Sienna Shankel

Articles: 23

Resilience Bonds: Financing What Cannot Be Observed

Avoided Loss, Capital Architecture, Climate, Finance, Risk Transfer

Sienna Shankel
February 6, 2026

Catastrophe Bonds: Risk Transfer Without Risk Reduction

Capital Architecture, Climate, Financial Stability, Risk Transfer, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
February 2, 2026

Parametric Insurance: Speed Without Prevention

Climate, Finance, Insurance, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
February 1, 2026

The Limits of Adaptation Credits in Climate Finance

Capital Architecture, Climate, Finance, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 31, 2026

Payments for Ecosystem Services Expose the Limits of Contracted Nature

Capital Allocation, Climate, Nature, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 30, 2026

REDD+: When Markets Encounter Governance

Climate, Finance, Governance, Institutional Behavior

Sienna Shankel
January 29, 2026

Carbon Offsets and the Near-Impossible Pricing of Avoided Loss

Capital Allocation, Capital Architecture, Carbon Offsets, Climate, Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 28, 2026

ESG and the Illusion of Risk-Avoidance Signaling

Capital Allocation, Climate, ESG, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 27, 2026

The Limits of Impact Capital in a Risk-Based System

Capital Architecture, Climate, Impact Investing, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 26, 2026

Avoided Loss Is Economically Real but Financially Invisible

Capital Allocation, Climate, Finance, Systemic Risk

Sienna Shankel
January 25, 2026