Sienna Shankel

Articles: 33

How Do You Account for a Disaster That Never Occurred?

Accounting, Avoided Loss, Institutional Behavior, Prevention Finance

Sienna Shankel
July 29, 2026

Can Fiduciaries Invest in Losses That Never Happen?

Governance, Institutional Behavior, Market Design, Prevention Finance

Sienna Shankel
July 18, 2026

Climate Prevention Falls Between Institutional Mandates

Capital Architecture, Climate, Institutional Behavior, Market Design

Sienna Shankel
July 18, 2026

If Avoided Loss Sits on No Balance Sheet, Who Can Invest in It?

Avoided Loss, Capital Architecture, Institutional Behavior, Market Design

Sienna Shankel
July 18, 2026

What Kind of Institution Can Make Counterfactual Value Financeable?

Avoided Loss, Capital Architecture, Market Design, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
July 13, 2026

When Prevention Finance Reduces the Source of Climate Risk

Capital Architecture, Greenhouse Gases, Market Design, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
July 12, 2026

Climate Risk Reduction Needs a Balance Sheet, Not a Pitch Deck

Avoided Loss, Capital Allocation, Market Design, Risk Transfer

Sienna Shankel
July 12, 2026

Climate Finance Has an Information Problem

Climate, Information, Prevention Finance, Verification

Sienna Shankel
July 12, 2026

Climate Finance Has a Coordination Problem

Climate, Coordination, Institutional Behavior, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
July 11, 2026

Why Financial Markets Struggle to Finance Prevention

Avoided Loss, Capital Architecture, Market Design

Sienna Shankel
July 6, 2026