Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to Change the World
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Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to Change the World at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
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Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to Change the World at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate upon completion
Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to Change the World at FutureLearn Course details
- You’ll learn how banks work and how we can use the power of money for good to achieve sustainability rather than causing damage
- You’ll delve into the tools and policies that can shift finances away from destructive activities and towards sustainable investments
- Next, you’ll explore sustainability reporting to understand how to measure the true impacts of investments
- You’ll unpack the loss-and-damage agenda and climate finance as you uncover the role accountants play in sustainable finance
- Throughout the course, you’ll be guided by Molly Scott Cato, British Green politician, economist, and activist
Sustainable Finance: Using the Power of Money to Change the World at FutureLearn Curriculum
What we mean by finance and why it isn’t sustainable
Money, money, money
Finance: The Basics
The Carbon Bubble
What have we learned, where are we going?
Taming the Beast: How to make money work for good
Focus on fossil fuels
Putting a price on carbon
Pricing nature
Pricing the priceless and compromising with the market
Why accountants are the unlikely heroes of sustainable finance
Measuring progress
Greenwashing
Sustainability reporting in the EU
Spotting the fraud
Banks: Heroes or Villains?
What is the role of banks in a climate emergency?
Can central banks make money for good
Public banking in the public interest
Making Banks Work for Good
Measuring Success – and Failure
Reporting sustainability progress
A Brief History of Reporting
The EU Taxonomy
The Limits of Reporting
Climate Finance
The UN COP process for negotiating climate agreements
Addressing climate debts
Climate Justice
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