Richard H. Clarke

Pricing tomorrow’s cost of extreme weather today

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Co-developed breakthrough climate Loss and Damage / carbon pricing system | Book 'Predicting the Price of Carbon' | Granular climate risk metrics: by scenario & 1000's of cities worldwide | Analyst | Chemical Engineer | Specialist in helium resources, heat transfer and cryogenics with wide industrial and research experience

Experience

  • Senior Consultant, Acute Physical Risk, Climate Scenarios & Sustainability at Ortec Finance
    Nov 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 9 mos

  • Director (Research) at Predict Ability Limited
    Feb 2015 - Nov 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Leading the scientific development of a disaster loss prediction algorithm that underlies a unique product suite that determines real-time, past and future carbon prices. Predict Ability Ltd. (PAL) has created a breakthrough in predicting and understanding the 'what, when and where' risk factors for natural disasters. Much more at http://predictability.ltd.uk Contact - [email protected]

  • Process and Resources Consultant at 4He Solutions
    Jul 2012 - Nov 2019 · 7 yrs 5 mos

    Independent research and action on helium resources and applications: analysis, publications, lectures and interviews, conference organisation. Cryogenic heat exchangers and systems: research, design, auditing, prototyping and testing. Mentoring on chemical engineering and career development. Excel projects e.g. carbon pricing, disaster loss analysis and prediction algorithm using mass data; prediction of helium use in fusion reactors; analysis/reporting of occupational health screening. Contact - [email protected]

  • CCFE ()
    • Cryogenics and Helium Specialist
      Jul 2007 - Jun 2012 · 5 yrs

      Co-editor "The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource" published May 2012 by Routledge. Industrial PhD supervisor (Helium Resources Project, University of Cambridge 2005-2009) Training programmes for chemical engineers and physicists at CCFE, Abingdon. Conference organisation: - The Future for Helium (Cambridge, March 2009 - group photo LinkedIn banner) - Sustainable Hydrogen Production - a Role for Fusion? (UKERC, Oxford, April 2007)

    • Process Engineering Consultant
      Jun 2002 - Jun 2012 · 10 yrs 1 mo

      Cryogenic engineering and operations; global helium resources project (with University of Cambridge and BOC Linde); chemical engineering requirements and applications for fusion including molten salt energy storage options for a pulsed DEMO reactor, helium dewar safety valve, cryogen release modelling, conceptual design for MAST cryogenics plant, ozone control in liquid nitrogen systems, Cryogenics Safety Officer.

    • Section Leader, EFDA-JET Cryogenics Plant
      Jun 2002 - Jul 2007 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Led a team of 6 engineers operating and maintaining a large scale cryogenics and helium plant critical to the successful operation of Europe's largest fusion energy research project JET

  • Principal Heat Exchanger Technologist at BOC Gases UK/US
    Jan 1995 - Jun 2002 · 7 yrs 6 mos

    Leadership across BOC for definition, execution of thermal-hydraulic design of air separation cryogenic heat exchangers and on major projects involving specialist heat exchanger designs