Om dette emnet

Climate change is one of the most critical issues facing the planet and will require massive flows of capital. Finance will be instrumental in facilitating the transition to lower-carbon economies. The course covers current research in the field of climate finance. It is designed to train academics who will conduct research and teach in the field of climate finance. It seeks to be an important, timely, and catalytic development in the climate finance space designed to develop the next generation of scholars and educators in this field and to create a community of researchers in this field.

In the course, students will learn basic science of climate change, the roles of climate change in economic and finance theory, asset pricing, accounting and corporate carbon disclosure, investment management, corporate and household finance, and financial institutions.

Dette lærer du

The PhD course aims to acquaint students with the field of financial economics of climate and sustainability, both theoretically and empirically.

  • Læringsaktiviteter

    The course consists of core sessions in the collaborative global doctoral course Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability (FECS). The core sessions of FECS consists of twelve two-hour lecturers taught by external faculty.

  • Pensum

    Readings and schedule are communicated to the students by email and the course website.

    www.climatefinancephd.org/

  • Forutsatte forkunnskaper

    ECN302 Matematikk for økonomer

  • Vurderingsordning, hjelpemiddel og eksamen

    The evaluation of the student's effort in the course is pass/fail based on (completed and approved) written exercises.

  • Om bruk av KI

    K3 - Full bruk av KI.

    Bruk av KI er tillatt, men må være i tråd med retningslinjene for bruk av kunstig intelligens (KI) ved NMBU.

    Her finner du KI-kategoriene beskrevet.

  • Sensorordning

    External examiner will evaluate the quality of the syllabus, and quality and appropriateness of the questions used in course exercises.

  • Undervisningstider

    Lectures: 2 hours each week.