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PACT - Nine Developmental Pathways

The PACT process gathers and organises information about progress along nine pathways - organisational capacities which research shows to be necessary to improvement:

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 capacity of a formal leadership team to develop a strategic vision and to engage with, support, direct and legitimise its implementation.
Agents of Change. The capacity to identify, develop, empower and support individuals or groups of change agents to become an effective 'ecosystem' of champions.
Working together. The capacity to involve, respect the needs of, learn from, and act in collaborative partnerships with internal and external groups.
Learning. The capacity to identify and make sense of the results of activities and from the wider field and to communicate it to improve procedures, strategies and mission.
Managing Operations. The capacity to embed 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. The capacity to place projects within an overall programme of action suited to the scope of what the organisation is trying to achieve.
Expertise. The capacity to recognise, access and deploy the necessary skills, understanding and technical and change expertise to make the biggest difference.

Each of these pathways needs to be activated quite differently at each response level: it is not a case of doing more of the same thing but of doing things differently. There is often a double change agenda: both reinforcing the current position and moving ahead to the next response level.