IUCN Academy features the Introduction to Finance for Nature, free course to start your journey in understanding the economic importance of nature and the related risks and opportunities. See training here.

Biodiversity Finance self-paced course, provides you with the tools to assess the policy, institutional, and economic context for biodiversity finance; conduct a financial needs assessment to achieve a country’s biodiversity goals; and develop a biodiversity finance plan that identifies the most suitable finance solutions. The course is aimed at conservation planning and biodiversity finance practitioners and policymakers, but is open to anyone. 

Do you need to make a stronger business case for biodiversity conservation? Do you need to know how to develop an effective biodiversity finance plan? Do you want access to more tools to assess the policy, institutional, and economic context for biodiversity finance, and to conduct a financial needs assessment to achieve a country’s biodiversity goals? We are offering a FREE self-paced course  on Biodiversity Finance. 

Robeco Education offers this free course for investment professionals. Biodiversity has massively risen up the agenda in the last few means, but what it means for investing and the transition to a more nature-positive world is less clear. What challenges (and opportunities) will biodiversity bring? And why should we act now?  This module bridges that gap. To enhance the learning experience, the module is delivered using clear language, charts, a video and case studies. Each of the eight chapters takes up to 15 minutes to read.

The Bloomberg Market Concepts educational platform delivered by Bloomberg offers an ESG Module. The online course describes ESG trends and common ESG investment strategies, analyses how asset managers integrate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making process, explains how shareholder activism influences corporate behavior and finally, it includes practice tasks for various stages of the investment process.

SBTN has created a suite of on-demand learning materials to support companies setting science-based targets for nature. Five modules will walk you through the first three steps in the target-setting journey, from assessing and prioritizing your impacts on nature to setting freshwater and land targets. These resources are free for anyone to use – simply fill in a form to help SBTN track engagement with the program and get started. To access the learning modules, please complete the form following the link. 

A primer on Climate finance, with an introduction on the United Nations Framework Convension on Climate Change (UNFCCC) standing committee on finance and UNFCCC’s climate finance data portal. The primer introduces the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Adaptation Fund and the adaptaiton fund's programs.

The WWF Nature Finance Academy is a global e-learning and resource platform on sustainable finance intended for finance professionals, with free access, self-paced learning materials that is practical, sector-specific and downloadable. Access to the platform here.