Climate Protection and Environmental Sustainability

Offered by the University of California, Irvine. 

This class provides the ability to assess the financial, environmental and business aspects of mitigation efforts and to create a strategic competitive advantage for an organization. It deals with assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory of an organization, measuring and tracking carbon footprints; identifying areas for mitigation including transportation, fuel usage and facilities; the triple bottom line and the cost/benefit carbon analysis; economic incentives for increasing carbon sequestration and substitution; choosing the best tactics (e.g. renewable energy practice, carbon offsets, etc.) for mitigating carbon footprints; and evaluating the effectiveness of the program. This course and others will utilize case studies to illustrate concepts.

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