Graduate Diploma Program Structure

Courses in the Climate Risk Assessment and Opportunity Graduate Diploma Program are designed, developed, and taught by experts in their area of expertise working with professional instructional designers. The important learning aspects of the courses in this program are multidisciplinary learning, inter-professional education, societal and environmental impact, and life-long learning.

Courses in the Climate Risk Assessment and Opportunity Graduate Program are grouped into four Areas of Concentration. In addition to the mandatory course, students are required to take 3 courses from within the Area of Concentration of their choice. Courses start in September, January, and May, and run over the full semester (13 weeks; 0.5 credits). Not all courses are offered each semester.

Mandatory Course

Fundamentals of Climate Risk and Climate Change (CLMTRSK 9001)

Areas of Concentration

Business and Climate Impact (Ivey Business)

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

Explain how climate change fits within the wider set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors that drive an organization’s risks and opportunities with respect to sustainability
Distinguish between alternative business models and operation structures that enable climate change mitigation and adaptation
Describe key climate reporting and climate disclosure frameworks for business investors and external stakeholders
Calculate the broad climate and societal impacts of an organization by leveraging established measurement frameworks
Develop a robust climate transition plan, informed by climate risks, opportunities, and viable operational alternatives that deliver desirable economic and societal outcomes

Recommended Background

Undergraduate business degree or have previously taken a pre-Ivey business skills course

Course Offerings

Embedding Climate Strategies in Business (CRBUS 9001)
Governing for Climate Change (CRBUS 9002)
Finance and Climate Change (CRBUS 9003)

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Climate Risk and Infrastructure Resiliency (Engineering)

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

Identify climate-related risks to buildings and systems involved in infrastructure stability
Analyze climate-related extremes and hazards data using state-of-the-art methods
Conduct a climate risk assessment for a building and/or infrastructure systems
Identify approaches to adapt to risks faced by buildings and infrastructure systems due to climate change

Recommended Background

Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience

Course Offerings

Climate Hazards for Engineers (CRENG 9001)
Climate Risk Assessments of Insfrastructure Systems (CRENG 9002)
Applied Climate Risk Assessment (CRENG 9003)

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Natural Hazards and Risks (Science)

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Learning Outcoms

Learning Outcomes:

Evaluate climate-environmental hazards and explain their risks to people, buildings, and infrastructure
Analyze climate-environmental hazard data using modern data science and statistical approaches
Evaluate and synthesize the quality of information on climate-environmental hazards
Develop a workable plan for risk mitigation and management with a socio-economic impact of the proposed actions
Understand the quantitative methods for identifying past climate change and construct and evaluate models that predict future climate change scenarios

Recommended Background

Undergraduate degree in a science discipline
Basic financial and statistical knowledge
A working knowledge of programming languages (Python, R, C, C++, R, or Matlab, etc.).

Course Offerings

Understanding Climate and Climate Change (CRSCI 9001)
Fiancial Climate Risk Management (CRSCI 9002)
Impact Forecasting and Management of Natural Catastrophes and Climate Risks (CRSCI 9003)

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Climate Change Governance (Social Science)

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes:

Assess societal causes, impacts and injustices of extreme weather and climate risk
Explain the possibilities for mitigating the spatial and social inequalities of climate risk
Describe the challenges associated with climate risk and energy transition communication
Assess the variety of governance strategies for managing energy transitions and climate risk
Create policy briefs and other climate risk-related communications to both technical and non-technical audience