Climate-driven loss & damage (L&D) is rising sharply due to intensifying extreme events—storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, sea-level rise—causing devastating impacts on vulnerable populations. Countries need robust systems to quantify climate risk, price climate shocks, mobilize finance, and design risk-sharing instruments. This domain equips learners to apply climate-risk modelling, insurance analytics, catastrophe modelling, sovereign risk pools, parametric insurance, credit-guarantee systems, adaptation finance, and MRV for loss & damage. Learners gain hands-on exposure to hazard assessment, exposure–vulnerability modelling, financial instrument design, reinsurance strategy, portfolio stress testing, and climate-risk pricing. The domain is aligned with global L&D mechanisms—UNFCCC Santiago Network, Warsaw International Mechanism, V20 initiatives, regional risk pools, IFC/World Bank instruments, and blended-finance platforms.
- One-Week Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Introduction to Loss & Damage Finance | 1 Week | Online | L&D concepts; UNFCCC; global needs | L&D literacy | MCQ | ₹2,000 / $25 | Climate + Policy |
| Climate Hazard & Exposure Mapping | 1 Week | Online | Hazard profiling; GIS basics | Hazard mapping | Assignment | ₹2,000 / $25 | Risk + Gov |
| Basics of Climate Insurance | 1 Week | Online | Risk pooling; underwriting basics | Insurance literacy | MCQ | ₹2,000 / $25 | Insurance |
| Parametric Insurance Fundamentals | 1 Week | Online | Triggers; indices; payouts | Index design | Assignment | ₹2,000 / $25 | Agri + MFI |
| Climate Vulnerability & Social Protection | 1 Week | Online | Targeting; equity; inclusion | Social risk analytics | Task | ₹2,000 / $25 | Gov + Dev |
- Two-Week Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Climate-Risk Quantification for L&D | 2 Weeks | Online | Hazard-exposure-vulnerability modelling | Risk estimation | Project | ₹3,500 / $40 | Risk + Gov |
| Weather Index & Parametric Solutions | 2 Weeks | Online | Index selection; calibration; claims | Parametric modeling | Assignment | ₹3,500 / $40 | Insurance |
| Catastrophe Modelling & Financial Planning | 2 Weeks | Online | Cat models; exceedance curves; PML | Cat modeling | Case Study | ₹3,500 / $40 | Finance + Re |
| Risk Transfer: Sovereign Pools & Reinsurance | 2 Weeks | Online | CCRIF, ARC, PCRAFI design | Strategy formulation | Project | ₹3,500 / $40 | Gov + Re |
| Social & Community L&D Finance Models | 2 Weeks | Online | Micro-insurance; shock-finance | Targeting + delivery | Case Study | ₹3,500 / $40 | Dev + NGO |
- One-Month Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Climate Loss & Damage Economics | 1 Month | Online | Attribution; valuation; macro impacts | L&D valuation | Capstone | ₹6,000 / $70 | Policy + Finance |
| Advanced Climate Insurance & Product Innovation | 1 Month | Online | Crop, health, SME products | Insurance design | Project | ₹6,000 / $70 | Agri + Finance |
| Catastrophe Models & Portfolio Risk Analytics | 1 Month | Online | AAL, VaR, portfolio stress tests | Cat-model analytics | Project | ₹6,000 / $70 | Insurance + Re |
| MRV for Loss & Damage Finance | 1 Month | Online | Data; reporting; UNFCCC frameworks | L&D reporting | Assignment | ₹6,000 / $70 | Gov + Climate |
| Loss & Damage Finance Instruments & Structuring | 1 Month | Online | Contingent credit; cat-bonds; guarantees | Structuring | Capstone | ₹6,000 / $70 | Finance + Gov |
- Three-Month Certificate Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Climate-Risk Modelling & Catastrophe Analytics | 3 Months | Online | Probabilistic; parametric design; curves | Advanced cat modelling | Capstone + Exam | ₹12,000 / $140 | Insurance + Re |
| Climate Finance for Loss & Damage | 3 Months | Online | L&D frameworks; funds; pipeline dev | Financing strategy | Project | ₹12,000 / $140 | Gov + Finance |
| Sovereign Risk Transfer & Country Platforms | 3 Months | Online | Pools; fiscal resilience; DRF | Strategy design | Capstone | ₹12,000 / $140 | Gov + Multilateral |
| Social Protection & Community L&D Systems | 3 Months | Online | Targeting; inclusion; delivery | Social system design | Project | ₹12,000 / $140 | Dev + NGO |
| Digital Tools: GIS, AI & IoT for Climate Risk | 3 Months | Online | Monitoring; prediction; analytics | Tech-risk modelling | Capstone | ₹12,000 / $140 | Tech + Gov |
- Six-Month Diploma Courses
| Course Title | Duration | Mode | Key Learning Outcomes | Skills Gained | Assessment | Suggested Fee (INR/USD) | Industry Relevance |
| Diploma in Climate Loss & Damage Finance | 6 Months | Online | Risk finance; analytics; MRV | L&D strategy | Dissertation + Capstone | ₹25,000 / $300 | Gov + Finance |
| Diploma in Advanced Climate Insurance & Reinsurance | 6 Months | Online | Cat models; pricing; reinsurance | Insurance analytics | Thesis | ₹25,000 / $300 | Insurance + Re |
| Diploma in Catastrophe Modelling & Portfolio Risk | 6 Months | Online | Portfolio modelling; risk pricing | Risk-analytics | Capstone | ₹25,000 / $300 | Finance + Insurance |
| Diploma in Community-Level L&D & Social Protection | 6 Months | Online | Vulnerability; delivery; targeting | Social system design | Project | ₹25,000 / $300 | Gov + NGO |
| Diploma in Digital Climate-Risk & Data Systems | 6 Months | Online | IoT; climate data; model pipelines | Data engineering | Dissertation | ₹25,000 / $300 | Tech + Gov |
Common Features Across All Courses
- Self-paced modules
- Ideal for: graduates, policymakers, researchers, planners, professionals, NGOs, and development practitioners
- Aligned with UNFCCC L&D framework
- Exposure to models: Cat models, parametric tools, AAL, PML
- Application of GIS, ML/AI, remote sensing, risk scoring
- Hands-on datasets & country case studies
- Strengthens finance, modelling, and policy skillsets
- Capstone-oriented learning pathway
- STRATI Certification + pathway to advanced programs