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CERTIFIED EXPERT IN CLIMATE ADAPTATION FINANCE
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        CERTIFIED EXPERT IN
        CLIMATE ADAPTATION FINANCE
                           Certificate Program

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CERTIFIED EXPERT IN CLIMATE ADAPTATION FINANCE
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                                                                                 CERTIFIED EXPERT IN
                                                                                 CLIMATE ADAPTATION FINANCE

                                                                                 Course Objective                                                                    Target Group
                                                                                 Adaptation seeks to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. Most         This course is suitable for both public and private sector practitioners, including
                                                                                 of the research on adaptation to date has focused on public spending on             entrepreneurs, project developers, private investors, initiator/fund houses,
                                                                                 adaptation rather than private adaptation, although it may be likely that most      international development finance consultants and managers, plant operators
                                                                                 of the adaptation financing needs appear with the private actors affected           and manufacturers, engineers and advisory professionals (e.g. law firms,
                                                                                 by climate change. Understanding this will help to moderate and potentially         business, and tax consultants). The course aims to explain the many facets of,
                                                                                 accelerate adaptation, as well as address the role of government incentives for     and perspectives on, climate adaptation finance. Experience in (mainstream)
                                                                                 adaptation projects. This course will demonstrate that adaptation can appear        banking and finance is therefore helpful but not required.
                                                                                 with different economic and financial characteristics depending on the level
                                                                                 we look at it and the individual activity that is considered. Depending on these

       CONTENT                                                                   different characteristics there are different roles for private and commercial
                                                                                 actors or governmental institutions in facilitating the structural change towards
                                                                                 a low carbon and climate-resilient economy.

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Certified Expert in Climate   Study Content                     Study Concept
Adaptation Finance
                                                                                                                 Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener                                                               Jonas Hernán Fleer
                                                                                                                  Professor of Environmental Economics &                                              Programme Manager e-Campus
                                                                                                                  Sustainable Energy Finance                                                          Sustainable World Academy
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Benefits at a Glance          Registration Deadlines            Your Lecturers                                    Sustainable Energy Finance
                              and Tuition Fees

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We Shape the Economy          Contact
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       STUDY CONTENT                                                                                                                                  STUDY CONCEPT
                                                                             Climate Change Science - What is Adaptation?
                                                                              The science behind climate change and its physical impact, before
                                                         Unit 1               moving on to discuss the impact of climate change on the economy
                                                                              Explore why economies need to adapt, addressing the question
                                                                              “what is climate adaptation”?

                                                                             Climate Science meets Climate Finance
                                                                              Overview of the climate finance landscape to understand the
                                                                              importance and relevance of adaptation and climate resilience in
                                                         Unit 2
                                                                              terms of scale and contribution to climate finance
Facts                                                                         Main building blocks of international adaptation-related policies,
                                                                              looking particularly at the Paris Agreement
Learning format
                                                                             Coping with Damages - The Natural Role of Private &
Online course
                                                                             Public Sector Actors
                                                         Unit 3               Overview of the natural roles of actors, presenting the interactions
Course intakes
                                                                              between private and public stakeholders, providing the basis for
March - August
                                                                              further analysis into adaptation finance
September - February
                                                                              An introduction to the different types of investors and financial
                                                                              intermediaries and an understanding of their decision-making criteria
Duration of the programme
6 months                                                                     Basics of Finance and Investment with a Business Model
(Course extension possible for a charge)                                     Perspective on Climate Resilient Projects
                                                         Unit 4
                                                                              Gain a methodological understanding of financing at the project
Workload                                                                      level
5-8 hours per week
                                                                             Barriers to Adaptation Finance and the Role of Support
                                                                             Frameworks
Type of examination
                                                                               Understanding why markets alone might fundamentally not be             Our certificate programs will help you to              The Certified Expert in Climate Adaptation               our experienced team of trainers. They are given
Assignments (case studies) & final examination           Unit 5
                                                                              able to trigger adaptation investment in a way necessary to             systematically develop your qualifications and         Finance (CECAF) is designed as an online course.         the opportunity to take part in a discussion forum.
(2 hours in online format)
                                                                              mitigate climate change and which support instruments and               knowledge, to shape them successfully and to           Methodologically, this course is based on video          Here, all course-specific topics and contents are
                                                                              support frameworks are available across different countries             advance your career.                                   lectures, PDF scripts, interactive forums, exercises,    discussed and a lively exchange of experiences and
Graduation
Certified Expert in Climate Adaptation Finance                                                                                                                                                               and case studies. The topics and international           ideas takes place. Furthermore, the multilingual
                                                                             Building a Business Case for Adaptation
                                                                                                                                                      Our online certificate courses are offered on a        discussions, best practices and lessons learned are      e-Campus team is always available to answer
                                                                              Narrow the focus, introducing the process of developing a new
                                                         Unit 6                                                                                       part-time basis and take 6 months to complete.         deepened by means of practical examples from             questions of any kind.
Credits                                                                       adaptation business model, or adjusting existing business models,
6 ECTS                                                                                                                                                The flexible approach of our courses allows you to     the field. Short online quizzes check your learning
                                                                              to increase the climate resilience of portfolios
                                                                                                                                                      follow your own and individual curriculum, taking      progress.                                                After successfully completing the e-learning course,
Eligibility                                                                  Investment Opportunities from the Perspective of                         into account a few deadlines. This makes it possible                                                            graduates receive a Frankfurt School certificate,
Diploma in Green Finance                                                     Private Financiers                                                       to complete the course in parallel with demanding      At the end of the course, the participants work          which will entitle them to identify themselves as
Master of Leadership in Sustainable Finance                                    Overview of what sources of financing are available to finance         jobs and private commitments.                          on practical assignments and put their newly             Certified Experts in Climate Adaptation Finance.
                                                         Unit 7                adaptation business models                                                                                                    acquired knowledge into practice - supported by
(online)
                                                                               Build up knowledge on investment opportunities from the
                                                                               perspective of private financiers, answering the question: who
                                                                               invests in these (adaptation) business models and how?

                                                                             Financing the Business Model - Financial Instruments
                                                         Unit 8                Focus on instruments the private sector can use to invest in climate
                                                                               adaptation activities, including `innovative' instruments

                                                                             Climate Resilience and Risk Metrics and Indicators
                                                                              Explore climate risks and resilience metrics, looking at how to
                                                         Unit 9               define metrics that are measureable, computable and comparable,
                                                                              which include both mean and variability, recent past, current trends
                                                                              and projection of risks

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                              Prof. Dr. Ulf Moslener                                                                                                          It is represented by numerous regional educational centers throughout                        efforts to manage staff and material resources to achieve the goals of the
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                              Laura Kempa
                               Project Manager and Adaptation Finance Expert at FS-UNEP                                                                                                                                                                                                             Frankfurt office
                               Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance                                                                  1957                               2004                       2008                                2017                                Administration & Campus

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Other course lecturers
                                                                                                                                                              2462*                              1529*                      39.019*                             > 106.000                           Project Offices
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    worldwide
 Carola Menzel, Senior Climate Finance and Policy Expert at Frankfurt School-UNEP Centre
 Henriette Jahns, Senior Project Manager at FS-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable                                                            Students in the                    Students in the            Participants in                     Graduates from
 Energy Finance                                                                                                                                               academic                           extra-occupational         trainings                           academic and
 Dr. Karol Kempa, Researcher at Frankfurt School-UNEP Centre                                                                                                  programs                           programs                                                       extra-occupational
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