Cocreation for impact

The dire consequences of accelerating climate change and global warming are well known. According to a report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, dwindling resources, including food shortages, could trigger violent conflicts or even revolutions, and critical species could become extinct—leading to a collapse of the entire ecosystem. ¹

Global warming poses a more complex challenge than an epidemic or a space race—in part due to multiple stakeholders’ competing interests. Developing nations want to lift families from poverty through jobs in coal, oil, and gas; oil corporations are answerable to shareholders; and suburban infrastructure is designed around cheap fuel, and politicians’ popularity could be threatened by energy price shocks.

^{1 Coral Davenport, “Major climate report describes a strong risk of crisis as early as 2040,” New York Times, October 7, 2018; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Summary for policymakers of IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C approved by governments,” October 2018. View in article}

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