Climate risk and response: Generating an industry-informed, future-focused, research agenda

Abstract

There is a significant capacity for management research to contribute to addressing the multifaceted challenge of climate change. This includes identifying and then addressing climate change–related risks and opportunities which are already on the horizon and likely to be of critical importance in the future, but which are not yet the focus of our attention. To do this effectively, and ensure the resulting research is impactful, will involve adopting an abductive research approach; one where industry practitioners collaborate with academic colleagues to develop the kinds of research questions they would seek to have them research. This article demonstrates the value of such an approach. Academics and practitioners are brought together into a co-authoring team that engages in the problematisation of climate risk and opportunity. Four issues emerge as common and significant themes: uncertainty, information, motivation, and investment. These are used to construct an industry-informed, future-focused research agenda. JEL Classification: M100 General