Sustainability, Climate, And Carbon Reduction: Primer Series

Build your knowledge on climate change and sustainability. Boost your confidence to reduce carbon emissions.

What you’ll learn
Be aware of the consequences of rising temperatures and need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Reflect on how the impacts of climate change are affecting you and others
Be familiar with the main greenhouse gases produced from different human activities
Identify the sources of energy you use in your daily life
Define action you can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Identify people you can talk with about taking positive action together

Requirements
No prior knowledge is needed.
An interest in knowing about the basics of climate change.
An interest in taking positive action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is helpful.

Description
Many people want to improve how ‘green’ or ‘sustainable’ they are. With this course, you can build your confidence to discuss sustainability and feel empowered to take climate-friendly action. Whether you are in a sustainability committee, a green task force, or simply want to do what you can in your organisation, this course will give you a solid knowledge base, a boost of confidence, and the motivation to take action.This course gives you the basics about climate change and a simple and effective framework to take climate-positive action. Content is relevant for people in any role, working in any sector, and based in any part of the world. It is suitable for all career stages.Kate Whitfield is an accredited Carbon Literacy trainer. She trains professionals and students around the world on reducing carbon emissions. She has led climate-friendly action at work and in her community. Her communication style is friendly, and she uses plain language and straightforward terms.This course is made up of short videos. All the videos have captions. The videos are concise and easy to digest, so this course is particularly suited to people with little time. Resources and opportunities for further reading are included throughout the course. All the information is well-researched and from reputable sources such as NASA, Our World in Data, the United Nations, and the USA Environment Protection Agency.This course was developed by Zeroverse in consultation with the Carbon Literacy Project. This course can therefore be taken alongside a ‘Carbon Literacy’ training that is accredited by The Carbon Literacy Project. The short videos can provide flexible and easily digestible content for people taking accredited Carbon Literacy training.People like you and organisations like yours are taking action to reduce carbon emissions to create a healthier, happier, and more equitable world. By taking positive action on climate change, you can feel good about being part of this big collective effort!

Overview
Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Our climate reality

Lecture 2 Our climate reality

Section 3: Impacts and inequalities

Lecture 3 Impacts and inequalities

Section 4: Greenhouse gases and their sources

Lecture 4 Greenhouse gases and their sources

Section 5: Coal, oil, and gas

Lecture 5 Coal, oil, and gas

Section 6: Taking climate action

Lecture 6 Taking climate action

Section 7: Your network

Lecture 7 Your network

Section 8: Thank you and good luck!

Lecture 8 Thank you and good luck!

People looking for a straightforward description of the basics of climate change.,People that want to build their confidence on the topic of climate change and feel better equipped to take action.,People that want to feel better prepared for a meeting on sustainability in the workplace.,Individuals and groups taking accredited Carbon Literacy training that want some content that they can watch anytime.