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Climate Aware Investing (Coursera)

Offered by EDHEC Business School,
Climate Aware Investing (Coursera)

Finance may have a central role to play against climate change on the condition that risks are properly measured and managed. In this course you will be introduced to the latest academic research findings and the most commonly used methods in industry to cope with climate change financial risks. How do we assess these kinds of risks? Can our portfolios perform well and at the same time contribute to the transition towards a low-carbon economy? How do climate change risks affect financial markets?

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This course starts with an overview of climate change and the tools at the disposal of policymakers to curb this phenomenon. These tools, when used to their fullest extent, will have a big impact on businesses and this impact may spill over into the financial markets even before the policies are fully implemented. The risks associated with these changes are grouped under the definition of transition risks.
In this MOOC we will analyse these risks and also discuss the methodologies most widely used by asset managers to manage their portfolios’ carbon exposure. The final module of this course shows a real-world example of implementation. At the end of the course, you will understand how to maximize the contribution of your investments to the fight against climate change.

What You Will Learn

  • Analyze the financial aspects of the fight against climate change
  • Understand existing measures of climate change risk exposure
  • Assess how climate risk factors impact security prices and returns
  • Assess how climate risk factors impact investment decisions

Course 4 of 4 in the Climate Change and Sustainable Investing Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1: From climate science to climate finance
WEEK 2: Measuring climate risk in equity portfolios
WEEK 3: Impact of climate risks on equity portfolios
WEEK 4: Managing climate risk in equity portfolios
WEEK 5: Designing a low-carbon tracking-index portfolio

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