Tackling Climate Risk: Tools, Scenarios, and Smart Decisions
38mIntermediate2026-04-17
Authors

David Carlin
Course details
Climate risk is one thing—but knowing what to do about it is another. In this course, learn about practical tools, simple scenarios, and real-world decision-making techniques that help you tackle climate risk in your role. Learn how to identify key risks and opportunities and support smarter, more resilient planning across your organization. Join risk management and sustainability expert David Carlin as he shares strategies you can implement to help your business have resilience, maintain stability, and maintain compliance with ESG-based regulations. Whether you’re a manager, leaders, business analyst, sustainability professional, or cross-functional stakeholder, you‘ll gain insights that help you improve organizational decisions and outcomes.
Learning objectives
Explain the major types of climate risk (physical, transition, and systemic) and how each shapes organizational decision-making.
Analyze climate risk data, signals, and scenarios to identify vulnerabilities, tipping points, and strategic opportunities.
Apply practical risk assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate climate impacts under uncertainty and incomplete information.
Assess how climate reporting requirements and regulations influence enterprise strategy, planning, and resilience efforts.
Develop actionable, risk-informed recommendations that support smarter decisions and strengthen organizational resilience.
Learning objectives
Explain the major types of climate risk (physical, transition, and systemic) and how each shapes organizational decision-making.
Analyze climate risk data, signals, and scenarios to identify vulnerabilities, tipping points, and strategic opportunities.
Apply practical risk assessment tools and frameworks to evaluate climate impacts under uncertainty and incomplete information.
Assess how climate reporting requirements and regulations influence enterprise strategy, planning, and resilience efforts.
Develop actionable, risk-informed recommendations that support smarter decisions and strengthen organizational resilience.
Concepts
Introduction
- Why is climate risk a decision problem
Climate Questions That Change Your Business
- Where does climate risk disrupt my operations in the next 3 5 years
- How do climate shocks turn into financial losses
- What physical climate risks do I need to understand to make good decisions
- How can I use AI to uncover climate risks
- What transition climate risks do I need to understand to make good decisions
- Which transmission channels matter most for my business
- How do I evaluate a climate scenario
- What regulatory signals tell me it s time to act
- Which climate risks do we act on first
- How do I lead productive conversations about climate risk internally
- How can adaptation and resilience become a business opportunity
Conclusion and Next Steps
- How do I keep learning as climate risks and markets evolve
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