Daniel Talero

Climate risk translated into capital and investment decisions

I help insurers, companies, and public-sector planners quantify climate risk, evaluate resilience investments, and make robust decisions under uncertainty.

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Daniel Talero
What I Do

I'm Daniel Talero. I work at the intersection of climate risk, infrastructure systems, and financial decision-making—helping organizations move from climate data to decisions that hold up under uncertainty.

Climate Risk & Financial Decision Support

I translate physical climate risk into expected loss and cash-flow impacts to inform credit, insurance, and infrastructure investment decisions.

Resilience Investment Analysis

Quantify avoided loss and evaluate resilience investments using emerging valuation frameworks (e.g., decoupled NPV) to support capital allocation and prioritization.

Risk & Strategy Advisory

Integrate climate risk into planning, governance, and reporting, supporting decision-making across risk, finance, and operations.

Emerging Tools & AI

Develop AI tools and approaches to support climate risk assessment, analysis, and workflow integration in institutional settings.

Selected Work

Municipal & Infrastructure Risk

Resilience Finance Investment Recommendations

Resilience finance investment recommendations for a coastal county association, translating physical risk exposure into prioritized capital strategies.

Insurance & Financial Institutions

Loss Translation Tool

Tool for relating physical risk reduction (e.g., a roof upgrade) to insurance-relevant outcomes under a specified policy structure.

Climate Risk Data Quality Audit

Climate risk data audit based on validity and specific decision-relevance—assessing whether vendor data is fit for underwriting and capital planning use.

Consulting Experience

KPMG, WSP & Guidehouse

Corporate and public-sector climate risk assessment across federal agencies, municipalities, and private-sector clients.

Infrastructure Advisory

Infrastructure advisory across global industries and public-sector clients, spanning resilience planning, grant strategy, and stakeholder engagement.


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