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PreprintPosted May 4, 2026SSRN

AI-Driven Corporate Climate Risk Decision Systems for Global Enterprises

Introduces the Climate AI Decision System (CADS) architecture for evidence-grounded climate-risk management across disclosure, Scope 3 traceability, governance, auditability, and enterprise decision workflows.

Author
Abhinav Mahajan
Date Written
April 16, 2026
Repository
SSRN

Research Focus

Corporate climate risk is no longer only a sustainability-reporting concern. It is an enterprise decision problem spanning physical hazards, transition pathways, greenhouse-gas measurement, supply-chain exposure, capital allocation, insurance, credit, operations, and disclosure.

This paper synthesizes evidence from climate finance, corporate climate management, machine learning for climate, climate-related natural language processing, measurement-reporting-verification systems, and emerging AI and sustainability regulation.

Core Contribution

The paper proposes the Climate AI Decision System (CADS) architecture: a governance-aware enterprise pattern for using AI in climate-risk management without losing traceability, accountability, or assurance readiness.

Key contributions include:

  • An enterprise evidence map for climate-risk decisions
  • Governance controls for AI-enabled climate workflows
  • Source-grounded evidence requirements for generative systems
  • Scope 3 and measurement-reporting-verification traceability patterns
  • Human escalation and audit-trail requirements for high-impact decisions

Portfolio Relevance

This work extends my enterprise AI architecture focus into climate-risk decision systems. It connects production AI concerns - grounding, auditability, model-risk controls, and human responsibility - with board-level climate and sustainability decisions.

The practical argument is direct: trustworthy climate AI requires more than better models. It requires explicit decision rights, source-grounded evidence, model-risk controls, regulatory classification, and assurance-ready workflows.

Suggested Citation

Mahajan, Abhinav, AI-Driven Corporate Climate Risk Decision Systems for Global Enterprises: The CADS Architecture, Evidence, Governance, and Research Agenda (April 16, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6704278 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6704278.

Research and Applied AI Architecture

My research work connects empirical evidence, governance, and production architecture for enterprise AI systems.

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