This paper sets out the science behind global environmental change, defined by the US Global Change Research Act as ‘changes in the global environment (including alterations in climate, land productivity, oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chemistry, and ecological systems) that may alter the capacity of the Earth to sustain life’. We explain why there is still scepticism about the science in the business world and introduce eight gestalt shifts that are likely to change how executives think about environmental change and the threats and opportunities such changes present. The paper concludes with future research directions on business and global environmental change and outlines how the business case for investment in clean technology means that the transition to clean tech is inevitable.

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全球环境变化入门

本文阐述了全球环境变化背后的科学，美国《全球变化研究法案》将其定义为“全球环境的变化（包括气候、土地生产力、海洋或其他水资源、大气化学和生态系统的变化），这些变化可能会导致改变地球维持生命的能力”。我们解释了为什么商业界仍然对科学持怀疑态度，并介绍了八种格式塔转变，这些转变可能会改变高管们对环境变化以及此类变化带来的威胁和机遇的看法。该论文总结了未来关于商业和全球环境变化的研究方向，并概述了投资清洁技术的商业案例如何意味着向清洁技术的过渡是不可避免的。