Climate Change, Energy and the Environment
Climate Change, Energy and the Environment
PUB PLC X 461
Interested in the relationships between energy, climate, and the environment? This class offers an in-depth exploration of this interrelationship, focusing on how energy solutions address climate change politically.
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What you can learn.
What you can learn.
Understand the causes, sources, and impacts of climate change
Study existing and proposed efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution
Analyze energy supply and demand
Explore future opportunities for cleaner sources of energy
Assess how governments, communities, and labor groups impact future efforts to reduce emissions
About This Course
The course provides a better understanding of how future energy solutions—both power and transportation—address climate change and environmental protection from a policy standpoint. Instructors broadly discuss climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, their impacts and policy actions to reduce such impacts. The course also briefly discusses interrelationships among greenhouse gases, environmental quality, public health, energy security and long-term sustainability. Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to better analyze, plan and advise on future actions in response to new and evolving federal, state, and local programs and policies in this area.
This course applies toward the following programs
Sustainability
certificate
certificate
Pursue a career with a greater purpose and establish yourself as a leader in the sustainability movement. Meet the growing demand for knowledgeable professionals in renewable energies and the sustainable practices, a driving force in our economy. Formats: Online | In-Person
Pursue a career with a greater purpose and establish yourself as a leader in the sustainability movement. Meet the growing demand for knowledgeable professionals in renewable energies and the sustainable practices, a driving force in our economy. Formats: Online | In-Person