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Carbon Literacy Knowledge

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 Overview

Format

Intermediate
3-4 Study Hours
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

3-4 CPD Hours
CPD Certified

Course description

Completing this course will help you understand how our climate is changing and learn more about your role in taking action.

Course Description

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.

You will 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

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Anyone wanting more knowledge on Carbon Literacy

How the online courses work

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Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

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.