Scaling Climate Finance is a 7-hour, self-paced online course offered through One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC). The course is designed to strengthen participants’ understanding of climate finance and the different ways public, private and innovative sources of finance can be mobilised to support climate action.
The course explores how climate finance can support both climate change mitigation and adaptation, while also considering gender equality and social inclusion in climate finance planning, budgeting and decision-making.
About the Organization
UN CC is a United Nations-led learning partnership that supports climate change learning and literacy. Its stated focus is to equip people with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions, take action and respond to the climate crisis.
The course is developed with contributions from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Climate Finance Network (CFN). UNITAR provides learning solutions that support global decision-making and country-level action.
What will participants learn?
By completing the course, participants will learn about:
- Key climate finance sources, instruments and mechanisms.
- Public finance approaches for climate action.
- Private and innovative climate finance.
- Climate finance planning and coordination.
- Gender-responsive and socially inclusive climate finance.
- Public Investment Management within wider public finance systems.
- Approaches for mobilising new pools of capital for climate action.
Course Structure
The course contains five modules and a final quiz:
- What is Climate Finance?
- Making Public Finance Go Further for Climate Action
- Mobilising Private and Innovative Climate Finance
- Financing a Climate Change Plan
- Scaling Climate-Smart Public Investment Management
- Final Quiz
Who can take the course?
The course is open to a wide range of participants, including:
- Climate finance and policy professionals.
- Government and public-sector officials.
- Planning and technical staff.
- Parliamentarians.
- Central and state bank professionals.
- Private-sector stakeholders.
- NGOs and civil society practitioners.
- Think tanks and education/training institutions.
- Individuals interested in understanding climate finance and holding relevant actors accountable.
The course materials include examples from the Asia-Pacific region, but the tools and approaches are intended to be relevant to participants from all regions worldwide.
Certificate
Participants who achieve at least 70% on all quizzes qualify for a UN digital certificate of completion. Each quiz allows up to three attempts.
The course itself is free, but obtaining the digital certificate requires a USD 30 payment after successfully completing the quizzes.
Language
English
Deadline
There is no fixed application deadline. The course is self-paced and can be accessed online after enrolment.
