The Climate Web
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The Climate Web 10/5/2026
Strategists and Scenario Planners - TOC
E - Systems Thinking
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Scenario Planning TOC
Strategists and Scenario Planners - TOC
Systems Thinking TOC
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* Companies should pledge to not compromise societal efforts to protect the planet
* Systemic intervention is required, raising the bar on private-sector leadership on sustainability
* The disclosure needed today is not GHG emissions, it is what companies stand for in promoting systems change
* We must formulate a new minimum standard of social responsibility, a step towards eco-literacy
2017 Depletion of Resources
2017 Failing States
2017 Global Capitalism
2017 Global Climate Change
2017 Global Climate Change
2017 Peak Oil
2017 Population Growth and Poverty
2017 Potential Unraveling of Civilization
2017 The Fundamental Dilemma
2017 Threats to Food Security
2017 Three Kinds of Growth
2017 Unlimited Growth vs. Finite Planet
Climate change comes from not recognizing its indirect effects
E - Systemic Climate Risk
How do people think about complex holes like the climate?
In failing to to take a systemic view, the sustainability movement has failed to engage politically
It may be wishful thinking to hope that today's voluntary action can be replaced by voluntary systems-change action.
Sustainable companies showcase their own piecemeal efforts rather then collaborate for the needed system change
The challenge is no longer what individual companies can do, it is what the private sector can do to drive systemic change
The cybernetic revolution neglected the systems their side, meaning we lost out on a deeper understanding of the world we live in
The problems we face are the result of the workings of complex systems
We have to be careful about the use of metaphors
You need something like systems theory to think about issues like climate change
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I - SystemsThinking (Deep Dive)