Green Finance and Carbon Markets: Tools for Academics
International Workshop on Financial Instruments and Market Mechanisms for Climate Action
Skills you will gain:
About Program:
Green Finance and Carbon Markets: Tools for Academics is a 3-day intensive virtual workshop designed to introduce participants to the financial frameworks and market tools used in addressing climate change, including carbon trading systems, ESG investment, climate risk disclosure, and voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
Through expert-led workshop, hands-on analysis, and academic case studies, participants will gain practical insights into the interdisciplinary domain of sustainable finance—bridging finance, policy, climate science, and economics—and walk away with tools to incorporate these concepts into curricula, research, or policy work.
Aim: To equip academic professionals and researchers with foundational and advanced tools to understand, analyze, and teach the principles, practices, and instruments involved in green finance, carbon pricing, and climate-aligned investment markets.
Program Objectives:
- Enhance academic capacity in climate-aligned financial systems
- Provide practical tools to engage in or teach sustainable finance topics
- Promote evidence-based understanding of carbon markets among scholars
- Enable interdisciplinary research on climate finance and economics
- Support academia’s role in shaping future climate finance professionals
What you will learn?
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Day 1: Foundations and Research Landscape
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Global Overview: Green Finance, Carbon Markets, and Climate Policy (Paris Agreement, EU Green Deal, SDGs)
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Key Instruments: Green Bonds, Carbon Credits, Compliance & Voluntary Markets
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Research Tools: Bibliometric Mapping using VOSviewer
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Open Data Sources: UNFCCC, World Bank, EMBER, CDP, Climate Watch
Hands-On:
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Carbon pricing analysis using public dashboards
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Literature trend mapping with VOSviewer
Day 2: Financial Analytics and Market Simulations
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Green Bond Structuring and Evaluation (ICMA frameworks)
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Carbon Market Modeling: Pricing, trading, and risk analysis
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Data Analytics with Python (Pandas, Matplotlib, Statsmodels)
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Case Analysis: EU ETS, Verra Registry, Gold Standard
Hands-On:
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Simulate carbon credit trading scenarios
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Analyze green finance datasets using Python or Excel
Day 3: Research Design and Policy Integration
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Academic Research Frameworks: Structuring papers and proposals
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Bibliometric Analysis with R (Bibliometrix)
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Mapping Research to SDGs and Climate Policy Tools (IEA, IFPRI, Climate Action Tracker)
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Publishing Strategies: Target journals and data-driven research
Hands-On:
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Develop a research proposal (individual/group)
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Visualize citation networks and SDG alignment
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Mentor Profile
Fee Plan
Get an e-Certificate of Participation!
Intended For :
- University and college faculty in finance, economics, sustainability, or policy
- PhD and postgraduate students in environmental economics and green finance
- Researchers in climate science and development studies
- Curriculum designers and academic coordinators
- Think tank members and research assistants
Career Supporting Skills
Program Outcomes
- Develop a clear understanding of carbon pricing and green financial instruments
- Analyze real-world carbon market mechanisms and financial flows
- Access academic datasets and simulations for teaching/research
- Learn how to incorporate green finance and carbon markets into course design
- Receive a certificate of participation with resource toolkit