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This video features in the free online course "Carbon101x". Enrol now at https://www.edx.org/course/essential-tools-low-carbon-economy-uqx-carbon101x . Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics from The University of Queensland, explains impacts, externalities and the economics of climate change. “Carbon101x: Essential tools for the low carbon economy” is a free, public online course by the University of Queensland on edx.org. It will equip you with skills to manage the risks and opportunities of a global economy that is transitioning away from fossil fuels and other carbon-intensive practices. Adopting the role of a key employee in a fictitious company, you will learn about different policy responses to climate change, how to measure your organisation’s carbon
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This video features in the free online course "Carbon101x". Enrol now at https://www.edx.org/course/essential-tools-low-carbon-economy-uqx-carbon101x . Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics from The University of Queensland, explains impacts, externalities and the economics of climate change. “Carbon101x: Essential tools for the low carbon economy” is a free, public online course by the University of Queensland on edx.org. It will equip you with skills to manage the risks and opportunities of a global economy that is transitioning away from fossil fuels and other carbon-intensive practices. Adopting the role of a key employee in a fictitious company, you will learn about different policy responses to climate change, how to measure your organisation’s carbon
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| This video features in the free online course "Carbon101x". Enrol now at https://www.edx.org/course/essential-tools-low-carbon-economy-uqx-carbon101x . Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics from The University of Queensland, explains impacts, externalities and the economics of climate change. “Carbon101x: Essential tools for the low carbon economy” is a free, public online course by the University of Queensland on edx.org. It will equip you with skills to manage the risks and opportunities of a global economy that is transitioning away from fossil fuels and other carbon-intensive practices. Adopting the role of a key employee in a fictitious company, you will learn about different policy responses to climate change, how to measure your organisation’s carbon footprint, how to compare projects based on emissions reduction and cost, and how to participate in an emissions trading scheme. Carbon101x is ideally suited to business managers, financial managers, business-intelligent analysts and data scientists. References: Stern, NH (2007) “The economics of climate change: the Stern review.” Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press: http://mudancasclimaticas.cptec.inpe.br/~rmclima/pdfs/destaques/sternreview_report_complete.pdf Stock, JH (2015) "If the US had price on carbon, would Keystone XL have made sense?" The Conversation. Online article, 10 November 2015: https://theconversation.com/if-the-us-had-price-on-carbon-would-keystone-xl-have-made-sense-50435 Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government (2013) Technical Support Document: - Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis - Under Executive Order 12866 |