Disruption is defined as a break or interruption to an activity or process and is often regarded as a breaking of the status quo with implications of change. In the economic sense, disruption is often used by tech startups and digital entrepreneurs to signal new approaches to old ways of doing this. In this sense disruption is a necessary method for capitalism to renew itself.
The heating of the planet implies a new form of disruption which has the potential to change the way we live our lives and potentially change almost all aspects of human activities on the planet for the worse. Climate change disruption will require significant changes to the way business is done where established businesses will need to adopt new business models that lower the overall environmental footprint of our consumer culture. Policies and institutions will need to promote a new way of thinking to deal with these issues.