Course

Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - IEST6911

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: Institute of Environmental Studies

Course Outline: http://www.ies.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

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Description

Note: This course was previously offered as IEST5011 however changed course codes to IEST6911 effective semester 2 2011.

This short interdisciplinary course, led by Dr Mark Diesendorf, aims to teach students to explain and evaluate the scientific evidence for the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and its potential impacts; evaluate the various technologies proposed for greenhouse gas mitigation; develop policies and strategies for all levels of government to reduce substantially greenhouse gas emissions; compare and evaluate different scenarios for achieving these reductions in the energy and transport sectors.


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