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Kara studied her bachelors of law at the University of Glasgow and her masters in international law at the University of Aberdeen, before looking for a more creative career path. She found this in advertising, working as a content manager in London. After a move to Paris in 2019 she decided to switch to freelance copywriting in order to scratch her creative itch. Kara joined the team at Greenly in 2023 as SEO copywriter for the UK market.  

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Stephanie completed a bachelor's degree in English & Multimedia in 2020 at the University of Maryland College Park. She previously worked as a social media content video creator and freelance copywriter. After seeking opportunities to put her various creative passions to good use, she joined Greenly in mid 2022 as SEO copywriter for the U.S. blog to provide her American perspective on the climate change issues we face today. 

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After graduating in 2016 with a master’s degree in marketing, Ines began her career in project management. However she soon decided to turn towards writing, to bring her core competencies to the service of societal changes. First working as a freelance copywriter, she joined Greenly in early 2022 to help fight global warming.

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Justine a toujours été passionnée de lecture et d’écriture. En 2019, elle parvient justement à faire de sa passion son métier, en devenant rédactrice web indépendante. Motivée par ses engagements écologiques, elle rejoint l’équipe de Greenly en 2022 afin de mettre ses compétences au service de la cause environnementale. 

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How should businesses adapt to their project models to accommodate for risk management and various constraints, opportunities, and limitations? Here are five questions to understand chapter 16.

<h2 id="">Why is it important for everyone to understand risk-based approaches?</h2>All businesses and people should be equipped to understand potential opportunities, constraints, and the limits that are relevant to human adaptation. Dedicating oneself to better understanding risk management allows one to fully understand the potential impacts their actions could have on climate change, and how others could adapt to their actions.Implementing and planning to adapt are contingent on someone’s individual perception of risk. Just like one person may not see much risk in jumping off a high cliff for a cannon ball in a swimming pool, another may view it as out of the question and absolutely, inherently too dangerous. However, while some would be willing to take a certain risk – they still may not, as it could have a negative impact on the sustainability of a natural element such as an ecosystem. The ultimate goal to learning how to make decisions regarding risk-based decisions is to avoid anything with substantial consequences whenever possible. ⛔Social actors should recognize that their capacity for decision making is finite, and that their level to adapt should be the same.A social actor is anyone who completes a social action that can impact their family, a village, a clan, a tribe, a nation, or economic, cultural, and religious factors.&nbsp;‍<h2 id="">What are the pros and cons of adaptation?</h2>There are several pros and cons of adaptation by social actors. For starters, adaptation almost always will have an ethical impact – which can be controversial even if the benefits are demonstrated.&nbsp; Implementing adaptation requires one to carefully understand the different resources and how their actions will impact the environment, people, and other sectors.&nbsp;For instance, insurance for a large project could impact other social actors or stakeholders. Therefore, a decision like this one where a social actor would implement the use of adaptation could create ethical concerns depending on who could be affected by the insurance policy. It is also important to note that while adaptation measures are great and should be taken by all social actors, they shouldn’t be done in place of greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies as the cause for concern regarding climate change only continues to grow. Adaptation measures alone are not strong enough, and national and international laws respectively should also influence the decision making at a regional and local level so that both private and public sectors can successfully implement sustainable practices. In order for one to be successful at implementing adaptation, they must assess both the financial costs as well as the social and environmental impact their actions could have. ‍<h2 id="">What components are most important to understand in order to successfully implement adaptation? </h2>In adaptation, there are many key factors that are helpful in learning how to successfully execute a new method without having a grave impact on others. For example, it’s important for a social actor to not get too greeny in the finance factor, and still maintain a sense of self-discipline to assess the risk-factors for all sectors involved. Also, it’s important to recognize that our world isn’t created equally: different adaptation processes could have a different impact depending on where in the world it is happening. 🌍Social actors also don’t recognize the vast opportunities for adaptation around the world across a multitude of sectors. The value of enriching the awareness of individuals, organizations, and institutions on the impact of adaptation on climate change should not be disregarded. &nbsp;It is important that social actors cultivate the decision making skills necessary so that they can calmly decipher the potential options and limit the risk of negatively impacting a different sector.&nbsp;Ultimately, social actors, businesses, or anyone who chooses to implement risk-management or adaptation into their daily efforts should realize that learning how to successfully implement adaptation comes with time and practice.‍<h2 id="">What are the most common challenges and methods with adaptation? </h2>Some of the most difficult challenges of adaptation are because there is a wide array of biophysical, institutional, financial, social, and cultural factors that can prevent one from successfully implementing adaptation. Also, climate change serves as one of adaptation’s biggest roadblocks – as the rates of economic development, demographic change, ecosystem alteration, and technological innovation are all influenced by climate change, and climate change is only continuing to get worse and therefore, continuously impacting these various sectors that impact implementing adaptation. Planning for adaptation also requires extensive knowledge on humans, social endeavors, and finances. A lack of knowledge in any of these sectors can impact one’s success in implementing adaptation measures. Specifically, it can be difficult to pertain to all ages, gender, and others risk perceptions when implementing adaptation. Due to this, social actors can experience difficulty in finding overall success in their adaptations but also – it is important to note that you can’t please everyone. 🤷‍<h2 id="">Can understanding risk management help to reduce climate change? </h2>If social actors obtain a better understanding of risk management and adaptation, can they help to reduce climate change?Not exactly. It’s more so the other way around. If the various sustainability efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are successful, the need to understand risk management and adaptation won’t be as necessary anymore. However, it’s important to note that the steps and measures taken to prevent greenhouse gas emissions and adapt are both forms of risk management – and practice in one can help one achieve success in the other. However, it’s also important to realize that climate change will still negatively impact all sectors such as economic, business, and religion even with the efforts to implement adaptation.&nbsp;Therefore, it’s crucial to implement both efforts to mitigate climate change and adaptation efforts simultaneously to achieve the most optimal results for everyone around the world. ‍<h2 id="">What do you need to remember?</h2>In order for businesses and social actors to be successful, it is important that they learn how to adapt to different scenarios and to properly assess risk management factors such as financial constraints, opportunities, and limitations. Doing so can help to reduce business costs, improve sustainability, and overall – reduce global emissions and contribute to the fight against climate change. ‍<h2 id="">What about Greenly? </h2>Your company/organization can also do its part.<a href="https://www.greenly.earth/en-us/demo" id=""> Call our experts</a> and ask for your carbon assessment!‍‍🚀 If you enjoyed reading this article, here are a few more :<ul id=""><li id=""><a href="https://www.greenly.earth/blog-en/what-is-the-climate-disclosure-rule-proposed-by-the-sec" id="">What is the climate disclosure rule proposed by the SEC?</a></li><li id=""><a href="https://www.greenly.earth/blog-en/ipcc-report-2022-everything-you-need-to-know" id="">IPCC report 2022: everything you need to know</a></li><li id=""><a href="https://www.greenly.earth/blog-en/fast-fashion-can-a-balance-be-found-between-the-textile-industry-and-protecting-the-environment" id="">Fast Fashion: can a balance be found between the textile industry and protecting the environment?</a></li><li id=""><a href="https://www.greenly.earth/blog-en/how-to-implement-a-csr-approach-in-your-company" id="">How to implement a CSR approach in your company</a></li><li id=""><a href="https://www.greenly.earth/blog-en/ipcc-ar6-5-questions-to-understand-chapter-3" id="">IPCC AR6: 5 questions to understand Chapter 3</a></li></ul>‍

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