Introduction to carbon management

New for 2012

All who are new to the subject or who are increasingly being involved in carbon management, measurement, reporting and trading - whether in a support or a managerial function.

An overview of a wide range of carbon related issues. The fundamentals and drivers of carbon legislation are considered as is the looming energy crunch and the risks it presents to organisations. It reviews the current carbon legislation and the main carbon trading schemes.  Carbon reporting is covered and the basics of carbon neutrality. Finally we consider the importance for the organisation of having a proactive carbon strategy. The key concepts are reinforced with case studies and exercises. 

• Carbon fundamentals: greenhouse gases; relative global warming potentials; carbon units.
• Drivers of carbon emissions legislation: the green consumer; climate change.
• The energy crunch: large combustion plant directive; nuclear power plant closures; peak oil; unconventional gas.
• The Kyoto protocol.
• International agreements after 2012.
• Climate change risks.
• Extreme weather events.
• The background to carbon emissions trading schemes.
• Carbon trading schemes: the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS); the CRC energy efficiency scheme; the US regional greenhouse gas initiative (RGGI); other schemes.
• Overview of UK, european and international carbon legislation.
• The Climate Change Act 2008.
• Carbon reporting requirements in the UK.
• Measuring carbon emissions.
• The greenhouse gas protocol.
• The carbon disclosure project.
• Carbon neutrality.
• Overview of energy efficiency technologies.
• Overview of renewable energy.
• Carbon emissions offsetting
• The importance of developing a carbon strategy.

6 CPD hours (where applicable)