[PACT] allows organisations to consider adaptive capacity more holistically than other frameworks

	The nine development pathways allow a really comprehensive characterisation of an organisation
- Peter Tangney, UK Environment Agency

What is
PACT?

Making sense of your climate change challenge

PACT is an effective, quick and affordable way to assess how well your organisation is responding to climate change issues so that you can identify effective next steps with confidence.

PACT determines what actions will improve your organisation's capacity to respond to:

• 1. A changing carbon economy with increasing costs and increasingly likely shortages
• 2. Climate impacts now and in the future
• 3. The regulatory and other pressures that will accompany these trends

The name PACT is used to describe three things:

• 1. The PACT Framework - highly evidence-based, this identifies nine performance 'pathways' needed to improve climate change performance. Each of these is plotted against six 'response levels' of ever-increasing capacity. A database of hundreds of 'activities' underpins this framework.
• 2. The PACT Assessment - normally an online self-assessment, with expert moderation. A premium-level collaborative consultation is also available.
• 3. The PACT Report - a detailed and tailored report on your organisation's particular climate change challenges and the specific actions that are needed to address them.

The six response levels

You may be relieved to learn that not all organisations need to be able to work consistently all the way up to the higher levels. They need to work at the levels appropriate to their needs. From organisations that need to play their role in leading change at RL5 and below to some small organisations with minimal fixed assets, who may even survive by engaging at barely more than RL2.

The nine developmental pathways

PACT gathers and organises information about nine organisational capacity pathways necessary for improved performance. These are:		Awareness The grasp of what climate change means for society, for the organisation and its mission, and for particular areas of responsibility, now and into the future.		Agency The capacity to spot, prioritise and develop opportunities for meaningful and timely action on climate change.		Leadership The extent to which a formal leadership team has developed a strategic vision and engages with, supports and legitimises its implementation.
		Agents of Change How an 'ecosystem' or group of champions is identified, developed, empowered and supported so that they can be effective agents of change.		Working Together The capacity to participate in, learn from, and act in collaborative partnerships with internal and external groups.		Learning The extent to which the organisation generates and responds to feedback from innovation, even on a small scale, and makes sense of and communicates new information to improve procedures, strategies and mission.
		Managing Operations The embedding of procedures to get to grips with climate change in a systematic way to ensure that intentions and policies turn into action.		Programme Scope and Coherence How far projects sit within a strategic programme of action suited to the scope of what the organisation is trying to achieve.		Expertise and Evidence Ability to identify, access and deploy the necessary technical and change 'know-how' and information to make the biggest difference.