Module 1: Course Overview

Climate change is reshaping global risk landscapes, intensifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, slow-onset climatic shifts, and systemic climate-related shocks. These evolving climate risks increasingly affect insurers, reinsurers, governments, financial institutions, communities, and businesses worldwide—impacting agriculture, infrastructure, sovereign budgets, supply chains, and household resilience.

Africa, while contributing least to global emissions, is among the regions most exposed to climate extremes. However, African markets have also become global laboratories of innovation in climate risk insurance—particularly in parametric insurance, sovereign risk pooling, disaster risk finance, and inclusive climate protection models. Lessons from Africa now inform global thinking, positioning the continent not only as a climate-vulnerable region but also as a leader in resilience and climate risk innovation.

This Executive Certificate is therefore positioned as a globally benchmarked programme delivered from Africa. It integrates international best-practice frameworks, rigorous insurance and risk-financing methodologies, and advanced technical competencies, while grounding learning in practical African and emerging-market realities. Participants will develop hands-on competence to design, price, govern, finance, and operationalise climate risk insurance solutions applicable globally.

The programme is designed for:

• Insurance and reinsurance professionals
• Risk managers and actuaries
• Regulators and policymakers
• Development finance and humanitarian risk leads
• Sovereign disaster risk finance practitioners
• Climate resilience and finance professionals

Graduates will be able to translate climate science into actionable insurance strategies, build robust risk-transfer solutions, strengthen sovereign and market resilience, and contribute meaningfully to climate adaptation and financial protection systems globally.