Economics And Governance (Climate Change)

Climate change is reshaping global markets, forcing us to rethink supply chains, resources and the way we do business now and for years to come. 

This programme gives you a comprehensive, fully integrative and multi-disciplinary understanding of the threats, challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Gain the competitive insights and tools to position your organisation at the forefront of change.

Benefits For You:

• Get the big picture on climate change: Fully explore the science, economics and legal dimensions and considerations from a holistic perspective.
• Gain an integrative understanding of the politics, governance and institutional development challenges at play on the global level.
• Build the skills to leverage climate models and science to trace the link between carbon emissions and economic growth and competitiveness.
• Acquire the knowledge to formulate strategies for adaptation and mitigation.
• Determine the primary risks and challenges, as well as the emerging opportunities that climate change can deliver to your organisation and others.
• Lead the narrative and become an empowered agent for change within your organisation and stakeholder ecosystem.

Key Topics:

• Explore the political and governance dimensions of global climate change:
• Understand the international institutional architecture for climate change, including international law, political bargaining and policy-making and implementation by governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and communities.
• Understand the science:
• Take a deep dive into strategies for mitigation and adaptation:
• Analyse the links between adaptation, economic growth and poverty reduction as well as the role of public policy in promoting adaptation, including financing adaptation. We also explore the technologies to reduce emissions and their costs and policy instruments, including emissions trading and carbon markets.
• Discover the principle risks and the emerging opportunities of climate change:
• Investigate the relationship between economic growth, competitiveness and carbon emissions.