ENS5200 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.