About this episode

Arindam Bhattacharya discusses the importance of resilience in climate-related investments and the insurance gap in extreme weather losses.

Most climate money chases decarbonization while a bigger problem piles up: two thirds of the losses from extreme weather and disasters go completely uninsured. Arindam Bhattacharya spent 30 years at SLB before launching Tailwind Futures to back startups hardening infrastructure, supply chains, and workforce against a changing climate. He argues resilience is a growth story, not just damage control, and walks through a portfolio from corrosion-proof rebar to a material that could replace copper. Click here to watch a video of this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions that move our industry forward. Apply today at collide.io Click here to view the episode transcript. 0:00 Intro 0:28 Meet Arindam and Tailwind Futures 2:07 30 years at SLB and the jump to venture 4:06 The insurance gap nobody talks about 7:05 Where the capital for resilience isn't going 12:11 Playing offense: resilience as a growth story 15:29 Government pullback and the opening it creates 18:22 The portfolio and how the fund…

People in this episode

Guest: Arindam Bhattacharya

Topics covered

• climate resilience
• infrastructure
• venture capital
• insurance gap
• startup investment
• extreme weather

Keywords

• climate money
• decarbonization
• infrastructure startups
• venture capital
• resilience growth story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tailwind Futures, SLB

Products: corrosion-proof rebar, material that could replace copper

Places: US, Europe, oil & gas

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