BEX5200 Climate change and carbon management strategies

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   acquire an understanding of climate change mitigation with respect to political, environmental, regulatory and economic impacts on business in the Australian and global context

2. 2

   acquire a working knowledge of the main market and regulatory mechanisms for mitigating GHG emissions

3. 3

   evaluate the supply and demand side aspects of industries that are the principal GHG emitters and their capacity to mitigate such emissions

4. 4

   assess the likely strategies that can be employed by businesses to comply with, and manage, carbon pricing obligations at least cost

5. 5

   acquire practical research skills including the ability to work in groups of diverse cultural and social backgrounds and investigate academic, institutional and public media sources

6. 6

   demonstrate the ability to evaluate, formulate, and articulate justifiable business strategies and tactics to address the impacts of market and regulatory changes arising from climate change in a summative assessment.