This eCourse consists of two modules. There is widespread recognition that climate change and how we manage it have significant consequences for the future of the planet. In response to the expectations of governments and society at large, there is an onus on banks and the broader financial sector to take climate-related risks and impacts into account and incorporate them into their decision-making and product offerings. Module 1 provides an overview of these risks and explores how financial institutions are assessing and managing them, as well as the growing regulatory expectations in that regard.

Module 2 explores nature risk, outlining emerging regulatory efforts and examines how banks are beginning to identify, measure, and respond to these risks. Nature risk refers to the potential for financial losses resulting from nature-related events such as ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, or the collapse of natural systems.

On completion of this eCourse, you will be able to:
- Define climate-related financial risk and the key climate risk drivers and transmission channels
- Identify the approach that regulators have taken when it comes to the management and supervision of climate-related financial risks
- Recognize the approach that banks are taking to climate risk management and the tools and techniques they are using
- List the key external initiatives supporting climate risk measurement and management
- Identify key drivers and types of nature risk and recognize the difference between nature and climate risk
- Identify initiatives taken by regulatory bodies to address nature risk and the obstacles they face
- List key tools designed to identify and measure nature risk and recognize their limitations
- Recognize the broad approach of the banking sector to addressing nature risk

Module 1 Climate Risk – An Introduction
Topic 1: Overview of Climate-Related Financial Risk
Topic 2: Regulatory Initiatives
Topic 3: Banks' Approach to Climate Risk
Topic 4: External Initiatives

Module 2 Nature Risk
Topic 1: Nature Risk Overview
Topic 2: Nature Risk: Regulatory Response
Topic 3: Nature Risk: Measuring & Reporting
Topic 4: Nature Risk: Banking Sector’s Approach