About the Course
Organizations do not just need climate risk scenario analysis in principle, they need results they can evidence under frameworks such as IFRS S2, NGFS Reference Scenarios, and the TCFD structure that many reporting processes still follow. In practice, this means showing that you can define a material exposure set, compare physical and transition pathways, and produce outputs such as a climate exposure register, sensitivity table, scenario assumptions log, and management summary that leadership can use.
This course turns scattered climate knowledge into a structured operating method for climate risk scenario analysis. You will practice scoping exposures, selecting plausible scenarios, interpreting time horizons, building impact pathways, and aligning outputs to decision-making and disclosure needs. You will also be introduced to AI-assisted climate analytics, portfolio-level stress testing logic, and spreadsheet-based scenario workbooks at an operational level, while hands-on exercises focus on what you can realistically produce in a 5-day workshop: scenario definitions, impact maps, response options, and reporting templates. This course teaches you how to build a defensible climate scenario analysis workflow so you can assess risk, evidence assumptions, and brief decision-makers with confidence.
Most teams face the same constraints: incomplete emissions or asset data, uneven model maturity, pressure to satisfy multiple reporting demands, and limited time to reconcile risk, finance, sustainability, and strategy inputs. This advanced course is built for those conditions, with a focus on pragmatic methods, controlled assumptions, and outputs that remain useful even when data quality is uneven or internal capabilities are still developing.
Target Audience
This advanced climate risk scenario analysis course is built for professionals who must translate scenario work into evidence, disclosures, and management action.
- Climate Risk Analysts preparing scenario assumptions and exposure maps
- Enterprise Risk Managers integrating climate pathways into ERM
- Sustainability Reporting Managers aligning outputs to IFRS S2
- Banking Risk Officers testing credit and portfolio resilience
- Treasury Analysts reviewing climate effects on funding and liquidity
- Strategy Managers translating scenarios into investment priorities
- Climate Disclosure Leads drafting board-ready climate risk narratives
- Model Risk Specialists reviewing scenario assumptions and limitations
- ESG Data Managers validating datasets and data lineage
- Internal Auditors assessing climate risk governance and documentation
Course Objectives
This course equips you to plan, execute, and measure climate risk scenario analysis initiatives that strengthen resilience, support IFRS S2 reporting, and improve strategic decision-making.
- Assess climate exposure using the NGFS Reference Scenarios and an exposure register.
- Apply scenario analysis methods to physical and transition risk pathways.
- Design a climate scenario assumptions log and impact pathway map.
- Build a spreadsheet-based scenario analysis workbook with clear time horizons.
- Evaluate scenario outputs against IFRS S2 disclosure expectations and governance controls.
- Navigate cross-functional review requirements across risk, finance, sustainability, and strategy teams.
- Implement portfolio-level metrics such as PD, LGD, and exposure sensitivity where relevant.
- Synthesize findings into a board-ready climate risk scenario analysis report and action plan.
Requirements & Prerequisites
Participants should already have a working understanding of climate risk concepts, portfolio or operational risk exposure, and basic financial or sustainability reporting language. Prior exposure to IFRS S2, the TCFD structure, or NGFS climate scenarios will help, but the course is designed to explain the workflow clearly before moving into applied scenario work. No coding is required for completion, but you should be comfortable using spreadsheet-based templates and reviewing quantitative outputs. Advanced concepts are taught at the operational and implementation-planning level, not as production model engineering.
Professional and Organizational Impact
When you lead climate risk scenario analysis with credible data and practical methods, you become a trusted driver of resilience and disclosure quality.
- Build confidence in framing physical and transition scenarios clearly.
- Gain skill in interpreting NGFS pathways and assumption logs.
- Strengthen your ability to challenge weak climate data inputs.
- Enhance your use of stress-testing workbooks and sensitivity tables.
- Develop sharper judgement on materiality and planning horizons.
- Position yourself as a credible contributor to IFRS S2 reporting.
- Expand your ability to brief risk committees and executives.
- Improve your profile for climate risk, ESG, and model review roles.
Organizations that embed climate risk scenario analysis into risk and strategy cycles reduce costs, mitigate risks, and build lasting competitive advantage.
- Reduce blind spots in physical and transition risk exposure.
- Improve readiness for IFRS S2-aligned climate disclosures.
- Lower model and reporting inconsistencies across functions.
- Support earlier capital and portfolio planning decisions.
- Strengthen governance over climate assumptions and data lineage.
- Improve resilience planning for assets, loans, and supply chains.
- Increase credibility with regulators, investors, and internal boards.
- Create a repeatable climate risk scenario analysis workflow.
Training Methodology
This is a practical, outcome-driven course designed to turn climate risk scenario analysis aspiration into measurable action and credible reporting.
Methodology includes:
- Calculate exposure sensitivity using a portfolio stress-testing workbook and scenario assumptions.
- Simulate a transition shock involving carbon pricing, policy tightening, and demand shift.
- Assess governance using an IFRS S2 disclosure checklist and scenario control review.
- Map risk-owner, finance, sustainability, and board reporting lines for scenario outputs.
- Analyze sector cases from banking, insurance, utilities, and real estate portfolios.
- Develop a scenario analysis summary pack under fixed time and data constraints.
- Compare current practices against NGFS guidance and internal benchmark evidence.
Upcoming Sessions
Next available dates worldwide
Certification
Recognized credentials that advance your career
Participants who complete the Climate Risk Scenario Analysis Training Program earn a Trainingcred Certificate of Achievement, demonstrating professional competence and alignment with global standards in learning and development.
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- Apply what you learn with a proven methodology that ensures lasting impact.
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