Adapting to climate change
Adaptation, a strategic imperative
Faced with intensifying climate risks – heatwaves, floods, resource shortages – companies need to anticipate, adapt and strengthen their resilience.
This means assessing and identifying vulnerability, securing infrastructures, diversifying resources and rethinking business models. Beyond risk management, adaptation also offers opportunities for innovation, sustainable performance and differentiating positioning in changing markets.
Why choose our support?
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Customized support
Every organization is unique. We take the time to understand your challenges and constraints, as well as your climate maturity, in order to design an appropriate, concrete action plan. We speak the language of engineers and decision-makers alike, to build realistic, controlled solutions.
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A team of enthusiasts
Kapstan is a team of enthusiasts who know what’s at stake, and are convinced that the climate transition is both an opportunity and a necessity.
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Recognized technical expertise
We have solid experience in the detailed analysis of data, climate issues and business processes. Trained in Carbone 4’s OCARA method, we use the latest recognized tools.
Our approach :
Tailor-made support
Kick-off meeting
- Objective: Initiate support and validate the relevance of the service for the company.
- Actions : Initial discussion with the expert to ensure that the service meets the company's needs. If necessary, referral to a more appropriate offer or specific support.
Adaptation awareness workshop
- Objective: Raise awareness of climate change issues and the adaptation process among teams and managers. Two formats are available: standard or in-depth.
- Actions: Explanation of the differences between adaptation and mitigation, introduction to climate issues and adaptation opportunities. This workshop can be customized in two formats to suit your organization.
Climate risk analysis
- Objective: Identify the company's vulnerabilities and ability to adapt to climatic hazards.
- Actions : Value chain analysis to identify sensitivities to climate risks. Pre-diagnosis and interviews with the company's key professions. Data cross-referenced with climate projections (2035 and 2055 scenarios) to assess risks. Choice of analysis tools adapted to the company's specific needs.
Presentation of results and co-construction of action plan
- Objective: Present the results of the risk analysis and co-construct an adaptation action plan.
- Actions: Organization of a workshop with stakeholders to present the detailed results of the risk analysis and co-define a structured action plan for the company's adaptation.
Internal integration of recommendations
- Objective: Integrate adaptation recommendations into the company's internal processes.
- Actions: Delivery of customized action sheets with processes to be integrated or subjects to be explored in greater depth, and support in implementing and monitoring the recommended actions.
Any questions?
There is little uncertainty as to what the climate will be like in 2050, largely determined by the quantities of greenhouse gases already sent into the atmosphere. Beyond that, the future climate will depend mainly on our ability to reduce these emissions. We therefore need to cut greenhouse gas emissions drastically. The first pillar of the fight against climate change is mitigation.
However, the consequences of climate change are already visible and we need to adapt to them now, by doing things differently. The second pillar is therefore adaptation to climate change. Its purpose is to propose solutions and make populations, infrastructures and businesses more resilient in the face of new natural risks (flooding, coastal erosion, heatwaves, drought, etc.).
France will experience global warming of around 2°C by 2050. After that date, the evolution will depend on our efforts to reduce emissions. Warming could reach 4°C by 2100, leading to more frequent heat waves, extreme precipitation and rising sea levels. Impacts will vary from region to region and from sector to sector.
The effects of climate change will vary according to region and local context. Urban, mountain and rural areas will be affected differently. It is therefore crucial to adapt solutions to the specific characteristics of each area. Preparing for local risks (heatwaves, droughts) and adopting “no-regrets” measures such as water management are essential.
Yes, France has adopted a baseline warming trajectory to guide adaptation. The 3rd National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (PNACC) 2025 sets out concrete actions to address impacts such as heat waves, flooding and biodiversity loss. The aim is to protect the population and strengthen national resilience.
Adaptation affects all sectors:
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Buildings: improve insulation and construct environmentally-friendly buildings.
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Transport: develop sustainable mobility.
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Energy: switching to renewable energies.
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Agriculture and nature: preventing the risk of fires and greening cities to limit heat islands.
Adaptation must take place at every level, from the individual to the community.
Maladaptation refers to actions which, instead of reducing vulnerability, actually make it worse. For example:
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Inefficient use of resources (air conditioning instead of insulation)
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Transfer of vulnerability (solutions that transfer risks to another system or era)
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Under-adaptation (such as infrastructure that is ill-suited to future risks).
