Identifying the discourse framework of solutions to deal with climate change based on artificial intelligence: An Exploratory Investigation of B2B Firms

Climate change is one of the most important challenges that has had an increasing impact on B2B businesses around the world. From this, B2B businesses are required to identify solutions to deal with climate change. One of the tools that can help these businesses in this direction is artificial intelligence. Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the discourse framework of solutions to deal with climate change based on artificial intelligence in B2B firms using the Q method. The philosophical framework of this research is the the interpretive-positivist paradigm (Q method), which is practical from the point of view of the goal. The research participants were 9 B2B business managers whose business is affected by climate change. Participants were selected purposefully. The views of the participants were analyzed by Q factor analysis and using SPSS 25 software. The results showed that the discourse framework of solutions to deal with climate change based on artificial intelligence is in three categories: education capacity-building, mitigation, and perception capacity-building.