Christian Lochmuller

Mr. Christian Lochmuller

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2024 in International Journal of Intelligent Systems
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JPJuan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
Juan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
IBIsis Bonet
Isis Bonet
MSMaría Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
María Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
Fabio CaraffiniFabio Caraffini
Fabio Caraffini
CLChristian Lochmuller
Christian Lochmuller
Addressing climate change represents one of the most pressing challenges for organisations in developing nations. This is particularly relevant for companies navigating the shift towards a low‐carbon economy. This research leverages artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies to evaluate the financial implications of climate transition risks, encompassing both direct and indirect energy usage, including expenditures on electricity and fossil fuels. Advanced machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models are employed to predict electricity and diesel consumption trends along with their associated costs. Findings from this study indicate an average prediction accuracy of 90.36%, underscoring the value of these tools in supporting organisational decision making related to climate transition risks. The study lays a foundation for comprehending not only the added costs linked to climate risks but also the potential advantages of transitioning to a low‐carbon economy, particularly from an energy‐focused perspective. Additionally, the proposed climate transition risk adjustment factor offers a framework for visualising the financial impacts of scenarios outlined by the Network for Greening the Financial System.

30 August 2024 in Mathematics
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JPJuan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
Juan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
PGPablo Isaza Gómez
Pablo Isaza Gómez
IBIsis Bonet
Isis Bonet
MSMaría Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
María Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
Fabio CaraffiniFabio Caraffini
Fabio Caraffini
CLChristian Lochmuller
Christian Lochmuller
Climate risk assessment is critical for organisations, especially in sectors such as the processed food sector in Colombia. This study addresses the identification and assessment of the main climate transition risks using an approach that combines fuzzy logic with several multi-criteria decision-making methods. This approach makes it possible to handle the inherent imprecision of these risks and to use linguistic expressions to better describe them. The results indicate that the most critical risks are price volatility and availability of raw materials, the shift towards less carbon-intensive production models, increased carbon taxes, technological advances, and associated development or implementation costs. These risks are the most significant for the organisation studied and underline the need for investments to meet regulatory requirements, which are the main financial drivers for organisations. This analysis highlights the importance of a robust framework to anticipate and mitigate the impacts of the climate transition.

25 October 2023 in Preprints.org
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CGCarlos Sánchez González
Carlos Sánchez González
CLChristian Lochmuller
Christian Lochmuller
ABAna Elena Builes
Ana Elena Builes
AOAna M Osorio
Ana M Osorio
Climate change and net zero are expected to have a significant impact on eco-nomic activity in developing countries, and thus, on the financial cash flow of organizations. In this paper, we propose a procedure for assessing the financial impact of climate change on organizational cash flow in developing countries. Our study contributes to the research on scenario-based climate change impact analysis. The applied research design is exploratory and mainly qualitative, constructing financial impact scenarios combined with narratives to determine the impact of climate change on individual cash flow line items. The narra-tives rationalize cash flow variations and enrich the estimates by adding expert knowledge, in the form of financial micro-stories and descriptions to the pro-posed procedure. We present a hypothetical citrus farming company in a de-veloping country to demonstrate the application of the proposed measurement procedure. The results obtained suggest that (1) the procedure is practical be-cause financial cash flows are known and widely used in financial analysis and because they can be implemented in a spreadsheet; that (2) the procedure pro-vides flexibility because it can be adapted to suit the specific needs of different companies, depending on a selected climate change scenario, the company’s exposure to climate change, its resilience and vulnerability; (3) that the prac-tice of thinking in terms of financial worst-case, base-case and best-case sce-narios, which reflect different levels of uncertainty, helps to model the finan-cial impacts of climate change and provides a forward-looking perspective on how much a company’s cash flow could change.

13 April 2024 in arXiv
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JPJuan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
Juan Fernando Pérez-Pérez
PGPablo Isaza Gómez
Pablo Isaza Gómez
IBIsis Bonet
Isis Bonet
MSMaría Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
María Solange Sánchez-Pinzón
Fabio CaraffiniFabio Caraffini
Fabio Caraffini
CLChristian Lochmuller
Christian Lochmuller
Climate risk assessment is becoming increasingly important. For organisations, identifying and assessing climate-related risks is challenging, as they can come from multiple sources. This study identifies and assesses the main climate transition risks in the colombian processed food sector. As transition risks are vague, our approach uses Fuzzy Logic and compares it to various multi-criteria decision-making methods to classify the different climate transition risks an organisation may be exposed to. This approach allows us to use linguistic expressions for risk analysis and to better describe risks and their consequences. The results show that the risks ranked as the most critical for this organisation in their order were price volatility and raw materials availability, the change to less carbon-intensive production or consumption patterns, the increase in carbon taxes and technological change, and the associated development or implementation costs. These risks show a critical risk level, which implies that they are the most significant risks for the organisation in the case study. These results highlight the importance of investments needed to meet regulatory requirements, which are the main drivers for organisations at the financial level.