Climate Finance Foundations
Explain the climate finance architecture and the role of key public funds.
Open the course
Learning
Build the skills behind a credible proposal.
Choose a foundation course or focus on project design, a funding mechanism, readiness assessment or the Asia-Pacific context. Each course links concepts to a practical project task; pilot delivery is in preparation.
Courses
Level, time and audience for each.
Six courses
Each planned course is built around a practical project task. Four sample lessons per course are open now. Full delivery, tutor support and assessment arrangements will be confirmed before enrolment.
Sample lessons available · Course delivery planned · No enrolment or payment
Designing Climate Projects for Funding
Define a climate problem and the likely situation without the project.
Open the courseGreen Climate Fund Project Preparation
Explain accredited-entity and country roles.
Open the courseAdaptation Fund Proposal Development
Explain direct and other access routes.
Open the courseReviewing Climate Project Readiness
Run a structured readiness review.
Open the courseClimate Finance in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific
Map regional and national institutions without treating ASEAN as a single funding route.
Open the courseComparison
Choose by audience and prerequisite.
Compare the courses
| Course | Level | Time | Audience | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Finance Foundations | Foundation | 10 learning hours | Public officials, project staff, civil-society teams and early-career practitioners. | No finance qualification required. Learners should bring one climate or development project example. |
| Designing Climate Projects for Funding | Intermediate | 16 learning hours | Project developers, public agencies, utilities, NGOs and advisory teams. | Basic climate finance vocabulary and a project concept. |
| Green Climate Fund Project Preparation | Intermediate to advanced | 18 learning hours | Teams working with an accredited entity or preparing to discuss a GCF route. | A defined project concept and a confirmed or prospective institutional access path. |
| Adaptation Fund Proposal Development | Intermediate | 14 learning hours | National, regional or multilateral implementing-entity teams and project partners. | An adaptation concept and an initial view of the institution that could submit it. |
| Reviewing Climate Project Readiness | Advanced practice | 20 learning hours | Advisors, programme managers, fund focal points and internal review teams. | Experience reviewing or preparing climate projects. |
| Climate Finance in ASEAN and Asia-Pacific | Intermediate | 14 learning hours | Regional policy teams, national agencies, development partners, researchers and project sponsors. | Foundation-level climate finance knowledge. |
