CLIMATE RISK SERVICES Second Year Undergraduate, MMath Mathematics, Remote working Work Projects My main project was to research and develop a modelling tool based off of a research paper. This however has changed its course during the 12 weeks I was an intern as it became visible roughly halfway that the project is on a more complex level, perhaps suitable for a masters or postdoctoral thesis. However, me and another co-worker were able to develop a simpler version of the model in excel - less accurate, but workable, which was a nice achievement. Additionally, I was involved in various client work and some more administrative tasks. For example, I helped with implementing a climate risk calculation methodology for a set of data, which took a few days. I also searched for information about climate risk reports, scenarios etc. that were useful to give a better picture of what is used on the market. Overall, there was always a lot of support. As an individual project, I researched and wrote a short (around 2,000 words) article regarding climate scepticism. In it, I wrote about the causes, indicators, and ways to deal with climate change scepticism. For this one, I did not receive help, but I also did it on my own accord after a mid-internship call with my supervisor, who suggested I could find a topic to do a case study or a small report on. Daily Life It was a little tiring to spend so much time in my room with a computer and I had a wrong assumption at first, I should work 8 hrs or at least 7.5. My supervisor was however very understanding and told me it is fine to work less, and that breaks are important. I woke up around 8.20-8.30am, ate breakfast, dressed up and started work at 9am. Usually, the first hour would be calm due to my supervisor and my main co-worker being in the UK - one hour behind me - so I’d work leisurely till around 10.30-11am. I'd usually have some theme tasks for the day, though it was mostly the modelling project, the main client for which this project was meant to right now, then my article, with several
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