Climate Risk Analyst
Assesses climate-related physical risks and models future scenarios to guide strategic planning, finance, and resilience measures.
Career Overview
Growth Outlook: Very HighClimate risk analysts evaluate climate hazards—heat, floods, droughts, storms, sea-level rise—using climate models, exposure datasets, hazard maps, and statistical tools. They quantify economic, operational, and environmental impacts for sectors such as finance, insurance, infrastructure, agriculture, and energy. Their work integrates geoscience, climate modelling, risk assessment, and ESG frameworks to support adaptation planning, stress-testing, sustainability reporting, and long-term resilience strategies. Global demand is rapidly rising due to climate-disclosure regulations and financial-sector integration of climate risk.
Top Skills
- Climate hazard modelling
- Data analytics
- Risk quantification
- Scenario modelling
- Statistical analysis
- ESG frameworks
- Reporting
Education Pathway
- 12th Science
- BSc Climate Science / Earth Systems / Environmental Science / Data Science
- MSc Climate Risk / Sustainability Analytics / Climate Impact Modelling
- Climate Scenario Analysis, ESG & TCFD, Climate Risk & Financial Stress Testing Certifications
Suggested UG Degrees
- BSc Climate Science
- BSc Earth Systems
- BSc Environmental Science
- BSc Data Science
PG / Advancement Options
- MSc Climate Risk
- MSc Sustainability Analytics
- ESG certifications
- Financial-risk certifications
- PhD for research
Also Known As
- Climate Risk Modeller
- Climate Adaptation Analyst
- Physical Climate Risk Specialist
- ESG Climate Analyst