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The ‘Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities’ Training Programme presents attendees with a highly unique opportunity to understand in greater depth a range of climate changes risks and opportunities that have arisen, or will be arising, affecting the finance sector. It will provide attendees with an excellent way for them to develop their operational knowledge and understanding of the latest climate change framework developments pertaining to banking and financial services sectors.

In addition, the Training Programme will delineate a range of climate change opportunities relating to different sectors and different technology solutions that are currently in a state of development. It provides attendees with a highly cost-effective way of understanding in depth how climate change issues and programmes are currently developing around the world.

TRAINING PROGRAMME

SESSION 1: CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENTS

·     Climate Change Global Developments and the Way Forward.

·     Climate Change and Financial Stability; Climate Change and Stakeholder Involvement (Central Banks; Regulators; Banks; Insurers; Investment Funds).

·     Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS); Climate Change as a Source of Financial Risk.

·     Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD); Disclosure of Material Climate-Related Financial Risks; 

SESSION 2: CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS

·     Nature of Climate Change Risks; Effects on Economic Actors, Economy Sectors, and Regions; Climate Change Timelines and Crystallisation of Risks; Planning and Climate-Related Risks.

·     Amplification of Climate Risks via Interlinkages across the Financial Sector; Sectoral Case Study (Insurers and Interconnections; Insurance Protection Gap (Weather Related Losses); Risks across Countries and Continents, and Global Coordination.

·     Climate Change and Physical Risks (Acute Risk; Chronic Risk; Climate Change-Related Weather Events; Longer-Term Structural Shifts; Natural Disasters).

·     Climate Change and Transitional Risks (Adjustment Towards a Low-Carbon Economy; Timing and Speed of Adjustment; Policy and Legal Risks; Technology Risks; Market Risk; Reputation Risk).

SESSION 3: CLIMATE CHANGE AND FINANCE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

·     NGFS Climate-Related Opportunities: (1) Resource Efficiency; (2) Energy Source; (3) Products and Services; (4) Markets; (5) Resilience.

·     Climate Change Innovations (Finance and Investment): Green Bond Issuance; Social and Sustainable Bond Issuance; Sovereign Green Bond Issuance; Impact Investing. 

·     Climate Change and Macroeconomic and Financial Stability Assessments.

·     Climate Change and the Use of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investment Strategies and Policies.

SESSION 4: CLIMATE CHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES

·     Climate Change Infrastructures (Energy; Information and Communications Technology (ICT); Transport; Water and Waste).

·     Climate Change Alternative Energy Solutions (Biomass; Hydro; Marine; Solar; Wave and Wind).

·     Climate Change and Developments in Nuclear Fusion.

·     A Review of New Climate Change Innovations and Technologies around the World.

EXPERT TRAINER

Rodrigo Zepeda is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Storm-7 Consulting. He is an expert consultant who specialises in derivatives and banking and financial services law, regulation, and compliance. He is an expert in a very broad range of regulatory compliance frameworks such as FATCA, the OECD CRS, MiFID II, MAD 2 MAR, PSD2, CRD IV, Solvency II, OTC Derivatives, CCP Clearing, PRIIPs, BRRD, AML4, and the GDPR. He holds a LLB degree, a LLM Masters degree in International and Comparative Business Law, and has passed the New York Bar Examination. He was an Associate (ACSI) of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment from 2004 to 2014 and is now a Chartered Member (MCSI). He has created and delivered numerous conferences and training courses around the world such as ‘FATCA for Latin American Firms’ (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Panama City, Panama), ‘MiFID II: Regulatory, Risk, and Compliance (London), and ‘Market Abuse: Operational Compliance’ (London), ‘AEOI (FATCA & CRS)’ (London, Lebanon, Dubai, Malta, Manama, Bahrain); AML/CFT: Operational Compliance (Dubai, London); MLRO: Operational Compliance (London).

He has also delivered numerous In-House Training Courses around the world to major international financial institutions such as The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (MiFID II: Operational Compliance, Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates); the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (MiFID II: Final Review, London); CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America (Swaps and Over-the-counter Derivatives, Lima, Peru); Eurex Exchange (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Eschborn, Germany); European Energy Exchange AG (CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution, Leipzig, Germany); Rothschild Investment Management (UK) Limited (AEOI (FATCA & CRS), London); Resolution Life (AEOI (FATCA & CRS, London); CCP Clearing, Risk Management, Recovery and Resolution; Bethmann Bank AG (MAD 2 MAR, Frankfurt); Saxo Capital Markets (MAD 2 MAR, London); and Invesco Management, S.A. (AML/CFT, Henley); Validus Risk Management (OTC Derivatives, Eton).

For 2019 he has created some of the most cutting edge training courses available on the market today, including Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Financial Services; Supervisory Technologies (SupTech); The European Margin Rules; The 2018-2020 Collateral Paradigm; AML & CFT Advanced Practitioner; Virtual Currencies, AML, CFT: Operational Compliance; and Behavioural Persuasion Masterclass. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance and has also published widely in leading industry journals such as the Capco Institute’s Journal of Financial Transformation, the Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, as well as e-books on derivatives law. Noted publications include “Optimizing Risk Allocation for CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation”; “The ISDA Master Agreement 2012: A Missed Opportunity”; “The ISDA Master Agreement: The Derivatives Risk Management Tool of the 21st Century?”; “To EU, or not to EU: that is the AIFMD question”; and “The Industrialization Blueprint: Re- Engineering the Future of Banking and Financial Services?”.

Disclaimer

ISDA® is a registered trademark of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and Storm-7 Consulting Limited is neither sponsored by nor affiliated with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), and the public is hereby informed that Storm-7 Consulting Limited holds no commercial, private, or other relationship with ISDA.