Climate Risk Indicator Generation System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current computer systems lack the capability to generate integrated physical and transition risk analytics in a scalable, consistent, and reproducible manner for climate risk management, particularly in providing real-time visualizations and representations of climate risk indicators.

Innovation Solution

A computer system with a hardware processor and non-transitory memory that generates physical climate risk indicators by constructing distributions of climate risk projections, computing risk impacts, and generating multifactor scenario sets to represent the effects of climate risk factors on physical assets over a time horizon, providing both downside and upside risk indicators.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If computer systems attempt to generate integrated physical and transition risk analytics for climate risk management, then comprehensive risk analysis capability is improved, but system complexity and computational requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclimate risk analysis capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments climate risk analysis into distinct modules: physical risk assessment, transition risk assessment, data processing layer, and visualization layer. Each module handles specific aspects of risk analysis independently, allowing the system to manage complexity while providing comprehensive integrated analytics. The segmentation enables parallel processing of different risk factors and simplifies system maintenance and scalability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the system provides real-time visualizations and representations of climate risk indicators, then user accessibility and decision-making speed are improved, but computational load and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecision-making speedVSAvoidcomputational load
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary computation by pre-calculating risk indicators, generating scenario analyses, and preparing visualization data in advance before user requests. Climate risk models are executed beforehand to produce ready-to-display results, enabling real-time visualization without requiring heavy computational resources during user interaction. This approach maintains fast response times while reducing peak computational load.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If the system generates detailed risk metrics and multifactor scenario sets for comprehensive analysis, then measurement precision and analytical depth are improved, but data processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverisk metric precisionVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements parameter changes by allowing users to adjust resolution levels, time horizons, and scenario complexity based on specific analytical needs. For routine monitoring, simplified metrics with lower computational requirements are used. For detailed stress testing, the system can generate comprehensive multifactor scenario sets with higher precision. This adaptive parameter adjustment optimizes the balance between measurement precision and processing time according to different use cases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20240370802A1System and method for physical climate risk indicators
Publication Date: 2024.11.07 RISKTHINKING AI INC
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AI summary

Embodiments described herein relate to computer systems for measuring climate financial risk and opportunity. Embodiments described herein relate to computer systems that automatically generate physical climate risk indicators. Embodiments described herein relate to computer systems that generate integrated physical and transition risk visualizations for computer interfaces and provide access to physical climate risk indicators via an application programming interface.