Mastering Carbon Markets
A four-week course to understand the core dynamics of environmental markets, their critical transformational role and impact on the future global economy, and how market design determines price trajectory and market behavior.
Course level: Introductory
Taught by
Harry Horner
Head of Strategy at cCarbon
Arpit Soni
Associate Director at cCarbon
- 4 weeks/4 hours per week
- Design a carbon trading strategy
- Class recordings available
- 100% online
- Completion certificate
Fellows will get free access to cCarbon’s platform for the duration of the course – worth over $1000/month to commercial users.
About this course
You’ll learn how carbon markets function, how corporations are utilizing carbon markets to help meet their environmental compliance goals, and the use and risk of carbon offsets. When complete, you will be fluent in the language of carbon markets and possess insights enabling you to take full advantage of this great economic shift and its opportunities.
Humanity’s greatest problem is the environmental crisis, our greatest tool is the free market. Our greatest tool applied to our greatest problem = environmental markets.
Oil and fossil fuels have been critical resources in the global economy for the last century, but the new limiting factor of economic production is now our own atmosphere. Carbon markets and related environmental commodities are set to emerge as the dominant commodity group in all economic production.
These markets are new and misunderstood by many, this course will ensure you have a full grasp of their fundamentals and their evolving impact on every aspect of the economy.
This is the first in a series of courses that will be offered in partnership with cCarbon. This course will provide the entry point, and further advanced modules and branch courses will develop expert skill sets in environmental attribute pricing, forecasting, trading strategies, and engaging with specific types of environmental commodity markets: Cap-and-Trade, Offsets, and Clean Fuels, and Other Environmental Attributes.
Who is this program for?
Commodity traders
Equip yourself to enter the environmental commodities trade and understand their unique dynamic.
Investors and financiers
Analyze the relative investment opportunities, risk, and return profiles across this booming alternate asset class.
Sustainability managers
Grasp how your company can use carbon to fulfil its environmental commitments.
Entrepreneurs
Understand how carbon markets can achieve impactful climate impacts and identify their shortfalls.
NGOs and advocacy groups
Gain tools and knowledge to advocate for effective carbon market policies and practices.
Academics and researchers
Expand your understanding of carbon markets to support academic research and teaching.
What climate skills you'll learn
Carbon market theory
Learn how carbon markets work, how they are designed to achieve emission reductions, and how they generate a price signal.
Carbon market regulations and policies
Overview of current and emerging regulations at the national and international levels, and their implications for carbon markets.
Environmental commodity trading
Gain knowledge of market patterns and opportunities within this space.
Carbon market compliance
Understand how corporations comply with governmental and internal environmental targets.
Carbon risk management
Identify business environmental liabilities and the impact of the sustainable transition on your cost and revenue structures.
free webinar
Investing in Carbon: A New Asset Class Attracting Attention
- Jun 17, 2024
- 8:00am - 9:00am PT
Those in the know are making big bets on carbon. Join Harry Horner, Head of Strategy at cCarbon to discover why the investment opportunity in carbon markets are proving to be so attractive. Explore why some carbon market returns are seen as low or no risk and discover how you might take advantage.
The Terra.do difference
Live lab groups
You will meet weekly with the instructor and fellow learners to share perspectives
Skills-based learning
You will engage in individual real-world assignments to immediately apply the skills you’ve learned
Personalized attention
Meet with the instructor 1-on-1 and get individualized feedback on your assignments
Asynchronous and synchronous learning
Flexible learning options to fit your learning style
Course partner
cKinetics, a global Sustainability Advisory and Solutions firm, has a platform cCarbon.info, which is a leader in carbon markets insights and forecasting. Our team has been laser-focused on carbon market development for more than a decade. We initially focused on California and North America, but now we have a global scope, covering cap-and-trade programs, clean fuels, REC markets, and associated environmental commodities. Our customers include some of the world’s largest energy companies and industrials, as well as top-tier investors and financial firms – who have been trusting our forecasting and analysis since the inception of these markets.
Meet the course creators
Harry Horner
Head of Strategy at cCarbon
Harry Horner is the Head of Strategy at cCarbon.info and has been involved in environmental markets for nearly a decade. He has spoken and given workshops around the world on environmental markets and has been used by corporates to help initiate their understanding and trading activities in the domain.
Arpit Soni
Associate Director at cCarbon
Arpit is a seasoned industry expert with over a decade of experience in climate policy and environmental markets. He has held various roles across government, private, and non-profit sectors. Notably, Arpit led the policy and markets team for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program and contributed to Amazon’s decarbonization strategy as part of its worldwide sustainability team. He holds a Master’s degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University.
