About This Event
“Earn the climate-risk grounding supervisors and reserve managers now need.”
A blended certificate programme of 100 to 150 study hours, closing with a PAC assessment. It covers climate science, climate policy, green finance and climate-risk measurement, and is designed for both supervisory and reserve-management staff who need a rigorous, structured grounding in sustainability and climate risk.
What You'll Explore
A PAC certificate result in sustainability and climate risk
A working grasp of IPCC climate science and warming pathways
A method for assessing green bonds and greenwashing risk in reserves
Applied skills in climate scenario analysis and emissions metrics
Fluency in ISSB climate disclosure and supervisory expectations
Who Should Attend
Open to all qualifying staff, particularly: Banking Supervisors, Reserve Managers, Financial Stability Analysts, Sustainable Finance Units, Risk and Investment Staff.
Why This Course Matters
Structured and Assessed
A certificate with a formal assessment gives climate learning the same weight as other technical training. It shows your institution, and your own career record, that the competence is real.
Supervision and Reserves
Climate risk affects both the banks you supervise and the assets you hold in reserves. A shared curriculum lets both groups speak the same language when climate policy is set.
From Science to Measurement
The programme moves from climate science and policy into measuring risk in portfolios. That progression means you understand the numbers well enough to challenge them with confidence.
Programme
Module 1
Climate science & the physical risk picture
You will build a working grasp of climate science, emissions pathways and physical hazards, drawing on IPCC findings to understand what different warming scenarios mean for African economies.
Module 2
Climate policy, transition & the global framework
You will study the Paris Agreement, national climate commitments and carbon pricing, and trace how transition policy creates winners and losers across sectors, sovereigns and financial assets.
Module 3
Green finance, green bonds & sustainable investing
You will examine green, social and sustainability-linked bonds, taxonomies and ESG integration, and assess what they offer reserve portfolios and how to spot the risk of greenwashing.
Module 4
Measuring climate risk in banks and portfolios
You will apply emissions metrics, climate scenario analysis and portfolio alignment measures to bank books and reserve portfolios, and learn the limitations of each approach.
Module 5
Disclosure, supervision & the PAC assessment
You will review ISSB climate disclosure and supervisory expectations, pull the programme together in an applied case, and complete the PAC assessment that concludes the certificate.
Standards & Faculty Benchmark
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
The scientific assessment underpinning climate pathways, hazards and warming scenarios.
NGFS scenarios & guidance
Central bank climate scenarios used for supervisory and portfolio scenario analysis.
IFRS S1 & S2 Sustainability Disclosure (ISSB)
The ISSB standards for general sustainability and climate-related financial disclosures.
ICMA Green Bond Principles
Voluntary guidance on use of proceeds, reporting and review for green bond issuance.
IPCC science, NGFS scenarios, ISSB disclosure and the ICMA principles are the references your banks, asset managers and counterparties already use. Learning them together means you can assess claims and disclosures on the same basis the market does.
Is This Right for You?
- ☑You work in supervision, reserves or financial stability
- ☑Your institution wants certified climate competence in its staff
- ☑You want structured depth, with an assessment at the end
Good to Know
Open to supervisory and reserve-management staff; no climate background is needed, though comfort with basic finance concepts helps. Plan for 100 to 150 study hours over the cohort. You leave with a PAC certificate result and practical climate-risk measurement skills.
The Bottom Line
Finish with a certificate result and the climate-risk skills to hold your own with banks, asset managers and assessors alike.
Recommended For
Open to all qualifying staff, particularly: Banking Supervisors, Reserve Managers, Financial Stability Analysts, Sustainable Finance Units, Risk and Investment Staff.