Iris Initiative

both the low-carbon transition and adaptation to climate change are unavoidable challenges businesses will face in the long run. these challenges will arise in a chaotic and uncertain way, and will disrupt both companies’ operations and markets. the iris initiative is aimed at both companies and their stakeholders. its purpose is to design a new generation of tools and methods to support corporate strategic thinking evolution: - systemic and sectorized "framework" scenarios, suited to the companies’ needs, that will explore different climatic (<2°c and >2°c), technological and sociological pathways. they will also describe the possible transformations along the value chains in line with the planetary boundaries (resources availability, environment feedback loop, etc.)that are now well documented; - guidance related to the understanding and use of scenarios for strategic thinking via a dedicated skills upgrade platform : “the scenarios lab”. companies must take the lead in thinking