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Chia Norman
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Climate and Nature-related Risks and Opportunities Pathway
Completion date
20 Oct 2025
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About Climate and Nature-related Risks and Opportunities Pathway
3 Learning modules
36 minutes of learning
5 rating
Foundational level
This pathway explores the critical interplay of climate, nature, and finance, beginning with an introduction to UNEP FI's risk-focused programming and the outcomes of COP28. It delves into climate science, models, and tipping points, setting a foundation for understanding climate dynamics. The pathway then shifts to climate finance and opportunities, examining how the financial landscape is adapting to climate change, the shift towards renewable energy, green infrastructure, technological innovation, and the development of green financial instruments. Finally, it focuses on nature, emphasizing its value, the planetary boundaries, and the profound economic implications of nature degradation. It categorizes nature-related risks into physical, transition, and systemic risks, and discusses nature-related opportunities.
In this pathway
Understand UNEP FI's risk-focused programming and the key outcomes of COP28
Gain insights into climate science, climate models, and climate tipping points
Explore climate finance and the opportunities arising from the response to climate change
Comprehend the critical value of nature, planetary boundaries, and the economic implications of nature degradation
Differentiate between physical, transition, and systemic nature-related risks and identify nature-related opportunities
Pathway experts
David Carlin
Head of Climate Risk
David Carlin is an acknowledged authority on climate change and its implications for the financial system. He is the founder of D. A. Carlin and Company, an advisor to governments, corporates, and financial institutions on climate and ESG topics. He has authored numerous reports that provide practical tools for financial actors looking to address climate change and has run capacity-building programs for financial institutions and supervisors around the world. David led the creation of UN Environment Programme’s- Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)’s Risk Centre as the head of Risk. Over the past years, he has worked with over 100 global banks, investors, and insurers on climate scenarios, climate risk assessments, and climate governance. He has been an advisor to UNEP FI’s TNFD pilot program on nature and biodiversity related risks, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), and the Glasgow Financial Alliances for Net Zero (GFANZ). David is also a contributor to Forbes and a senior associate at Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) as well as a visiting fellow at King’s College London. David has worked as a Principal in Finance, Risk, and Public Policy for Oliver Wyman and in Model Risk Management for PNC Bank. His background is in quantitative modeling and decision science.