The Paris Climate Agreement approved at the COP21 in December 2015 is a cornerstone in climate policy worldwide. To achieve its objective of limiting the rise of global mean temperature to +2°C compared to the preindustrial period, a shift in the allocation of finance flows will be necessary. While climate change is expected to substantially modify patterns of capital investments from carbon-intensive activities to investments compatible with a 2°C pathway, this poses new risks and as well as opportunities for investors and financial institutions.

• To give a thorough overview of risks and opportunities related to investments in a low-carbon economy 
• To provide participants with the tools and knowledge of current financial instruments to support projects aimed to achieve the transition to a low-carbon economy
• To gain a global and comparative perspective into the challenges of scaling up climate finance in developed, developing and emerging countries
• To allow participants to acquire the skills to explore key climate finance issues and instruments through case-based analysis.

Day 1:

• Building a Financial System for Sustainability
• US Climate Change Policy Process and its Impacts on Investment Decision-Making
• Climate-Related Risk in the Italian Financial System
• Role of Public Sector Finance and the Role of State Investment Banks in Low-Carbon Energy Finance
• Climate Finance within the Context of the Paris Agreement

Day 2: 

• Scaling Up Climate Finance in Developing and Emerging Countries
• How to Finance Investments Related to the Nationally Determined Contributions of the Paris Agreement?
• Linking Climate Policies with Financing the Low-Carbon Economy: the European Experience of Harnessing and Redeploying Revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System
• Pricing Climate Risk in Capital Markets, Carbon Due Diligence and Stranded-Asset Risk

The Executive Training is developed for:

• Ministries of Finance, Economics, Development and others
• Risk, CSR, financial departments of companies and industry organisations
• International financial institutions such as the World Bank, IFC, EIB, ECB, EBRD, AfDB, ADB, Bilateral Development Banks, and others. 
• The European Commission and the DGs Climate Action, Energy, Competition, Joint Research Centre, Environment, Justice and other related
• Academics and practitioners 
• Some background on climate and sustainable finance is suggested. An educational background in finance, economics or law is strongly recommended. The training is in English.

Course Fee: 1,500 € | Early bird 10% discount for registrations by 10 March 2019

A discount of 25% will be offered to European and national civil servants, as well as to members of NGOs.

• Residential lessons with interactive learning tools: Instructors will provide lessons focusing on the key theoretical concepts complemented by illustrative real current examples and case studies from the financial and industrial sector 
• Interactive tools and activities involving the participants are put on to enhance the discussion and the learning experience
• Q&A sessions: An interactive Q&A session follows one of the learning session in order to clarify the main concepts and to stimulate active discussion 
• Group work activities implemented to facilitate the learning outcomes, foster collaboration, skills and competencies for participants