Net Zero Academy - Climate Risks and Opportunities

This one-day intensive course shows you how to assess climate risks and opportunities, evaluate their business impact, and build them into strategy. Open to professionals across industries, it will help translate climate understanding into smarter, more confident decision-making, for your organisation and your own career progression.

Net zero is no longer a distant ambition; it is shaping the direction of the global economy. Without clear action, organisations face growing risks, from missed opportunities to rising costs, as expectations and regulatory requirements evolve. The course supports practical outcomes, including stronger reporting, effective transition planning and long-term resilience.

This course will equip you to see where your organisation is vulnerable, where it can lead, and how to turn that insight into strategic advantage.

At a glance

Fees

A$1650 incl. GST

Alumni discounted fees

  • 20% discount for current Monash University staff and students – contact us for more information.
  • 20% discount for Monash alumni. To access the discount code visit the Alumni portal.
  • Group discounts available – contact us for more information.
  • NFP discounts available – contact us for more information.
  • Subsidised places are available for organisations from nominated sectors – contact us for more information.

Who should attend

This course is ideal if you want to:

  • Understand what net zero and climate change mean for business strategy and organisational performance.

  • Explore how the climate transition is reshaping markets, investment and regulation, and identify the risks and opportunities most relevant to your organisation.

  • Learn how to harness the net zero transition to unlock value, including driving innovation, improving operational efficiency and strengthening reputation.

  • Embed sustainability into your current role or transition to a role in sustainability

  • Learn alongside peers from across sectors who are tackling the net zero transition in real time. 

What you will learn

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Build confidence and clarity in responding to climate change. Demystify key concepts, gain the language to engage across your organisation, and know where to take action.

  • Address climate-related risks while unlocking opportunities for growth. Learn how to use proven frameworks to identify climate-related impacts. 

  • Understand new laws on mandatory climate-related financial reporting, and how businesses need to respond.

  • Understand the main pathways to net zero and how they’ll shape economies, sectors and business operations. Explore what the shift means for your organisation.

Program structure

Pre-work

Through the course pre-work, you will establish a baseline understanding of the science of climate change, the international and domestic net zero regulatory contexts, emissions scopes, and the physical risks of climate change. You will also complete a short task to understand your organisation’s current approach to net zero.

Part 1: Net Zero in Context

Part 1 will ground your understanding of the latest trends, drivers, and evidence shaping the net zero agenda – from the Paris Agreement to increasing regulation and shifting stakeholder expectations.

Part 2: The Transition to Net Zero

Drawing from Climateworks Centre’s decarbonisation scenarios, you will explore what the transition to net zero looks like – including pathways and timelines for key solutions and technologies – and its implications for economies, sectors and organisations.

Part 3: Climate Reporting, Disclosure, and Stakeholder Expectations

This section will focus on the latest regulatory requirements and investor expectations around climate change. You will consider how these developments will impact your organisation, and what you can do to prepare.

Part 4: Identifying Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities

Participants will apply the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework – now incorporated into Australia’s incoming climate-related disclosure requirements – to understand the implications of climate change for their organisation.

for any additional information please contact MSDI-NetZeroAcademy@monash.edu

Delivered jointly by Climateworks Centre, Australia’s climate transition specialists, and Monash University's Sustainable Development Education team, experts in impactful capacity building.