Climate change and carbon management strategies

This unit provides an introduction to the business, regulatory and economic perspectives of climate change mitigation. It investigates how market and regulatory initiatives to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by carbon pricing mechanisms can be managed by liable businesses and other stakeholders, by examining the following:climate change science; economic impacts of climate change; international initiatives to mitigate GHG emissions; investment in low-emissions technologies; carbon pricing regulatory regimes and market trading mechanisms; measurement of business carbon footprint; industry sector interactions with carbon markets and regulatory regimes; accounting issues arising from pricing GHG emissions.