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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Finance</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Initiative</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Innovative financing for sustainability<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>UNEP</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>FI</str<strong>on</strong>g> e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Learning</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: Risks and Opportunities for the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Finance</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sector<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Informati<strong>on</strong><br />
2008 Syllabus<br />
Topics and Activities to be Covered <strong>on</strong> a Weekly Basis<br />
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<str<strong>on</strong>g>UNEP</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>FI</str<strong>on</strong>g> e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Learning</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: Risks and Opportunities for the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Finance</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sector<br />
WEEK 1 (2-9 June 2008): Module 1<br />
Module 1: An Introducti<strong>on</strong> to <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong><br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 1: An Introducti<strong>on</strong> to <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: The Science behind the Phenomen<strong>on</strong><br />
• Why scientists believe the Earth's weather system is changing<br />
• How these changes affect natural systems and human society<br />
• Why this is relevant for business as a result of changes in the natural envir<strong>on</strong>ment, in regulati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
and in customer behaviour.<br />
• Further reading/Related links.<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 2: <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and Financial Services: Why does it matter?<br />
• Thorough explanati<strong>on</strong> of how <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> impacts Financial Services, including a break<br />
down by sector, i.e. Banking, Insurance, and Asset Management.<br />
• The key risks, including policy and legal impacts.<br />
• Applicability and implicati<strong>on</strong>s of various climate change scenarios to financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
• Further reading/Related links.<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 3: Policy and Regulati<strong>on</strong><br />
• Introducti<strong>on</strong> to the main inter-governmental treaty at present: the UN Framework C<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and its Kyoto Protocol;<br />
• A brief history of this process, to provide c<strong>on</strong>text for the current internati<strong>on</strong>al talks <strong>on</strong> the next<br />
round of agreements 'post-2012' and the 'Bali Roadmap';<br />
• The key elements of the treaties, highlighting the significant issues for financial services [cross<br />
reference to less<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> CDM/JI]<br />
• How the process works, makes decisi<strong>on</strong>s, and how governments and 'observers' (including<br />
business) interact;<br />
• Brief introducti<strong>on</strong> to the 'post-2012' debate [cross reference to less<strong>on</strong>11]<br />
• Other internati<strong>on</strong>al processes, such as the Asia Pacific Partnership and G8 and the 'Gleneagles<br />
Dialogue', briefly setting in c<strong>on</strong>text.<br />
• Further reading/ Related links.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Finance</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Initiative</str<strong>on</strong>g> Unit, Ec<strong>on</strong>omics and Trade Branch, Divisi<strong>on</strong> of Technology, Industry and Ec<strong>on</strong>omics<br />
15 Chemin des Anem<strong>on</strong>es, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Tel: (+41 22) 917 8178 Fax: (+41 22) 796 9240 Email: fi@unep.ch<br />
www.unepfi.org
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Note:<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reading Materials: - course less<strong>on</strong>s to be made available each week within the '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material'<br />
panel. (Compulsory)<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> Review: - available at the end of each less<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Quiz:- take Module 1 quiz (available under '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material' panel). (Compulsory)<br />
Additi<strong>on</strong>al Resources:<br />
Glossary of Terms - included for some less<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Print-friendly versi<strong>on</strong>s of Less<strong>on</strong>s - available in pdf format (for each less<strong>on</strong>) and downloadable from the<br />
"<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material" panel.<br />
External Links - to external web resources available from the "External Links" panel.<br />
Discussi<strong>on</strong> Board: - discussi<strong>on</strong> topic(s) to be posted at the beginning of each week.<br />
Email Exchanges: - participants may send email to <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Moderators, the e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Learning</str<strong>on</strong>g> Support Team or<br />
fellow participants using the 'Communicati<strong>on</strong>' panel.<br />
WEEK 2 (June 9-16, 2008): Module 2<br />
Module 2: <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and the Energy Ec<strong>on</strong>omy<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 4: <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and its Implicati<strong>on</strong>s for Energy and Energy Financing<br />
• The forces that drive energy demand<br />
• Voluntary and mandatory measures to combat climate change including energy policy<br />
frameworks that support the uptake of renewable and alternative energy sources<br />
• The effects of energy policy frameworks <strong>on</strong> how energy is sourced and review project finance<br />
for clean energy technologies<br />
• Energy Portfolio Management.<br />
• Further reading/ Related links.<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 5: <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> and Financing Strategies: An Overview<br />
• Influence of climate change <strong>on</strong> ec<strong>on</strong>omies and capital markets.<br />
• <strong>Climate</strong> change related exposure of different sectors and how this can impact from a 'whole of<br />
portfolio' approach.<br />
• Informati<strong>on</strong> sources, for example the Carb<strong>on</strong> Disclosure Project, and risk assessment tools.<br />
• Strategies to c<strong>on</strong>sider sector and company specific risks in investment and other financing<br />
decisi<strong>on</strong>-making.<br />
• How to use this informati<strong>on</strong> to actually change decisi<strong>on</strong>s within a Financial Instituti<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 6: Climatic Risks to Projects.<br />
• Relevance of climatic hazards to envir<strong>on</strong>mental impact assessments.<br />
• Importance of climate for operati<strong>on</strong> as well as c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
• Liability for emissi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 7: The "Clean Energy Wave": Opportunities & Risks in Alternative Energy<br />
• What are the recent investment trends in clean energy?<br />
• Sources of clean energy investment<br />
• Technology Review (Solar, Wind, Biofuels, etc)<br />
• What is Cleantech?<br />
• How do we finance Clean Energy Innovati<strong>on</strong>?<br />
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• Further reading / related links.<br />
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Note:<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reading Materials: - course less<strong>on</strong>s to be made available each week within the '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material'<br />
panel. (Compulsory)<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> Review: - available at the end of each less<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Quiz:- take Module 2 quiz (available under '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material' panel). (Compulsory)<br />
Additi<strong>on</strong>al Resources:<br />
Glossary of Terms - included for some less<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Print-friendly versi<strong>on</strong>s of Less<strong>on</strong>s - available in pdf format (for each less<strong>on</strong>) and downloadable from the<br />
"<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material" panel.<br />
External Links - to external web resources available from the "External Links" panel.<br />
Discussi<strong>on</strong> Board: - discussi<strong>on</strong> topic(s) to be posted at the beginning of each week.<br />
Email Exchanges: - participants may send email to <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Moderators, the e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Learning</str<strong>on</strong>g> Support Team or<br />
fellow participants using the 'Communicati<strong>on</strong>' panel.<br />
WEEK 3 (June 16-23, 2008): Module 3<br />
Module 3: Carb<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Finance</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 8: An Introducti<strong>on</strong> to the Flexible Mechanisms: Emissi<strong>on</strong>s trading<br />
• What are flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol?<br />
• How does the EU Emissi<strong>on</strong>s Trading Scheme (EU ETS) work?<br />
• How did the emissi<strong>on</strong>s market evolve?<br />
• What are the risks and opportunities for companies in the EU ETS?<br />
• How can financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s help mitigate risks related to emissi<strong>on</strong>s trading?<br />
• How do financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s utilize the opportunities of emissi<strong>on</strong>s trading?<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 9: Introducti<strong>on</strong> to the project-based mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol<br />
• How do the project-based mechanisms CDM and JI work and what are their objectives?<br />
• What are the requirements for participati<strong>on</strong>?<br />
• What are the central requirements for project development (baseline calculati<strong>on</strong> and<br />
additi<strong>on</strong>ality)?<br />
• What are the steps of the CDM project cycle?<br />
• Who is involved in a CDM/JI project?<br />
• What is the marketing potential of emissi<strong>on</strong> reducti<strong>on</strong> credits?<br />
• What are the main challenges in CDM/JI project implementati<strong>on</strong>?<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 10: CDM: Risks and opportunities for financial service providers<br />
• What are the specific characteristics of CDM projects compared to 'comm<strong>on</strong>' projects?<br />
• What are the particular risks of CDM projects?<br />
• What are the opti<strong>on</strong>s to mitigate CDM risks?<br />
• What instruments can financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s employ to address CDM risks?<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> 11: What's next?<br />
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• To c<strong>on</strong>sider how climate change policy might evolve for the post-2012 era.<br />
• To examine how financial instituti<strong>on</strong>s (<str<strong>on</strong>g>FI</str<strong>on</strong>g>'s) are gearing up to deal with climate change.<br />
• To suggest how <str<strong>on</strong>g>FI</str<strong>on</strong>g>'s might address the issue of managing climate change risk.<br />
• To discuss briefly how financial instruments might be used to deal with other envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />
issues apart from climate change.<br />
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Note:<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Reading Materials: - course less<strong>on</strong>s to be made available each week within the '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material'<br />
panel. (Compulsory)<br />
Less<strong>on</strong> Review: - available at the end of each less<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Quiz:- take Module 3 quiz (available under '<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material' panel). (Compulsory)<br />
Additi<strong>on</strong>al Resources:<br />
Glossary of Terms - included for some less<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
Print-friendly versi<strong>on</strong>s of Less<strong>on</strong>s - available in pdf format (for each less<strong>on</strong>) and downloadable from the<br />
"<str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material" panel.<br />
External Links - to external web resources available from the "External Links" panel.<br />
Discussi<strong>on</strong> Board: - discussi<strong>on</strong> topic(s) to be posted at the beginning of each week.<br />
Email Exchanges: - participants may send email to <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Moderators, the e-<str<strong>on</strong>g>Learning</str<strong>on</strong>g> Support Team or<br />
fellow participants using the 'Communicati<strong>on</strong>' panel.<br />
Wrap-Up (June 23-27, 2008)<br />
(a) Ensure that you have completed the three quizzes (available under the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Course</str<strong>on</strong>g> Material panel).<br />
(b) Complete and submit the Online Survey (course evaluati<strong>on</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>naire).<br />
(c) Post your farewell message <strong>on</strong> the discussi<strong>on</strong> board.<br />
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