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所在平台: Coursera |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/esg-and-climate-change
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课程名称：ESG与气候变化 课程概述：本课程旨在帮助学员理解气候变化及其对21世纪商业的风险与机遇。学员将分析气候变化在全球范围内的当前影响，以及实现净零经济所需的投资转变。课程还将探讨气候信息披露的重要性及其在ESG中的角色。学员将审视私营环境治理，了解私营企业在应对气候变化中的积极作用，并比较公共与私营部门的相似之处。此外，将评估保险行业如何分散风险，以及保险作为治理形式的创新方式如何促进气候韧性。在最后一模块中，学员将了解绿色洗白的概念，包括企业虚假环保声明的驱动因素、危害及相关的执法案例。最终，学员将学习到产品 stewardship 的重要性。 课程大纲： 1. **模块1 – 可持续性、气候风险与机遇概述** - 该模块关注气候变化及其对企业的风险与机遇，分析气候变化的全球影响及实现零碳经济所需的投资转变。 2. **模块2 – 解决气候变化目标的公共与私营治理** - 深入探讨公共环境法及塑造现代气候政策的不同历史阶段，分析气候信息披露及其在ESG中的重要性。 3. **模块3 – 通过创新私营解决方案构建气候韧性** - 研究生态系统服务及促进气候韧性的方法，评估保险行业如何分散风险以及保险如何促进气候韧性。 4. **模块4 – 生产者延责、产品 stewardship 和循环经济** - 了解循环经济的理念，分析美国的废物与回收流，评估产品 stewardship 及其与生产者延责的区别，并讨论绿色洗白的相关问题。 通过本课程，学员将全面理解公共和私营环境治理、气候变化带来的金融风险、气候信息披露及商业领袖实施气候解决方案的创新方式。
Name:Module 1 – Introduction to Sustainability, Climate Risk & Opportunity
Description:In this module, you will focus on understanding climate change and the risks and opportunities that it creates for businesses in the 21st century. You will analyze the current impacts of climate change on a global scale, and the investment shifts that are required to achieve a zero-carbon economy. Next, you will examine the stakeholders that are driving business firms to address climate change. You will learn how both the physical and financial stability risks that are imposed by more frequent natural disasters can affect business firms and the global economy. By the end of this module, you will have a detailed overview of the financial impacts of climate change, the ways that governments are addressing climate change, and the financial risks that unmitigated climate change is creating.
Name:Module 2 – Public and Private Governance to Address Climate Change Goals
Description:In this module, you will take an in-depth look at public environmental law and the distinct eras that have shaped modern-day climate policy. You will also review private environmental governance, examining the active role that private companies are playing in combating climate change as well as the parallels between the public and private sectors. Next, you will analyze the role of climate disclosures: what they require and their importance in ESG. By the end of this module, you will be able to differentiate between public and private environmental governance and their objectives, identify the three eras of public environmental law, and distinguish the role and goals of climate disclosures.
Name:Module 3 – Building Climate Resilience through Creative Private Solutions
Description:In this module, you will examine ecosystem services and the various methods used to promote climate resilience. You will review the ways in which public law addresses wildlife and habitat conservation and identify the limitations in meeting the demands of conservation efforts, especially when quick action is required to address disasters. Lastly, you will assess the insurance industry and the ways that it spreads risk, as well as creative ways that insurance as a form of private or public governance can build climate resilience. By the end of this module, you will have had a critical look at the different methods of building climate resilience, minimizing the impact of climate change through nature-based solutions, and two primary methods of insurance that can spread risk. You will understand the ways that private insurance can protect ecosystem services, and you will have identified innovative ways that business leaders can view climate solutions.
Name:Module 4 – Extended Producer Responsibility, Product Stewardship, and the Circular Economy
Description:In this module, you will learn about the idea of promoting a circular economy through better stewardship of resources and waste management. You will analyze the waste and recycling streams in the United States and the effects that they have on the environment. You will also examine the challenges with recycling programs worldwide. Next, you will evaluate product stewardship, and the key players in that lifecycle, and will learn to differentiate between product stewardship and extended producer responsibility. Lastly, you will review the concept of greenwashing: what is driving firms to make exaggerated environmental claims, why it is harmful, and examples of enforcement actions. By the end of this module, you will have assessed the importance of product stewardship, reviewed some of the limits on green marketing, and analyzed increasing regulatory action.
In this course, you will focus on understanding climate change and the risks and opportunities that it creates for businesses in the 21st century. You will analyze the current impacts of climate change on a global scale, and the investment shifts that are required to achieve a net-zero economy. Next, you will analyze the role of climate disclosures and their importance in ESG. You will also review private environmental governance, the active role that private companies are playing in combating climate change, and the parallels between the public and private sectors. Additionally, you will assess the insurance industry and the ways that it spreads risk, as well as creative ways that insurance as a form of private or public governance can build climate resilience. In the final module, you will review the concept of greenwashing: what is driving firms to make exaggerated environmental claims, why it is harmful, and examples of enforcement actions. Finally, you will learn about the importance of product stewardship. By the end of this course, you will have a thorough understanding of public and private environmental governance, the financial risks that unmitigated climate change is creating, climate disclosures, and innovative ways that business leaders can view and implement climate solutions.
