The 1.5 °C Business Playbook
1.5 °C Compatibility Assessment of tools/initiatives
Opportunities
Challenges
Description
Description comments
What the assessment is meant to be used for
3. Strategic decisions: The framework pushes for large scale commitment and prioritization of sustainable practices for its users, with a significant focus on what the strategy to reach 1.5C compatibility should/can be
Stakeholder focus
5. Other: The playbook is largely general and can likely apply/be relevant for various types of stakeholders and actors that have an interest in sustainable transition
Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders: Main focus is providing qualitative principles and guidance on how sustainable transition can and should be intregrated and prioritized by its users
Time horizon
1. now: Although 2050 is mentioned as a breakpoint for a specific level of global emissions, the focus is understood to largely be focused on the 2020s (i.e. near future)
Approach
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors: Pillar' 1&2 focus on reducing emissions (Page 16-19)
2. Delivering new solutions to needs: Pillar' 3&4 focuses on integration of climate in all business decisions as well as influcening external actors such as policy makers to focus on a solution agenda (Page 20-23)
Assessment unit
9. Other: No specific focus has been identified, and in general the principles presented can likely be applied to most (or all) types of stakeholders
1.5 C Pathway Focus
5. N/A, unknown: The different pillars are compatible with different pathways, and together they cover many core aspects found in all four pathways (e.g. reduction of emissions, CCS, introduction of a solution agenda, source
Scale of operations
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other: No scale of operation identified
1.5 °C Compability Assessment comments
Opportunities
1. Help establish a dynamic solution perspective: Some of the focus of the framework is related to this
4. 1.5 °C Compatible: Some of the focus of the framework is related to this
6. Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals: Mentioned but no significant focus identified. Likely compatible with pillar 3 and 4
8. Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative: Some aspects (specifically pillar 3 and 4) allign with Mission Innovation's NCI
9. Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors): No specific focus identified
Challenges
1. Lock-in Potential from the solutions: Focus on reduction of emissions in existing value chains will likely ensure focus on lock-in and resources intensive solutions
2. Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus: Similar to lock-in and resource intensive solutions, by having significant focus on improving existing sectors the focus will likely to some extent be kept on supply and end-of-pipe solutions
5. Resource Intensive Solutions: Focus on reduction of emissions in existing value chains will likely ensure focus on lock-in and resources intensive solutions
6. Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs: No specific focus identified
9. No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion: No filtering identified
10. Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors: Significant focus on reduction of emissions in existing sector/solutions
11. Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement: No specific focus identified
12. No focus on clustering of solutions: Aspects in pillar 4 which includes looking beyond your own specific solution/activity is likely to promote clustering, but no active mention of clustering has been identified in the framework, which reduced the chance of active solution clustering happening (where they focus is just not on how to help reduce emissions but how multiple solutions interact and help support eachother)