CATEGORY: Mining, Oil and Gas

Carbon Finance and Climate Change in Renewable Energy

Course Access: Lifetime
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Course Overview

Course
length: 3-4 days

Course
description

Carbon finance is a
branch of environmental
finance that covers financial tools such as carbon
emission trading to reduce the impact of greenhouse gases (GHG) on
the environment by giving carbon emissions a price. Financial risks and
opportunities impact corporate balance sheets, and market-based instruments are
capable of transferring environmental risk and achieving environmental objectives.
Issues regarding climate change and GHG emissions must be addressed as part of
strategic management decision-making.

The general term is applied to investments in GHG
emission reduction projects and the creation (origination) of financial
instruments that are tradeable on the carbon market. This course
is dedicated to professionals in the field of low carbon finance and
investment.

Designed to develop your understanding of how the challenges of
climate change are driving trillions of dollars of new investment in a huge
range of sectors, including renewable energy production, housing and
infrastructure, and prepare you to deliver this investment with advanced
knowledge and skills.

The
challenge of responding and adapting to climate change will drive trillions of
dollars of new investment over the coming decades, with major changes required
across the economy, in renewable energy production and consumption, industry,
buildings, transport and infrastructure. Delivering this investment will
require greatly enhanced capacity in all aspects of carbon finance. In addition,
following the Paris Agreement both developed and developing countries now have
increased commitments for addressing climate change which is driving increased
demand for skills and knowledge in carbon and climate finance.

This
course is dedicated to professionals in the climate change investment field and
focused on the business opportunities and financial flows driven by society’s
response to climate change (carbon finance).

Who should Attend

·        
Individuals considering a consultancy job in
renewable energy

·        
Individuals interested in carbon
management and trading strategies and carbon reduction commitments for small,
medium and large organisations.

·        
Managers and directors intending to reduce the
organization’s carbon footprint and

needing to find
out more about carbon trading.

What you will learn

How
to calculate, monitor and reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint and improve
green

credentials,
in line with current legislation and carbon reduction commitments

Course Outline

·        
Calculate and report on the organisation’s carbon
footprint (Low Carbon Energy, Lifecycle Analysis, CSR)

·        
Carbon reduction commitments

·        
Options for reducing emissions and developing a
structured carbon management
strategy

·        
Dealing with Carbon
Credits

·        
Carbon trading strategies

·        
Carbon management strategies

·        
The current state of climate change science and key
climate change policy initiatives

·        
Principles of finance in the energy sector including
renewable energy

·        
Structure and dynamics of the major global, regional
and national-level carbon markets

·        
Practices and procedures of carbon accounting

·        
Challenges and opportunities for low-carbon investment

·        
Research Methods in Carbon Finance

·        
Low Carbon and Green Investment