Program Name

Certification Programme on Carbon Trading and Sustainable Finance

The Objective of the Programme

The climate meetings and countries’ commitments to Net Zero have attracted enormous attention of investors and researchers. The trading of carbon with different offset mechanisms has been a great source of climate-centric investment. In this Programme, the main aim is to cover the different dimensions of carbon trading and sustainable finance through the channels of ESG and green financing. The Programme is extremely useful to traders, entry, and mid-level finance professionals and researchers willing to explore the field of climate finance. The pedagogy will involve live discussions and case studies. One of the highlights of this program is to cover the upcoming Indian carbon market.

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Venue

Online

Dates

17-18 December 2022

Target Participants

Entry and mid-level finance and investment professionals, alternatives finance experts, regulators, and researchers

Programme Director

Prof. Wasim Ahmad, Associate Professor, Economics Sciences, IIT Kanpur

Certificate issuing institution

IIT Kanpur

Programme Experts (Resource Persons)

Prof. Sanjay Sehgal

Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi South Campus

Prof. Wasim Ahmad

Department of Economic Sciences, IIT Kanpur

Proposed Programme Outline

17th December 2022

Inauguration and introduction to climate finance, clean green finance, climate meetings and their significance in carbon market development, CDM, JI mechanisms

Introduction to global emission trading platforms, rules and regulations, different offsetting mechanisms, EU-ETS and other major markets,

Scopes 1-3 of carbon emissions, Cap and trade, carbon credits (emission permits), Carbon Offsetting, VCM and different phases. CORSIA and different offsetting instruments. CERs and ERU, switching price and Carbon Credits,

Emission trading in India: Carbon Trading Mechanism: PAT Schemes – cycles and analysis, Esc Certificate, REC Scheme,

18th December 2022

ESG frameworks, ratings, and challenges. Case study on the European markets

Carbon mitigation strategies, carbon reporting with global and Indian standards, Carbon, and blue sinks

Comparative analysis of global ETS platforms and learnings for India.

CBAM with EU and WTO

Basic frameworks of sustainability and financing norms, green bonds and credit rating mechanism