Climate Risk and Response

Area of Interest: Cyber Security, Government and Leadership

Recognising climate change as a fundamental financial risk, and with complex reporting requirements and regulatory pressures intensifying, the demand for climate-ready skills is soaring.

In this course you will discover the fundamentals of climate governance, reporting and assurance and the common challenges and opportunities in the climate regulatory environment. You will learn from leading experts from the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response and hear from industry guest speakers leading the way in the areas of climate governance, reporting and assurance.

The course is broken into three core learning topics:

• Governing Climate Risk & Response
• Reporting on Climate Risk & Response
• Assuring for Climate Risk & response

By completing this course you will:

• Become familiar with the latest developments in the current climate regulatory environment: Understand key international agreements, governance frameworks, and regulations related to climate risk management and develop the skills needed to recognise and address greenwashing.
• Understand best practice reporting and integration of climate related metrics: Learn the fundamentals of climate risk reporting, including accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and other non-financial metrics, and how to integrate these and other relevant assumptions into financial reporting.
• Develop key skills necessary to ensure information credibility. Explore methods for ensuring the credibility of climate-related information through audit and assurance practices, both internally and externally.

This course is design for people who:

• Need a deep understanding of climate risk to excel in their roles.
• Seek to implement impactful climate actions and apply research-driven insights.
• Are considering a career transition and require specialised training in climate risk and response.

Prerequisite: None​

Dr Tanya Fiedler

Tanya is a Scientia Fellow at the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk and Response and School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Sydney.

Tanya is recognised internationally as a pioneering expert in the field of climate risk accounting and accountability. Her research is considers the translation and integration of information derived from climate and earth system sciences to accounting values and practice.

Tanya engages deeply with industry, standard setters, and regulators, both through her research as well as in an advisory capacity. Her work has been cited in the 2023 Economic Report of the President of the United States, as well as by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

Professor Ben Newell

Ben is Professor of Behavioural Science in the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney, and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response. His research focuses on the cognitive processes underlying judgment, choice and decision-making and the application of this knowledge to environmental, medical, financial and forensic contexts.

He has published multiple articles on the psychology of human judgment and decision making, including those that lie at the intersection of psychology and climate change, with particular focus on the understanding of uncertainty and risk.

Ben is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA), and the Chief Medical Officer’s advisory group for the National Health and Climate Strategy.

Dr Timothy Neal

Tim is a Scientia Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Climate Risk & Response and the UNSW School of Economics. Among other areas, he works on modeling the economic impacts of climate change using econometrics and machine learning.

Alongside academic research, he has worked as an economic consultant on a full time and casual basis for prominent firms in Australia including Ernst & Young and Deloitte Access Economics.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UNSW Canberra City Campus, 37 Constitution Avenue, Reid, Australia