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The CEO Shortlist
The CEO Shortlist

Curated by Liz Hilton Segel, chief client officer and managing partner, global industry practices, & Homayoun Hatami, managing partner, global client capabilities

COP28 kicks off in two weeks. Thousands of CEOs and other leaders will pack their bags and head to Dubai to debate the next steps on the road to net zero. In this special sustainability edition of the CEO Shortlist, we offer our latest thoughts on the world’s biggest problem. We hope you enjoy the read.

—Liz and Homayoun

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*Sweeping gesture* Adaptation has made all this possible. Homo sapiens adapted to changing climate conditions to spread all over the globe and invent things we need like fireplaces and agriculture (as well as luxuries like smartphones and cheese puffs). Today, finding ourselves in an existential climate predicament, we can—must—once again lean on adaptation.

What’s different this time? We have to be much, much more organized about it. Here’s a starting point: Ten key requirements for a systemic approach to climate adaptation, a new article by
Alexis Trittipo, Hamid Samandari, Homayoun Hatami, Mekala Krishnan, Philipp Koch, and Carter Powis.

We hope you find our sustainability content inspiring and helpful. See you in two weeks with four more McKinsey ideas for the CEO and others in the C-suite. 

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