MFE1101 — Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR)
Course description
Sustainability and climate risk is a specialized course for 4th year student majoring in risk management. This course is designed to cover the content of GARP’s Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR). It provides pivotal knowledge into the complex territories of sustainability and climate risk, as well as key insights into regulatory initiatives, reporting requirements, green finance instruments, nature risk, transition planning, and much more. This course consists of 8 chapters.
Course requirements
Requirements for Final Examination
Attendance score must be at least 5 (according to University regulations).
See Appendix 2, Rubric 1 for attendance evaluation.
Requirements for Class Attendance
Students are responsible for attending all classes. In case of absence from school due to force majeure reasons, sufficient and reasonable proofs must be provided. For each absence, 1 point will be deducted 1 point. Students who miss any classes more than 3 times, with or without reason, will be considered as failing to complete the course and have to re-register.
Students will be awarded points for constructive comments these points are added to attendance points and group assignments.
Groups who do not submit the group work will receive a score of 0 (zero). Late submissions will be deducted for each day of late submission.
Requirements for In-class Behaviour
The course is conducted on the principle of respecting learners and lecturers. Any behaviour that affects the teaching and learning process is strictly prohibited.
Students must come to class on time. Students who are late more than 10 minutes after class starts will not be allowed to attend the class. Do not make noise and affect others during the learning process.
Laptops and tablets are only used for the purpose of taking notes for and calculating for lectures and exercises, absolutely forbidden to use for other purposes.
Teaching plan
Week 1
Week 1
Week 3
Week 5
Week 6
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 12
Week 14
Learning resources
- 1. Course Books
- Sustainability and Climate Risk Exam, garp.org/SCR, 2025
- 2. References
- Standard lecture notes/slides 2025
- 3. Other resources available at the University Library
- Climate and nature risk assessment, garp.org/SCR, 2024
- Transition planning and carbon reporting, garp.org/SCR, 2024