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Hi folks! For the best part of past last four years, this newsletter has been dedicated to exploring the critical and sometimes overlooked intersections of climate change, risk management, security, geopolitics, and finance. I’ve written and opined extensively on how climate change and geopolitics are two of the biggest macro challenges we face, reshaping risk and opportunity for everyone. I’ve also written about solutions based on my experience and those of industry experts, from new ways of investing and emerging technologies to innovations in risk management best practices.
Short of an alien takeover, we’re going to be living with these problems for a long time. So there’s never been a greater need for actionable analysis, advice and solutions.
💡 In the coming months, I will be dedicating time to select consulting engagements and project work to help anyone with a burning problem or complex challenges. If your work involves navigating, silo-breaking, or business development involving climate risk and resilience, security risks, geopolitics and enterprise risk management, I am uniquely positioned to help you problem solve beyond the insights of this newsletter.
If you have a full-time opportunity, let’s talk (scroll to the bottom of how to reach me).
🧐 How I can help you
I am available to support you in a number of ways. I take a customer led approach, focused on what you - and your own clients or stakeholders - really need.
And I’m pragmatic about where I can actually help. As a former people and hiring manager, and over a dozen years of being asked “you need my SaaS solution / subscription / consulting service, today!” I’ve been where you are: you want someone who actually can help you solve your problem or hit your targets, not just talk at you at a high level. If I can help, everyone wins! If someone/thing else is better placed, I’ll work with you to find the right resources.
Build your own intelligence team: Design, advise and build out best-in-class, value-creating intelligence teams inside of your organisation. And intelligence isn’t just security, geopolitical or cyber. Also climate, insider, risk, market.
Proactive crisis and scenario planning: Design and facilitate workshops to explore high impact, plausible probability security, geopolitical and climate scenarios for your organisation. And building robust strategic risk management frameworks to set up your organisation to proactively manage these risks.
Climate security risk assessment: Assess how climate impacts (e.g., extreme weather, resource constraints) could affect your operating environments, supply chains, people, or the stability in the markets you operate.
Geopolitical resilience + opportunity mapping: Work with you to develop strategies that connect geopolitical risk with the “so what, now what” you need to translate risk to action or new investment opportunities. Examples include regulatory landscapes, location strategies, energy markets, supply chains.
Bespoke analysis: Deep-dive reports, white papers, or tailoured briefings that translate complex topics which I cover in this newsletter into actionable intelligence at all levels of an organisation, from C-suites to operational teams.
You can learn more about my background and experience on LinkedIn, as well as
Me talking about the intersection of geopolitics and climate risk on the Climate Proof and Inevitable (formerly My Climate Journey) podcasts
A professional profile courtesy of my former employer
🤝 Let’s discuss your needs
If your organisation is looking for specialised support in any of the above, or if there’s something related that makes you think, “Alan could help me!” we can arrange for a brief, confidential discussion about your needs, at securingourclimate@substack.com.
I’ll continue to post here with more insights and podcast interviews in the coming months.
Thank you for continuing to be a valued reader.