Spring 2024 International Affairs U6238 section 001

Environmental Finance: Scaling Up Clean

Environmental Finance

Call Number 10489
Day & Time
Location
T 2:10pm-4:00pm
501B International Affairs Building
Points 1.5
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Michael Eckhart
Type LECTURE
Course Description This class will address Environmental and climate challenges, the role of public sector funding and financing, and the need and potential for private sector investment and financing; The current state of clean energy deployment around the world: wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, ocean, and biomass, plus nuclear and cleaner fossil fuel options, and advanced transportation and vehicles, and energy efficiency, with attention to the financial characteristics of each; Methods and practices for clean energy investment and financing including government funding and incentives, corporate financing and project financing; Who the players are, and their respective activities and roles including government and corporate sponsors, multilateral development banks, commercial banks, equity investors, capital market equity and debt investors, and others. Students should leave the course with a better understanding of how the world is responding to the challenge of clean energy financing and a sense of where and how they might forge a career.
Web Site Vergil
Department International and Public Affairs
Enrollment 0 students (25 max) as of 11:44PM Monday, June 16, 2025
Subject International Affairs
Number U6238
Section 001
Division School of International and Public Affairs
Open To SIPA
Campus Morningside
Note Spring 2024 Course Dates: Jan 16 - Feb 27
Section key 20241INAF6238U001