Climate Risk Assessment

Accenture uses satellite imagery and AI models to assess climate change impacts on energy capacity for organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank.

Business impact

• Climate risk assessment timeliness — Daily satellite imagery supports up-to-date assessments rather than infrequent snapshots.
• Decision support quality — The model combines imagery and analytics to provide actionable insight for sustainability decisions.

Data requirements

• Satellite imagery (image) — Planet provides daily satellite imagery from its fleet.
• Geospatial data (tabular) — The solution uses location-based data derived from satellite observations.

AI methods and techniques

• Machine learning — Accenture uses machine-learning models to parse satellite data and produce climate-risk insights.
• Modeling — The solution models the impact of climate change on energy capacity.
• Geospatial analytics — Satellite imagery is turned into a geospatial solution for location-based assessment.

Industries

Real-world evidence

1 documented case study on record.

Companies using this: Accenture.