Advanced Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Enabled Climate Transformation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance
This module is conducted on-campus.
To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.
12 days
Who Should Attend
- Banking & Financial Services Professionals
- Family Offices Personnel
- Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Centres
- Corporate Strategy & Finance Professionals
- Sustainability, Energy & Carbon Markets Professionals
- Consulting & Advisory Consultants
- Entrepreneurs
- Career Switchers
Overview
AI is transforming businesses. Climate change is transforming investment decisions. Professionals who understand both will increasingly sit at the centre of enterprise transformation.
This programme equips professionals to apply AI, digitalisation, climate data and financial thinking to strategic business challenges. Participants learn how organisations can use AI for climate adaptation, navigate carbon credits and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), interpret climate data, develop investable climate business models and use AI-assisted decision-making to rethink Return on Investment (ROI) and capital allocation.
Why these skills matter now
AI, energy and sustainability: Energy Management was among the fastest-growing green skills identified by LinkedIn, with AI-driven energy demand contributing to its growing importance.
Green skills beyond “green jobs”: More than half of green hires were in roles not traditionally classified as green, showing that sustainability capability is spreading into finance, operations, technology, procurement and strategy.
Asia’s AI infrastructure cycle: APAC had 3.7 GW of data-centre capacity under construction and a further 15.7 GW planned at the end of 2025, driven partly by AI and hyperscale demand.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 12-day course, participants will be able to:
- Apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalisation concepts to climate adaptation and commercially relevant enterprise use cases
- Understand carbon credits, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), Renewable Energy 100% (RE100), Article 6 and clean-energy procurement strategies
- Use climate data and scenario thinking to translate physical climate risks into financial and operational risks
- Design investable climate-adaptation business models and financing propositions
- Apply AI-assisted forecasting and scenario analysis to capital allocation
- Incorporate resilience, avoided losses and sustainability outcomes into Return on investment (ROI) and investment decisions
Topic/Structure
To achieve the Advanced Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Enabled Climate Transformation , participants will need to complete the following modules offered by SMU Academy:
- Digital Adoption & Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainability Reporting and Climate Adaptation
- Carbon Credit & Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Markets
- Enabling Climate Adaptation and Resilience with Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Climate Risk Assessment: Intepreting Data, Scenario Thinking and Decision Tools
- Designing Climate Adaptation Startup Models for Investment Readiness
- Sustainable Digital Transformation: Redefining Returns of Investment (ROI) with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assessment
As part of the requirement for Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment for each of the 6 modules within 2 years in order to be awarded the digital Advanced Certificate in Artificial Intelligence Enabled Climate Transformation issued by SMU Academy.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| EMPLOYER-SPONSORED | |||
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
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$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$3,924 (After SWDA Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
$1,524 (After SWDA Funding 70% |
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International Participant |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
$13,080 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme for Mid-Career Individuals
A SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career) top-up of $4,000 will be provided to Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to further offset out-of-pocket course fees for this programme.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Employer Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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*Registration will close 5 calendar days before the course start date, or once the class is full, whichever comes first.
