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Introduction to Sustainable Finance Taxonomies

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This interactive and practical course, “Introduction to Sustainable Finance Taxonomies”, provides you with an overview of sustainable finance taxonomies, their relevance, purpose and different use cases. It explains the core elements of taxonomies and introduces principles and good practices for their development. You will learn how theory is applied in practice through in-depth case studies and real-world examples from China, Colombia, the EU, and South Africa. 

Syllabus

What you will learnThis e-learning course provides technical knowledge that will help you understand what sustainable finance taxonomies are, how they can mobilise capital for sustainability-aligned economic activities, and good development practices that can help ensure they are locally applicable and globally interoperable.This course achieves the following objectives:Explains sustainable finance taxonomies and their purpose,Shows the real-life application of taxonomies in the EU and China,Illustrates the key principles of taxonomy development and good practices, andDemonstrates how international good practices, combined with national priorities, have been used in the development of taxonomies in South Africa and Colombia.The course is divided into four modules:Module 1: An overview of sustainable finance taxonomiesModule 2: Taxonomies in practice: the EU and ChinaModule 3: Principles of taxonomy developmentModule 4: Taxonomy development principles in practice: South Africa and Colombia Each module contains several lessons and concludes with a quiz.

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  • Anonymous
    it is very informative and insight ful. itt challenges my way of looking at climate finance and put it in a beter perspective. it very asy to understand the content without struggle and it is good for sny climste finace student and persons who wants ot understand climate finance
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