DIGITAL TWINS
FOR CLIMATE RISK
MANAGEMENT AND RISK TRANSFER OF NATURAL-RESOURCE INDUSTRIES

Accelerating weather volatility will drastically increase natural resource risks

A small shift in the average can hide dramatic changes at the extremes

Frequency of local temperature anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere

The Natural Resource and the Financial Systems are highly interrelated, exposed and vulnerable to a New Risk Normal

Transmitting risk directly and indirectly via ‘Ripples’

Through hazard and exposure pathways and vulnerability functions that need a systematic understanding

High likelihood of crop losses in global breadbaskets

Partners

  • Spacetime Labs

    SpaceTime Labs dreams up and builds climate deeptech ventures that accelerate industry transitions towards decarbonized, hyper-productive and resilient operations that are in harmony and inspired by Nature.

  • SwissRe

    The Swiss Re Group is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.

Media & Publications

  • Cemaden, uma joia do setor público pouco conhecida

    Valor Economico • 2024

  • We need a Marshall Plan for the Amazon

    Financial Times • 2021

  • Climate change poses threat to thirsty São Paulo

    Financial Times • 2021

  • Amazon populations under threat from floods, fires and drought

    Financial Times • 2021

  • National Science Foundation workshop on Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention

    National Science Foundation • 2021

  • Can we stop the next pandemic before it happens?

    GQ • 2020

  • Brazilian-Dutch RIPPLES™ partnership wins highly competitive Eureka – GlobalStars 2019 international award

    Press-Release • 2019

  • Environmental and natural resource security for the 21st century

    Financial Times • 2019

  • VanderSat breidt uit in de Latijns Amerikaanse agri en water sector

    Agroberichten Buitenland • 2019

  • The Global Risks Report 2016

    World Economic Forum • 2016

  • Liquidity crisis

    The Economist • 2016

  • Resilience Insights Report

    World Economic Forum • 2016

  • Land-use and climate change risks in the Amazon and the need of a novel sustainable development paradigm

    PNAS • 2016

  • How can we better manage our planet’s water supply?

    World Economic Forum • 2015

  • How NASA, Cisco, And A Tricked-Out Planetary Skin Could Make The World A Safer Place

    Fast Company • 2014

  • Why we should fear the Amazonian tipping point

    World Economic Forum • 2012

  • Water Security

    Island Press • 2012

  • Natural disasters and the urgent need for early warning systems

    World Economic Forum • 2012