Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2019-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in an Honours or Graduate-level course
If the student is enrolled in PEN504 or OEENV504 at the same time, this is also allowed.

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Learning outcomes

1.

Communicate knowledge of the international protocols and frameworks that underpin the international efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas (carbon) emissions.

2.

Establish the main policy and financial instruments used to manage carbon emissions at the national level and discuss their relative advantages and disadvantages.

3.

Explain knowledge of the economic and financial concepts related to carbon management including marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs).

4.

Establish how to develop and get buy-in for credible carbon management strategies and plans at entity level.

5.

Apply the relevant standards to develop and effectively communicate a corporate carbon reduction or neutral strategy.

6.

Determine and use the relevant standards and methodologies for the generation of accredited carbon offsets.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:This unit starts with a look at the climate politics, policies and processes that underpin the international efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas (carbon) emissions. It then looks at the main policy and financial instruments used at national level including those of Australia and its major trading partners. It analyses and discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of national policy and instruments. The unit also looks at the financial instruments and management strategies used to effectively manage carbon emissions at entity level. Students are introduced to the use of marginal abatement cost curves (MACC) and their use in determining carbon management strategy at national and entity level. This leads to how to develop, get buy-in for, and communicate an effective carbon management strategy for an entity including a discussion of the relevant standards. The latter part of the unit looks at the standards and methodologies for the generation of carbon offsets and the associated accreditation schemes.