Navigating the Great Shift: Agility and Adaptability in Climate-Resilient Global Supply Chains

It is a requirement to submit a manuscript summary (pre-submission proposal) to the Topic Editors for review before submitting your complete manuscript. To do so, please click the "Submit" button, then select "Submit your Manuscript Summary". Please submit your manuscript summary by 06 July 2026. We welcome event-specific case studies, proofs of concept, strategic perspectives, and rigorous theoretical or empirical models as the article types for this collection. Climate change presents a dual challenge for global supply chains: the immediate need for operational agility to handle volatile disruptions and the strategic necessity of structural adaptability to navigate a shifting geographic landscape.Extreme weather causes floods, extreme heat, and droughts, triggering systemic infrastructural failures and raw material shortages. To cope with these challenges, firms pivot shipping routes and production schedules in real-time. Concurrently, melting sea lanes and shifting agricultural zones are forcing a fundamental redesign of global sourcing and logistics networks. For example, innovative shipping routes should take the "Arctic Factor” into consideration that may involve the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the Transpolar Sea Route.The Core ChallengeThe central tension lies in reconciling the long-term horizon of climate adaptation with the short-term mandates of supply chain management. While traditional resilience often relies on firm-specific redundancies (e.g., buffer stocks or multi-sourcing), climate-scale risks require a synchronized approach that bridges:• Agility: Enhancing real-time responsiveness to climate-driven shocks.• Adaptability: Reconfiguring supply chain footprints to align with shifting global climates and evolving government interventions.• Integration: Aligning private-sector efficiency with public-sector climate policy to ensure long-term viability.GoalThis Research Topic explores the dual mandates of operational agility and strategic adaptability required to sustain global supply chains in a volatile climate. We seek to bridge the gap between short-term logistical responsiveness and long-term structural adaptation. Key objectives include reconciling the tension between private-sector efficiency and public-sector climate policy, as well as evaluating the real-world effectiveness of proactive climate actions in securing global trade. Topic editors: So-Min Cheong, ManMohan Sodhi Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80040/navigating-the-great-shift-agility-and-adaptability-in-climate-resilient-global-supply-chains