Climate Industry Landscape
Overview
The climate risk and Earth observation industry is large, fragmented, and hard to navigate. This tool maps 46 companies across the space (space agencies, EO analytics firms, parametric insurers, physical risk modellers, and finance & consulting groups) and plots them on two axes that matter for career decisions: scientific depth and insurance/finance orientation.
It is designed for researchers and data scientists who want to understand where different companies sit relative to each other, what kind of work they do, and whether a given firm is worth pursuing.
What you will find here
- Scatter plot with every company positioned by scientific depth (x) and insurance/finance focus (y), colored by category
- Company panel with description, relevance notes, tags, and a direct link to the careers page
- Landscape view grouping companies by archetype, with context on what each segment looks like from the inside
- Filters by category, region, and keyword search
- Six archetypes: Space agencies, EO analytics, Physical risk & cat modelling, Parametric insurance, ESG/climate data platforms, Finance & consulting
How companies are positioned
Placement reflects the nature of the work, not company size or prestige. A space agency like ESA sits far right (deep science) and low (no finance focus). A reinsurer like Swiss Re sits top-left (high finance, more applied). A startup like Floodbase lands top-center: insurance product, but built on satellite data and climate models.
The goal is to make the landscape legible at a glance, so you can identify which quadrant fits your background and interests before spending time on individual company research.