those ideas<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delbard argues that unless large companies back start-ups with real funding and scale, adaptation will remain slow. At the same time, he is clear that adaptation alone is not enough. Leaders must do two things at once: manage the risks already unfolding, and continue cutting emissions to limit what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity \u2014 and responsibility \u2014 lies in bridging that gap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As global temperatures rise and mitigation efforts stall, climate adaptation is rising up the corporate agenda. 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