This study examines the effect of climate risk on entrepreneurs’ growth aspirations (EGAs) between female and male entrepreneurs on the one hand and between solo and non-solo founders on the other. Drawing on data pertaining to 54,814 entrepreneurs across 48 countries and regions for the 2005–2016 period, we find that climate risk has a positive effect on EGAs and this effect is stronger for female entrepreneurs and non-solo founders. This study extends the consequences of climate risk to individual entrepreneurship, identifies climate risk as an antecedent of EGAs, and advances our knowledge of differences between female and male entrepreneurs and between solo and non-solo founders.

本研究一方面考察了气候风险对企业家成长愿望 (EGA) 的影响，一方面是女性和男性企业家之间，另一方面是独立创始人和非独立创始人之间的关系。利用 2005 年至 2016 年期间 48 个国家和地区的 54,814 名企业家的数据，我们发现气候风险对 EGA 有积极影响，这种影响对女性企业家和非单身创始人更为强烈。这项研究将气候风险的后果扩展到个人创业，将气候风险确定为 EGA 的前因，并增进了我们对女性和男性企业家之间以及独立创始人和非独立创始人之间差异的认识。