CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION, MITIGATION, FINANCE ANDRESILIENCE

CLIMATE CHANGE COURSES

CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION, MITIGATION, FINANCE AND RESILIENCE

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The course aims at inspiring participants to mainstream climate change considerations into the work of their home organization. The programme will show that while the challenge is huge, there are many options and solutions for actions that provide multiple benefits to society.

Content

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Through a blend of training approaches, the options for action are assessed and discussed within a framework of low carbon, climate resilient development, referring both to the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. The course also involves visits to public authorities, utilities, and private companies where technologies and practices addressing climate change are experienced firsthand. Participants will gain the knowledge, tools, and inspiration needed to make positive, climate-friendly changes. Developing an Action Plan is a central product of the programme and is based on a challenge in the home organization.

Course Objectives

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The overarching objective of the course is to provide the participants with knowledge on how climate change can be integrated into natural resources management policy, programmes, projects, and other community-based climate change response actions in which the participants are or will be involved in. Upon completing the course, participants will be able to;

Enhance participant’s knowledge of the fundamentals of climate change science
Equip course participants with knowledge and skills in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Train participants on approaches to build community resilience against climate change
equip participants with a better understanding of climate change and its impacts on food security.
Enhance participants’ awareness of the challenges and opportunities in climate change governance.
Equip participants with skills to be able to conduct stakeholder, vulnerability & resilience assessments to support decision-making processes;
Strengthen participant’s skills for stakeholder engagement, policy influencing, advocacy, and negotiation to help the establishment of more effective governance structures;
Enable participants to explore institutional arrangements needed for addressing food security and climate change linkages;
Strengthen the participant’s capacity for planning processes to deliver climate change action
Enhance participant’s understanding of the international climate change legal and policy framework and appreciate the key issues under negotiation

Target group

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The course targets policy- and decisionmakers and staff from government, civil society, and the private sector working within green growth, climate change, and the environment. Two or more participants from each organization are welcome, as it facilitates and strengthens the Action Plan work.

Course structure

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The course is structured around six major topics/modules:

Introduction to Climate Change Science
International Legal and Policy Framework for Climate Change
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Adaptation
Climate Change Finance
Planning for Climate Change

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

2. Inclusive Growth – Climate Change

Target Audience

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Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.

Qualifications

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Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

Course Description

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This course addresses the nature of climate change and its role as a major threat to the sustainability and inclusiveness of our societies. It examines climate change and how it impacts our lives and introduces policies to help counter its effects. These policy recommendations and solutions include mitigation efforts, adaptation to inevitable changes that will occur (even with mitigation), and how to make these reforms inclusive.

Course Objectives

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Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Define climate change and the societal, economic, and environmental risks posed at the country level and at the global level.
Outline the key policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Design a reform strategy to address climate change, considering country-specific circumstances and ensuring the reforms are inclusive.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Macroeconomics of Climate Change – Green Public Finance

Target Audience

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All government officials are welcome to register. Officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy will find the course particularly beneficial.

Qualifications

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Some knowledge of economics is helpful. Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

Course Description

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This online course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and Fiscal Affairs Department, serves as the sixth in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx) series. In this offering, you will learn about how countries can integrate climate change considerations into their public finance management.

Course Objectives

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Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Identify the key linkages between climate change challenges and public investment management.
Describe the Climate-PIMA tool and how it is applied in practice to support the integration of climate change considerations in public investment management.
Define PFM.
Identify key entry points for mainstreaming climate change across and beyond the budget cycle.
Identify key principles for the effective implementation of a green PFM reform strategy.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

International Climate Change Negotiations: Leveraging Local Experience in Support of Climate Change Negotiations

About the Course

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This course aims to contribute with climate action and implementation, through the local level, to the country’s achievement of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals – particularly poverty eradication (SDG 1), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) and climate action (SDG 13). The LoCAL Mechanism increases local level climate change awareness and capacities, including by integrating climate change adaptation into local government planning and budgeting in a participatory and gender-sensitive manner, and increases the financing available to local governments for climate change adaptation. LoCAL combines performance-based climate resilience grants (PBCRGs) – which ensure programming and verification of climate change expenditures at the local level while offering strong incentives for performance improvements in enhanced resilience – with technical and capacity-building support.

In this regard, this course has been designed to build a solid understanding of the negotiating environment under adaptation for LoCAL Member Countries. It does so by first looking at the negotiation environment provided by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including its governing bodies, subsidiary bodies, negotiating groups and the financial mechanisms available, while identifying LoCAL’s coordinates within this environment. It continues by zooming into the climate change adaptation pillar, while discussing the most prominent adaptation milestones under the UNFCCC. Here, the course returns to LoCAL identifying its contribution under various articles of the convention itself, but also under the Paris Agreement, especially Article 6.8 which refers to the non-market adaptation mechanisms. Finally, the course offers an entire module on fundamentals of negotiation, strategies and tactics applied in international conferences.

Target Audience

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The primary target audiences of this course are:

UNFCCC national negotiators from LoCAL countries who are new to the function or wish to update their prior knowledge, who wish to understand the international context and who seek to support adaptation actions and address climate change, including new streams of work such as non-market approaches as referred to in Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.

This e-course also offers valuable knowledge and insights for the following audiences:

Technical experts and practitioners involved and wanting to enhance their understanding of the UNFCCC process, negotiations and meetings;
Observer organizations with an interest in advancing climate action, focusing on local climate change adaptation;
Any interested individuals wanting to improve their understanding of how the international negotiations on adaptation work and ways in which countries can engage and influence the process

Learning Objectives

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Explain how the UNFCCC provides a framework for international cooperation to address climate change.
Discuss the roles of the different governance bodies and negotiating groups under the UNFCCC.
Explore the financial mechanisms set up under the UNFCCC.
Examine the key adaptation milestones set up under the UNFCCC including the Paris Agreement and its non-market mechanisms for climate change adaptation
Review negotiation skills and techniques to foster collective objectives for negotiating groups under the UNFCCC.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

About The Course

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Air pollution impacts our health, environment and economy. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution causes 7 million deaths every year. Air pollution also causes acidification and eutrophication of ecosystems and leads to global crop losses. In addition, air pollutants can also further exacerbate climate change, and a warmer climate, in turn, also affects air quality and impacts of air pollution.

Air pollutants come from multiple sources, such as traffic, industry and agriculture, and are transported over large distances and across borders. It is therefore paramount that we take action together — across sectors and national boundaries.

To improve air quality, UNECE member States have been working successfully since 1979 to reduce air pollution in the region through the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.

This self-paced online course aims to raise awareness about air pollution and its effects, ways to prevent and reduce harmful emissions and the Convention and its protocols as an international framework for cooperation on cleaner air.

The course features four distinct modules that aim to equip learners with the knowledge and resource materials to understand the main concepts in air pollution management, the basic principles of the Convention and Parties’ obligations under the Convention and its protocols.

Learning objectives

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This course features four distinct modules that aim to equip participants with the knowledge and resource materials to understand the main concepts in air pollution management, the basic principles of the Convention, and Parties’ obligations under the Convention and its protocols.

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

Identify key air pollutants and their sources and effects
Recall measures to reduce and prevent air pollution
Recognize the value of the Convention as a framework for international cooperation to reduce air pollution
Define basic principles under the Convention and its protocols
Explain the basic obligations under the Convention’s protocols
Identify the key stakeholders and processes under the Convention and its protocols

Target Audience

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The course is primarily designed to build the capacities of policymakers, government officials, staff from intergovernmental/non-governmental organizations, private sector professionals, students/academia, and other stakeholders. In particular, this course will be useful for those who cooperate within the Convention framework or those who wish to do so. Taking this course should enable learners to contribute to, and ultimately drive forward, actions on cleaner air

Methodology

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The course is self-paced and can be completed according to the schedule of the learner. Each module uses a mix of learning tools and features engaging content with clear storylines, complemented by videos, interactive features, relevant tools, and links to additional resources.

Each of the modules are self-standing, and so can be accessed in any order. However, it is recommended that the modules should be completed in sequence as they all build on each other in a logical manner. In order to prepare for the end-of-course assessment, it is recommended that learners complete all modules.

Will you get a certificate?

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At the end of the course, learners can take an assessment to receive a certificate of successful completion. Once the certification criteria have been met (passing score 70%) and after filling in a course evaluation form, participants will be able to download their certificate from the course’s webpage.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Building Climate Resilience through Ecosystem-based Adaptation Planning

About the Course

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Considering ecosystem approaches as part of national development planning has always been challenging for many countries around the world. The role ecosystems play in strengthening resilience and broadening livelihood opportunities and economies in the face of climate change has not been sufficiently included in national development agendas. Not until now. With the Paris Agreement, recognizing “the protection of the integrity of ecosystems and biodiversity for both climate change mitigation and adaptation actions” , nature-based solutions (NbS), including ecosystem-based adaptation, for adapting to current and future climate change has come to the fore and countries are eager to find solutions to climate risk that can deliver multiple benefits (social, economic and environmental). Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), which encompasses the wise use of ecosystem services to help people adapt to climate change, delivers a wide range of benefits that boost overall development and human wellbeing and may contribute to national strategies to respond to the triple crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and the global post-pandemic scenario.

The Guidelines for Integrating EbA into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) -or EbA guidelines – have been produced as a part of the National Adaptation Plan – Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP), implemented jointly by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). In 2013, the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited international actors to draft supplementary sector guidelines to the NAP Technical Guidelines they formulated in 2012, and a number of supplementary guidelines have been published since, including the EbA Guidelines.

Through its three modules, this course will highlight the key concepts, tools, examples and steps for integrating EbA in the NAP process. Hence, it has been formulated as a companion to the Guidelines, and we suggest it should be taken as such.

This self-paced course is a learning initiative of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and part of the National Adaptation Plan – Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP) in partnership with Friends of the EbA (FEBA) of IUCN.

What you will learn?

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After completing the course, participants will be able to:

Explain the importance of restoring/protecting nature and implementing nature-based solutions, such as EbA, for climate change adaptation and sustainable development.
Discuss how integrating EbA into NAPs enables countries to comply with their international environmental commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sendai Framework, the UNFCCC, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Describe how EbA works, including the challenges, opportunities and additional benefits beyond adaptation of securing healthy ecosystems.
Outline how to look for funding opportunities, and how to formulate, implement and mainstream EbA options.
Explain and integrate EbA in the formulation, implementation and review stages of the NAP process.

Course at a Glance

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The course is structured around three modules:

Ecosystem-based Adaptation for climate-resilient development
Steps for integrating EbA in the NAP process
Challenges and advantages of mainstreaming EbA

Target Audience

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The course will provide clear, concise and current information for anyone interested in understanding the process of integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into National Adaptation Plans. It should be of particular interest to the following audiences:

Technical specialists, policymakers and government officials involved in the national adaptation planning process wanting to increase their understanding of the steps involved in integrating EbA into NAPs.
Technical experts in climate-sensitive sectors with an interest in better understanding how EbA can be integrated into such sectors.
Policymakers and technical specialists with an interest in understanding climate adaptation finance and EbA.
Academic and wider public stakeholders with an interest in better understanding EbA and how it can be integrated into adaptation planning.

Methodology and Certification

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The course is self-paced and not moderated. It has been divided into three modules and includes an intent to use survey. We recommend that participants take the intent to use survey before starting the course and follow the modules sequentially for the best learning experience.

Each module contains interactive content and a non-summative assessment to check your understanding. Each module takes around one hour to complete. The modules also contain a wealth of links to other resources on issues discussed, but these are meant for extra reading if of interest. This extra reading will not be part of the final quiz at the end of each module.

Each module has a final quiz which aims to assess the achievement of the learning objectives. The assessment contains 10 multiple-choice questions. After passing each module’s final assessment with at least 70% within three attempts, the participant is automatically awarded a badge per module. After obtaining all three badges, the participant can download a UN Certificate of Completion from the ‘Certification’ tab.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Gender Equality and Human Rights in Climate Action and Renewable Energy

About the Course

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The deep-rooted and far-reaching impacts of climate change make it one of the most defining challenges in the world today. The impacts of climate change manifest in primary effects such as increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events like droughts, storms and floods. However, it is the negative secondary effects that often go overlooked, especially for those who already experience inequalities, including women, youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities and minority groups. For women and girls, existing gender norms and stereotypes affect their access to, ownership and control over resources, making them disproportionately affected by climate change. In addition, challenges of protecting, promoting and fulfilling fundamental human rights exacerbate the effects of climate change on those most vulnerable.

These multiple and intersecting social inequalities affect the ability of marginalized groups to adapt to a changing climate, excluding them from decision-making processes at household, community and national level. They also prevent them from taking hold of the opportunities that low-emissions, climate resilient development brings towards improved livelihoods and socio-economic wellbeing, particularly in sectors like renewable energy.

Therefore, it is crucial that decision-makers are equipped with the tools and knowledge to integrate gender and human rights in climate policies and commitments as well as develop inclusive climate mitigation and adaptation actions in sectors like renewable energy while the actors such as financiers and entrepreneurs engage in appropriate schemes and ventures on renewable energy conducive to those who experience inequalities including the women.

At international level and in various regions around the world, there is growing recognition of the interlinkages between gender, human rights, renewable energy and climate change and the role that holistic climate and sectoral policies and programmes contribute towards building resilience and securing sustainable development. This starts with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which highlights the importance of achieving gender equality (SDG 5), ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SDG 7), addressing climate change (SDG 13), and strengthening partnership (SDG 17), recognizing the integrated nature of the goals and the need to “leave no one behind”.

In this context, this e-course provides an overview of the interlinkages between gender, human rights, renewable energy, and climate change. It provides participants with the specific knowledge and tools to integrate and implement gender equality in access to renewable energy and renewable energy entrepreneurship, as well as related gender-responsive and human rights-based approaches in climate change mitigation and adaptation measures.

Target Audience

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This e-course offers a holistic and integrated approach that demonstrates the interlinkages between gender equality, human rights and climate change and identifies pathways towards low-carbon and inclusive development.

The course is primarily designed to build capacities of policymakers, government officials, financial institutions and other stakeholders working in the fields of climate change, renewable energy and gender who can contribute to, and ultimately drive forward the implementation of gender-responsive, human rights-based climate change actions and renewable energy policies and programmes.

This course consists of three interactive modules; one introductory module and two specialized modules. The introductory module focuses on the interconnections between gender equality and human rights in climate action and renewable energy access and entrepreneurship.

The second module focuses on how to implement gender responsive renewable energy policies and programmes, with the aim of creating more opportunities for women in access to renewable energy, renewable energy entrepreneurship, and financing for renewable energy entrepreneurship.

The third module delves into how to develop and implement gender responsive and human rights inclusive climate change policies and frameworks at national level, including in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

Therefore, course is of particular interest to the following audiences:

National policymakers, government officials and stakeholders in sectors of climate change, gender equality and renewable energy, as well as regional actors;
Renewable energy service providers and officials of financial institutions in renewable energy entrepreneurship;
Anyone interested in learning more about gender equality and human rights-based approaches in the renewable energy sector.

Learning Objectives

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This course features three distinct modules that aim to equip participants with the knowledge, skills and resource materials to understand the interlinkage between gender equality, human rights, renewable energy and climate change and identify entry points in climate policies and action and renewable energy development that address gender equality and human rights.

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

Describe the nexus between gender equality, human rights, renewable energy, and climate change
Explain how a gender responsive and human rights-based approach in climate action leads to economic, social, and environmental benefits
Recognize international and sectoral commitments on gender equality, human rights and climate change and their relationship with national priorities and policies
Identify entry points for gender and human rights in renewable energy and climate policy and action
Select and apply tools and approaches for the promotion of human rights-based and gender responsive climate action
Discuss targeted opportunities for women in climate change and renewable energy, with a particular focus on multi-stakeholder collaboration, renewable energy entrepreneurship and access to finance.

Methodology

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The course can be completed according to the schedule of the participant. The course will feature various learning experiences: absorb (read); interact (activity); and reflect (relate to one’s own reality). The lessons feature engaging content with clear storyline, complemented by videos, case studies, interactive features, activities and exercises, relevant tools, and links to additional resources.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Macroeconomics of Climate Change – Economics of Adaptation

Target Audience

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Qualifications

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Some knowledge of economics is helpful. Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

Course Description

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This online course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, Fiscal Affairs Department, and Research Department, serves as the fourth in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx) series. In this offering, you will learn about the definition of adaptation, as well as policies and strategies for promoting and mainstreaming adaptation. You will also learn about DIGNAD, a climate modeling tool countries can use to analyze their resilience to climate shocks.

Course Objectives

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By the end of the course, you will:

Define adaptation to climate change and explain why it can be macrocritical.
Identify policies to promote investment in adaptation to climate change.
Explain the three-pillar based strategy to design and mainstream adaptation policies.
Describe the main features of DIGNAD, a climate modeling tool, and understand the scenarios that can be analyzed in a typical application.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming

About the Course

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Disaster Risk Management has become a key element of relief, rehabilitation, and climate change adaptation programmes, as well as development policies and programs in general. The course offers a unique combination of knowledge transfer, practical exercises, and learning and sharing among the trainees coming from different parts of the world.

You will not only know the concept, major elements and state-of-the-art technologies of disaster risk management – with a focus on disaster risk reduction (DRR) –, you will also be able to assess the context in which risk management and reduction take place and how to coordinate with different stakeholders. You will know how to select vulnerable systems of interest (households, economic sectors, regions) as beneficiaries of risk management programs in a disaster risk based approach, how to identify technical means of interventions in the light of their appropriateness related to different types of climate-related disasters and how to integrate risk reduction into long-term development efforts, while taking climate change aspects into account and therefore contributing to long-term resilience of communities.

Benefits:

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The aim of the training course is to increase your knowledge and skills on how to assess and to reduce disaster and climate risks for projects, plans, and policies. By the end of the training course, you will be able to critically analyse risk scenarios and to develop and apply appropriate risk reduction measures.

The specific objectives of the training course are therefore as follows:

To increase your understanding of disaster and climate risk concepts and their context
To enhance awareness of risk assessment processes and tools for planned and existing projects, plans, and policies
To increase your understanding of risk reduction and adaptation measures and integration into projects

Key topics:

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Risk assessment and risk mapping
Means of disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness, and adaptation to climate change related to natural hazards, such as drought, landslide, flood and cyclone
The social, economic, environmental and political context of climate adaptation and disaster risk management programs
Different options of fostering resilience among vulnerable communities, sectors, and regions related to nature-related disasters and climate change
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Mainstreaming DRR and adaptation in humanitarian aid and development cooperation
Organizational development with a focus on adaptation and DRR

Course Methods

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The training is based on the Harvard Case Method, which supports adult learning from experience: Introduction to the topic – Group exercise with a given case – Presentation of results – Reflection on relevance to participants’ needs and future applications. This method is complemented by interactive exercises which integrate emotions and movement into sustainable learning processes and expert presentations.

Target Group

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The training is designed for professionals working in international cooperation, policy advice, project formulation, or related areas. Ideally, participants already have first plans or ideas to use course content within their working context. Good command of English is mandatory.

Location: In Nairobi/Flexible

Course Duration: 10 days

Delivery Method: Classroom/Online Training

Primary Language: English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Arabic

Charges: USD 3000

Climate Change Mitigation

About this Course

This course challenges you to consider how one might lift societies out of poverty while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. We explore the inherent complexity of developing country governments wanting to grow their economies in a climate-friendly way. You will be introduced to an approach with which to address this challenge. The approach consists of a facilitated process whereby academic researchers and high-level influential actors within society co-produce knowledge. You will track this process in four Latin American countries – Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and South Africa. You will hear from various professionals about their contexts and the different challenges and opportunities the process includes.

This course will cover topics such as facilitation process techniques, energy modeling, scenario building, innovation and policy making. You will have the opportunity to respond to these topics with ideas and reflection from your own context. Whether you are a climate change practitioner, work in development or are simply curious about how climate mitigation is understood, this course will give you insights into the complexity of how countries from the South pursue development goals while addressing climate mitigation.

Coursework

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Complexity of climate change mitigation
Mandating and co-production of knowledge
Mitigation action research and modelling
Minding the mitigation gap
Responding to mitigation challenges
Bridges to domestic and international mitigation policy

Sustainable, Green and Climate Finance

About This Course

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This course is for all the students and workers in the world wherever you study and reside who are interested in understanding how finance is central to funding climate change projects. Without finance nothing will happen therefore we must all understand the finance available and how it will help us decarbonize the planet. When you complete this course, you will have the tools and knowledge to better engage with your bankers or finance colleagues to fund your projects and be able to justify why you need the funding more than your other colleagues that are competing with you for the same funds. You will learn about the definitions of green and sustainable and climate finance. You will grasp the differences between the European Taxonomy and Chinese Green Bond Catalogue. You will also be able to explain the different principles in place. The last part of the course will explain the gap in funding between current and future requirements. Once you have completed this course you will have sufficient knowledge of sustainable, green and climate finance to actively participate in your own journey on this important topic. The course finishes with some recent examples of bonds used to fund green projects. Although all sustainable finance has been affected by the recent turbulence in financial markets, we must not let this deter us. More funding is required to combat climate change and we all have a responsibility to learn the climate finance fundamentals.

You will be introduced to key elements around climate change, carbon pricing, sustainable business models, and climate risk and opportunities in the context of business as well as portfolio construction and investment analysis. It is a practical and applied digital course in the space of climate to support business, finance, and accounting professionals.

What you’ll learn

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Understand the definitions of sustainable, green and climate finance
Improve knowledge of the purpose and objectives of climate finance
Understand the published taxonomies and some of the challenges associated with them
Be able to explain the different options of using a blend of different tools to achieve the financing objectives
Understand different climate initiatives and related governance and disclosure frameworks.
Consider how climate change risk exposure affects business decisions.
Demystify carbon pricing and accounting.
Understand the proposition of a sustainable economy and business models.

Skills Gained

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Leave with a solid foundational understanding of climate change and its risks and consequences.
Gain practical knowledge for integrating climate risk into investment analysis and portfolio construction.
Learn to assess how climate change impacts financial and systemic risks.

Who should enroll

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This program will cater to a wide range of finance professionals from commercial banks, microfinance institutions, central banks and regulatory/government institutions, development organizations, and donor agencies.

An Introduction to Climate Change and Human Rights

About the Course

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From hurricanes affecting communities in the Caribbean, to sea level rise threatening lives and livelihoods across the Pacific, heat waves and droughts across Europe, and people displaced in the context of extreme weather events, floods and droughts, the effects of climate change are already impacting human rights, including, the rights to food, water and sanitation, decent shelter, health, personal security, and even life itself. Climate change disproportionately affects the world’s most disadvantaged people – those who are the poorest, most exposed and have the least resources to withstand climate shocks and stresses such as extreme weather events. Climate action that is not anchored in a human rights-based approach risks further violating human rights.

This course addresses how human rights obligations require the international community to take more ambitious action to mitigate emissions, to support adaptation that benefits persons, groups and peoples in vulnerable situations, and to address loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change. It demonstrates the importance of rights-based, participatory climate action, which leads to more coherent, sustainable, and effective outcomes. Increased awareness and education on human rights and climate change have been identified as key variables to enhance and support effective, rights-based climate action.

Course Modules

____________________________________________________________________________________Module 1: Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change and Corresponding Human Rights Obligations

Module 2: Human Rights in Climate Negotiations, Agreements and Action

Module 3: Climate Change in Human Rights Processes, Agreements and Action

Module 4: Persons, Groups and Peoples in Vulnerable Situations

Module 5: Regional and National Frameworks and Action

Module 6: Rights-Based Climate Litigation

Module 7: Right to Development and Climate Change in Focus

Target Audience

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This course is intended for everyone with an interest in learning more about climate change and human rights; including policy-makers, students, experts, activists, and academics. The course will provide you with tools to better understand, discuss, participate, and act on climate change as well as human rights challenges and opportunities.

Methodology, Certification, and Feedback

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The course is self-paced and not moderated. It has been divided into seven modules, packaged in one single interactive material. The modules are self-standing and can be completed in any order. It is however suggested to start the course with Module 1, providing a general introduction of the human rights impacts of climate change, and the corresponding human rights obligations, and then continue with the thematic modules of interest. Each module contains interactive content and ends with a short non-compulsory quiz. Each module takes around 25 minutes to complete. All modules can be downloaded in PDF format for offline study or for training purposes. The modules also contain a wealth of links to other resources on climate change and human rights and are thus a gateway to more in-depth and specific information. All these resources open in new external windows.

The interactive material is followed by a final assessment which aims to assess the achievement of the learning objectives. The assessment contains 20 multiple-choice questions. After completing at least 70% of the interactive material and passing the final assessment with at least 70% of correct answers within 5 attempts, the learner can automatically download a certificate of completion from the certification tab.