Point Carbon and Columbia Business School Executive Education are proud to jointly introduce Carbon Finance Strategies, an educational initiative designed for executives who want to understand the opportunities and challenges offered by upcoming greenhouse gas regulation and markets.

Columbia Business School is recognized globally as one of the world’s foremost business education institutions. Point Carbon is a world leading provider of independent news, analysis and advisory services for the global carbon markets.

Carbon Finance Strategies is a strategic in-depth three day program designed for senior executives who wish to fully understand the business and management opportunities offered by future cap-and-trade systems and formulate the right strategy and action plan for success.

In three days, Carbon Finance Strategies will provide essential knowledge for strategic decision making around carbon finance and carbon risk management. The program is a deep dive into the topic of carbon finance, with sessions addressing each important aspect and its strategic implications.

The program will mix lectures, discussions and case studies for practical learning. With guidance from Columbia Business School faculty and experts from Point Carbon, participants will review proposed U.S. legislation, analyze carbon price formation, and identify and assess risk management and trading strategies.


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Carbon Finance Strategies 

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Program Curriculum

• Day 1: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 
- Climate Change – Science and Impacts
- Climate Policy – International Framework and Institutional Dynamics
- Theory and Practice of Cap and Trade
- The Role of Carbon Offsets

• Day 2: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
- Market Design: Options, Variety and Scope
- Carbon Price Formation and Market Dynamics
- The Role and Effectiveness of Carbon Offsets
- Financial Markets and Trading Strategies 

• Day 3: Thursday, December 3, 2009
- Risk Management: Key Principles and Applications
- Risk Identification, Assessment and Mitigation
- Carbon Finance and Strategies
- Where Do We Go From Here?

Start Date and Location

The Carbon Finance Strategies Program will commence  in December 2009 and is held at the Columbia Business School campus in New York City.

Program Directors

The initiative is co-directed by Véronique Bugnion (Managing Director of Trading Analytics and Research, Point Carbon North America) and Geoffrey Heal (Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School).

Contact

For more information, please contact our Learning Solutions Specialists or for a personal conversation, call 212-854-3395.

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*To download the full program brochure, please click on the link below:
Carbon Finance Strategies