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
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.