93764 - CLIMATE FINANCE

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The course will help students build the necessary research skills in a cutting-edge area of finance that is increasingly becoming important for business and financial institutions around the world. On successful completion of the course, a student should be able to demonstrate the ability to: • Analyse the potential risks and opportunities of environmental trends for financial markets;  Have an in-depth understanding of the main issues in climate and sustainable finance;  Explain the range of financial policy instruments and financial contracts and their potential in driving a global transition and aligning capital markets with climate and sustainability goals.

Contenuti

1. Fostering green finance for a climate-resilient recovery

2. The European Green Deal

3. Modelling climate change finance

4. Climate risk assessment of financial assets

5. Green Bonds

6.Advances on climate finance

Testi/Bibliografia

Specialized articles and a reading list will be provided during the course. The reading list will be available in the "Materiale Didattico" website before each lecture

Metodi didattici

Lectures & seminars/classes (on-site & online). Assessment during onsite/online lectures. Two flipped classrooms

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The assessment method is based on the evaluation of a written test for the individual preparation. Students are expected to answer ten questions, including multiple-choice, true-false, or short answers. A mock exam as a sample will be provided at least one month before end of lectures. Students are expected to know the basic quantitative methods discussed during lectures and to critically discern the limitations of the methods employed in the analysis. Assessment during onsite lectures (consisting of mid-Term mock tests, short case studies reports and flipped classrooms) are also considered

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Lectures and lab classes (on-site and online)

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Elettra Agliardi