Carbon Literacy Training

Are you concerned about the climate crisis? Are you concerned about how businesses and societies will be affected by climate crisis and want to find out ways you could still mitigate the risks?

Climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges we are currently facing, and it will affect all aspects of business and society. Consequently, graduates with the know-how in tackling environmental and social issues to cope with future challenges have a competitive advantage in the job market.

You are invited to join our free interactive carbon literacy training on Friday October 4th 2019, Ha 209 (HLK), 8h30.00-16h30 with lunch included.

By taking part in this training, you will gain an understanding of:

• The basic science behind climate crisis
• The impact different sectors such as food have on our climate and vice versa
• Climate Change Mitigation Tools for your discipline
• Strategies and skills for communicating and/or teaching climate actions
• Your personal possibilities to take action privately and in your current/ future role

You will also receive a full certificate issued by Cooler Project in Manchester.

This training was developed in cooperation with the UN PRME Champions, oikos international, Manchester Metropolitan University and Cooler Project, Manchester. The aim of this project is to get Academics, students and others worldwide carbon literate within a short time frame and to get as many people as possible actively involved in embedding climate solutions in their own life and work. In order to do so we have chosen a train-the-trainer approach, so we will offer regional events inviting all the universities and business schools in the vicinity and train Academics and students there so that they can become trainers in their own institution and/or involved in training other in other regions of the world. We will also use conferences to train Academics and others so that they can then become facilitators in their own home institution and also in their home country if they choose to do so.

The material for the training will be provided but we are still looking for contributors so that we can adapt the material more to specific disciplines and functions within universities and beyond. Please contact Professor Petra Molthan-Hill petra.molthan-hill@ntu.ac.uk if you are interested in this option. Please contact (Caroline, should we add you? For Carbon Accounting?

Please find a detailed outline of the training on the next page. Please contact Petra if you are interested in offering such training in your own institution.

Carbon Literacy Training (outline full day)

This is an overview of the key training sessions broken down into two four-hour slots. We can also offer the training as a full-day version or as blended learning (such as two three-hour sessions combined with some work in participants’ own time). If people do the entire training and submit an assessment, they can achieve a certificate issued by Cooler Project in Manchester. Please contact Prof Petra Molthan-Hill (petra.molthan-hill@ntu.ac.uk) for further information.

First session: Climate Science, Climate Justice and Climate Change Futures

Second session: Climate Science, Carbon calculation, Individual Action

Third session: Climate Change- a systems approach

Fourth session: Climate Action Strategies