Investing in Climate Solutions

Description from DukeHub

Course examines the history and development of the investment market for solutions to climate change, to include: renewable energy and the transition away from fossil fuels, sustainable infrastructure, sustainable food and agriculture, the circular economy and nature-based solutions to climate. Course addresses various private investment strategies to solve climate change in venture capital, private equity, private credit, project finance, & real assets. Students learn about challenges in investing for climate issues such as: measuring and reporting on impact of investment strategies that address environmental and social challenges. Course includes case studies, interaction with industry practitioners & student presentations on business and fund investment ideas. Prerequisite: ECON 101D.

Skills

• financedescription: "investment" and 7 more
• public speakingAI review: "student presentations on business and fund investment ideas"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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