Carbon Literacy Knowledge
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This Carbon Literacy course is designed for anyone wanting to further their knowledge about Carbon Literacy. You will learn about the basic science behind climate change, how our climate is changing, how our actions impact the amount of greenhouse gases created and learn more about your role in taking action.
Course Level: Intermediate
Duration: 3-4 Hours
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Description
Completing this course will help you understand how our climate is changing and learn more about your role in taking action.
This Carbon Literacy course looks at the basic science behind climate change. Completing this course will help you understand how our climate is changing and learn more about your role in taking action.
On completion of this course learners will understand:
- What greenhouses gases are and their relationship to weather and climate
- How the climate is likely to change and how we know this
- How changes in the climate are likely to affect us
- How our actions impact on the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the impact that they have
- How we can motivate others to take action and gain confidence in expressing our Carbon Literacy to others
- Where we can go to get help and what help is available to us
- What we are already doing locally and nationally
- What we can do to reduce our impact and the benefits and disadvantage of taking action
When you've completed this online training you will sit an online test and, once successful, you can download your Virtual College certificate.
Who should take this course?
The module is suitable for anyone wanting to further their knowledge about Carbon Literacy and be on their way to achieving their own Carbon Literacy accreditation.
What does this course cover?
The subjects covered in this module include:
Section 1
- Energy
- The greenhouse effect
- Relative contribution to global warming
- Carbon dioxide
- Climate change
Section 2
- What’s the scale of the problem?
- The scientists
- How confident in the science are we really?
- Conclusions
- Research
- How is climate change affecting us?
- The 2 degree threshold
- What the near future holds
- Global temperature records
Section 3
- How is climate affecting us already?
- Ice melt
- Positive feedback loops
- Albedo effect
- Peat
- Oxygen in the oceans
- Urban head island effect
- How does this affect us in the UK?
- Infrastructure
- Extreme weather events
- Coldest
- Driest
- Wettest
- Desertification
- Ocean acidification
- Sea level rise
- Taking action
Section 4
- Where does our energy come from?
- UK emissions
- No-renewable energy
- Renewable energy
- Renewable energy sources
- Renewable use in the UK
- Infographic
- Carbon footprints
- A load of laundry
- Cycling a mile
- A newspaper
- Drying your hands
- A carbon footprint of 10kg
- One kilo of cheese
- Global emissions
- Our choices
Section 5
- What can I do?
- Climate change denial
- Global emissions
- Reducing our impact
- UK emissions
- Your sector
- Disadvantages: 'The material world'
- Making choice
Section 6
- Internationally
- Nationally
- Double-edged swords
Section 7
- Where can we go to get help?
- Your sector
Section 8
- Comic
- Communicating our carbon literacy to others
- Putting 'carbon' in the conversation
Carbon Literacy Course Certificate
Learners will be able to download a digital certificate on completion which can be printed and filed for your records. The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
What you'll learn
- The science behind climate change
- How our climate is changing
- How you can take action
- How changes in climate are likely to affect us
- How our actions impact the amount of greenhouse gases created
- What is being done already to reduce climate change
Suitable for
- Anyone wanting more knowledge on Carbon Literacy
- Those working in sustainability roles
Certification
Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.
If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Recommended renewal: 3 years
Whilst none of our certificates have an expiry date it is strongly recommended that the training is completed every three years. This is based on industry best practice to ensure awareness and knowledge of the latest guidance and legislation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Once you have completed your purchase, you will be able to send the course(s) to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
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