Climate Change Business Journal® previews its annual analysis of the climate change industry with a dissection of preliminary 2020 data in key climate change industry indicators of global temperature, emissions and weather events, and in key industry segments wind, solar, energy storage, electric vehicle and carbon markets.
Climate Change Business Journal® recognizes 2020 business achievements across a broad spectrum of categories in the climate change industry. The 32 recipients of 2020 CCBJ Business Achievement Awards represent non-profits, associations, and individuals, but mostly the large and small companies that have committed their business assets to climate solutions and that made significant traction in the market in 2020. Several award winners contribute executive Q&As to provide more details on their 2020 award and plans for the future, along with a diverse set of newsmakers and analysts advancing climate change industry objectives.
The 2020s promises be the decade of the climate change industry as factors are aligned for scaling breakthroughs in key segments of the industry. The U.S. climate change industry represents 18% of the global climate change industry. One would expect that with 9 segments, 62 quantified sub-segments and a total of $446 billion in the US and $2.42 trillion worldwide, segment growth rates would not exhibit much volatility. But segment volatility has been in evidence for much of the 2010s, and more volatility may resurface in the 2020s as the next 10 years of the climate change industry is written. However, it seems certain that climate change industry growth will be at two times of more that of GDP growth for the foreseeable future.
Climate Change Business Journal presents a conceptual model by the EBI research team that puts the value of natural infrastructure at $33 quadrillion. Based on a meta-study of natural resource data and environmental economics papers, mostly in the academic realm, CCBJ presents a global policy argument with not a flippant but a serious viewpoint of: ‘You might as well start somewhere’.
This 61-page edition of CCBJ features equal treatment of Green Buildings & Smart Cities and the confluence of the two markets in city and community planning with numerous exhibits and pertinent secondary research to enable companies to define niches for future business growth.
