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Overview
What you will study
The Carbon Management - A Systematic Approach to Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions course offered by Singapore University of Social Sciences would provide participants with a comprehensive framework, embedded with practical examples, of how to conduct a carbon footprint assessment and design a carbon action plan.
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
A. Knowledge and Understanding (Theory Component)
- Appraise the carbon footprint assessment methodology
- Formulate the goal and scope of carbon footprint assessment
- Analyse the life cycle activities and screen business facilities for emission identification
- Prepare the carbon footprint assessment
B. Key Skills (Practical Component)
- Design data collection template
- Quantify carbon footprint and communicate carbon footprint information
- Propose carbon footprint reduction solutions
- Recommend a roadmap for carbon footprint reduction
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Understanding climate change, carbon footprint and trends
- Overview of the international standards
- Overview of carbon pricing act
- Carbon footprint assessment methodology
- Standards such as GHG Protocol
- Lifecycle assessment standards
- Collection of activity data for carbon footprint
- Application of emissions factors for carbon footprint
- Quantification of carbon footprint
- Setting targets for carbon footprint reduction
- Carbon footprint report and communication
- Challenges in preparing a carbon footprint and case studies
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Horticulture and Crop ScienceAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Attendees should have a basic understanding of environmental ecosystem.
- Have good English proficiency.
- Possess basic information and communication technology (ICT) skills.
- Possess basic understanding on climate change.
- Be able to source and analyse relevant materials from the workplace, library, internet or online databases for information on climate change.
Tuition Fee
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International
1400 SGD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 SGD for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
1400 SGD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 SGD for the full programme during 2 days.
Living costs for Singapore
1878 - 3880 SGD /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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