This programme focuses on how climate risk finance, insurance mechanisms, and adaptation investments can be structured to enhance resilience and sustainable development. It aligns with STRATI’s mission to equip learners with the tools needed for financing climate action, risk transfer, and resilient infrastructure. This program will help understand how climate change affects financial and insurance systems, and how risk finance can drive adaptation, build skills in designing financial products (e.g., parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds) and structuring adaptation-finance mechanisms, and equip learners with knowledge of insurance & risk-transfer frameworks, and how to integrate them into climate-resilient strategies.
- One-Week Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment Type | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Introduction to Climate Risk Finance & Insurance | 1 Week | Online | Understand fundamentals of climate risk, adaptation finance and insurance instruments | Terminology, overview of financial mechanisms | Quiz + Reflection | ₹2,500 / $30 | Entry-level in climate finance & insurance |
| Parametric Insurance & Risk Transfer for Climate Adaptation | 1 Week | Online | Learn what parametric and index-based instruments are, and how they support adaptation | Conceptual skills, case-awareness | Short Assignment | ₹2,500 / $30 | Insurers, risk managers, adaptation finance |
- Two-Week Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment Type | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Climate Risk Finance: Instruments and Market Structures | 2 Weeks | Online | Explore financial instruments for adaptation & resilience (cat bonds, blended finance, PPPs) | Instrument design, market understanding | Mini Project | ₹3,500 / $40 | Finance institutions, development banks |
| Insurance Solutions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure & Communities | 2 Weeks | Online | Understand how insurance supports infrastructure resilience, disaster risk financing | Underwriting climate risk, infrastructure finance | Case Study | ₹3,500 / $40 | Infrastructure developers, insurers, government agencies |
- One-Month Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment Type | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Designing Bankable Adaptation Projects & Resilience Finance | 1 Month | Online | Build adaptation-finance business cases, structure funding, assess risk & returns | Project finance, risk modelling | Project | ₹6,000 / $70 | Development finance, project advisory |
| Modelling Climate Risk & Insurance for Cities & Infrastructure | 1 Month | Online | Use modelling tools to assess risk exposures and derive insurance/finance solutions | Risk modelling, analytics, scenario work | Presentation | ₹6,000 / $70 | Urban resilience, climate-finance consulting |
- Three-Month Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment Type | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Advanced Climate Risk Finance & Insurance Strategies | 3 Months | Online | Deep dive into innovative risk-transfer mechanisms, public-private models, institutional frameworks | Structural design, financial modelling, institutional analysis | Capstone Project | ₹12,000 / $140 | Senior roles in insurance, infrastructure, public policy |
| Integrating Adaptation Finance into National & Corporate Strategies | 3 Months | Online | Understand adaptation finance at scale: national strategies, corporate risk, investment flows | Strategic planning, policy alignment, stakeholder management | Research Report | ₹12,000 / $140 | Governments, multilateral agencies, corporate sustainable strategy teams |
- Six-Month Diploma Course
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment Type | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Diploma in Climate Risk Finance & Insurance for Resilience and Adaptation | 6 Months | Online | Master the theory and practice of climate risk financing, insurance design, adaptation investment, and institutional frameworks | Risk-pricing, instrument design, institutional strategy, monitoring & verification | Capstone + Viva | ₹25,000 / $300 | Leadership roles in climate finance, insurance, public-private adaptation programmes |
Common Features Across All Courses
- Self-paced learning
- Ideal for: graduates, policymakers, researchers, planners, professionals, NGOs, and development practitioners
- Case studies from multiple sectors
- Capstone / scenario-based pathways
- Evaluation: Projects, case studies, simulation exercises, policy briefs.
- STRATI certification + advanced pathways
- Career Pathways:
- Climate Finance Analyst
- Adaptation Investment Manager
- Insurance Risk Strategist
- Resilience Finance Consultant
- Public-Sector Adaptation Adviser.