Climate Risk Management: Stress Testing, Scenario Analysis, Climate Risk Models and GHG Accounting - Sustainable Finance

This one-day programme is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to understand, assess and manage climate-related risks in the banking industry.

Participants will learn about climate risk stress testing, scenario analysis and the integration of climate considerations into strategic decision-making.

Programme Outline

Learning Objectives

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

Understand how banks measure and manage climate risk
Discuss relevant regulatory approaches to climate risk management and stress testing
Identify and learn the different approaches to climate scenario analysis

Programme Outline

Understanding Climate Change and its Impact
Explore the science of climate change
Examine physical and transition risks associated with climate change and sources of environmental risk
Understand the importance of climate risk management for banks
Regulatory Frameworks and Disclosure Requirements
Overview of relevant climate risk management and stress test guidelines
Principles for climate risk management and scenario analysis
Discuss emerging standards and best practices
Introduction to Stress Testing
Define stress testing and its relevance to climate risk management
Examine the key components of a stress-testing framework
Scenario Development
Scenario approaches and how to create climate scenarios
Understand the scenarios' impact on banking operations
Practice scenario development exercises.
Data and Assumptions
Identify data sources for climate risk modelling
Discuss assumptions used in climate stress testing
Address data limitations and uncertainties
Analysing Stress Test Results
Interpret the results of climate stress tests
Identify vulnerabilities and risks
Develop strategies for risk mitigation
Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting
Reporting greenhouse gas emissions using recognised accounting methodologies
Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions and their relevance to various industries
GHG emissions reports for disclosure and compliance

METHODOLOGY

Lecture, case studies and discussions

Participant profile

Senior management and anyone who would like to learn about climate risk management

Trainer

Cheah Wee Leong

Director, Investment Banking at the Asian Banking School

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Cheah Wee Leong

Director, Investment Banking at the Asian Banking School

Cheah Wee Leong is the Director of Investment Banking at the Asian Banking School. He has more than 25 years’ experience working in the banking industry with local and foreign banks in various roles and capacities. A seasoned professional, Wee Leong brings with him broad experience as a former banker and management consultant.

Wee Leong started his career at Citibank in 1993 before joining US management consultancy firm Accenture in 1997. At Accenture, he was involved in managing large bank merger-integration, process re-engineering and transformation projects. He has worked in projects in various countries including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius and Saudi Arabia.

In 2003, Wee Leong joined CIMB as its Head of Operational Risk Management and led the implementation of the bank's operational risk management and Basel 2 - Operational Risk framework. Subsequently, he assumed various senior roles in Trade Finance, Regional Transaction Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Markets division and Group CEO office at CIMB. His last role at CIMB was as Director, Group Strategy. He has been designing and developing courses and conducting training regularly (covering various topics) with the Asian Banking School since 2017.

Wee Leong holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the USA and a Master of Business Administration (with distinction) from the Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom. He obtained training from the Citibank Asia Pacific Banking Institute in Singapore in 1995. He is a certified Chartered Banker, Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA) Certified Training Professional and a holder of the “Certificate in Climate Risk” (awarded by the Chartered Body Alliance, UK) and PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Certificate in Project Management. Wee Leong completed the “Leading the Sustainability in Transformation in Banking” programme with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (1 week course in Frankfurt, Germany) in October 2022.