Multinational Corporations and Climate Change

Risks, Responsibilities, and Resilience
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-61090-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten

How do global firms confront the defining challenge of our era? Drawing from international business, political economy, and environmental policy, Jonas Gamso offers an integrated framework for understanding how multinational corporations manage physical, transition, liability, and reputational climate risks through strategies of adaptation, avoidance, transfer, diversification, and acceptance. Blending rigorous empirical analysis with detailed case studies of Ørsted, ExxonMobil, and Saudi Aramco, among others, he reveals how companies make strategic decisions amid accelerating climate impacts and shifting policy landscapes, while also illuminating the effects of public policy and international relations. The book provides essential insights for scholars of international relations, business, and development, as well as for policymakers and practitioners seeking to align economic competitiveness with global sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gamso, Jonas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The climate challenge; 2. MNCs as contributors to climate change and innovators for climate solutions; 3. Climate risks to MNCs; 4. Business strategies for climate risk management; 5. International business opportunities amid climate disruption; 6. Navigating climate change in the energy industry; 7. Public policy and climate risk management; 8. Public policy and climate opportunities; 9. International public policy and climate risk management; 10. International public policy and climate opportunities; 11. Rising to the climate challenge; Appendix; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gamso, Jonas
Jonas Gamso is Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Knowledge Enterprise in the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. His research has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of World Business, World Development, and other journals. His commentary has been featured in The Conversation, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, and The World Today. He also directs the UN Global Compact's SDG Innovation Accelerator at ASU.