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.
I'm Daniel Talero. I work at the intersection of climate risk, infrastructure and finance—helping organizations make decisions that hold up under uncertainty.
At KPMG, Guidehouse and WSP, I worked with all kinds of clients in climate risk assessment, resilience planning (including the country's largest utility wildfire prevention program) grant strategy, and stakeholder engagement.
I want to help systems value resilience accurately, so that we can make needed investments to protect vulnerable communities within critical timeframes.
Climate Risk & Financial Decision Support
Physical risk translated into expected loss and cash-flow impacts to inform finance.
Resilience Valuation
Avoided loss and resilience benefits evaluated under new frameworks (e.g., decoupled NPV) to support capital allocation and prioritization.
Strategic Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement
Climate risk integrated into prioritization, governance, and reporting using training in workshop facilitation.
AI approaches
AI-based approaches to support the areas above with trustworthy and efficient solutions. Systems design partner with Techify AI, a top development agency.
Municipal & Infrastructure Risk
Resilience finance investment recommendations for a coastal county association, translating physical risk exposure into prioritized capital strategies.
Local Disaster Planning
Study using GIS, facilitated focus groups to guide Colorado planning for limited english proficiency residents in disaster-exposed zones.
Insurance & Financial Institutions
Tool for relating physical risk reduction (e.g., a roof upgrade) to insurance-relevant outcomes under a specified policy structure.
Climate risk data audit based on validity and specific decision-relevance—assessing whether vendor data is fit for underwriting and capital planning use.
Risk, Resilience & Financial Structures
Energy Transition
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