Key Climate Agreements & Guidance For Policymakers

NDCs to Climate Action: Mitigation, Adaptation, Net Zero, Decarbonisation, Policies and Tools, Circularity, Carbon Price

What you'll learn
History of climate change negotiations and overview of key international climate agreements
Role of the public sector in decarbonisation and energy transition
Guidance for policymakers for NDCs implementation and developing net zero strategy
Governments' tools and mechanisms to drive decarbonisation
Requirements
There are no special requirements or prerequisites. Anyone can learn from this course.
This course is best combined with its companion courses on Decarbonisation and Energy Transition (by sector)
Description
This training course is an extract from the longer course "Climate Change for Professionals" which is also available for purchase on Udemy.After we received feedback from the students asking to split that course into shorter and more manageable courses, we are happy to offer you a choice: you can either get the full course, or pick a shorter course with the topic that is more relevant to your learning objectives."Key Climate Agreements & Guidance for Policymakers" is a short course that explores the role of the public sector in decarbonisation of the economy and transition to net zero.  Specifically we will look at the NDC implementation framework and tools and mechanisms available to the governments to drive energy transition and decarbonisation. This course is designed to:provide the history of international negotiations on climate change and give a brief overview of key climate agreements, including the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement;raise awareness about the role of governments in decarbonisation and energy transition;explain what countries' Net Zero commitments and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) mean in practice;discuss NDC implementation framework and provide examples of how it is addressed in some countries;explain concepts such as adaptation, mitigation, maladaptation, carbon pricing, circular economy and many moreYou don’t need any prior knowledge of this subject, just an interest in government policy, climate negotiations and desire to learn about solutions to the formidable problem of climate change. However this course is best with its companion courses on Decarbonisation and Energy Transition (by sector).At the end of the course, we will test your knowledge with the multiple-question quiz and provide you with the Handout Slides with the summary of main points from the course.I hope you will enjoy this course and I am looking forward to your feedback and reviews.Sincerely yours,Julia Mariasova

Overview

Section 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 1 Course introduction (trailer)

Lecture 2 Your course instructor and a guest speaker

Section 2: Key Climate Agreements and the history of International Negotiations

Lecture 3 The need for a global response

Lecture 4 1987 - The Montreal Protocol

Lecture 5 1988 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Lecture 6 1992 – UN The Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit

Lecture 7 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol – COP 3

Lecture 8 2007 - Bali Action Plan - COP 13

Lecture 9 2010 – Cancún Agreements - COP 16

Lecture 10 2015 - Paris Agreement - COP 21

Lecture 11 2021 – Glasgow Climate Pact - COP 26 and Module Wrap-Up

Lecture 12 Additional Resources

Section 3: From Net-Zero Pledges to Action: Decarbonisation and Energy Transition

Lecture 13 NDCs and Net-Zero Pledges - Introduction

Lecture 14 Definitions: NDC, Net-Zero, Decarbonisation and other terms

Lecture 15 NDC development: Adaptation, Mitigation and Green Taxonomies

Lecture 16 Building Blocks of Net-Zero Transition

Lecture 17 Role of the Governments - Introduction

Lecture 18 Implementation Step 1: Define Net-Zero Scope

Lecture 19 Implementation Step 2: Model Pathways to Net-Zero

Lecture 20 Implementation Step 3: Set Near-Term and Sectoral Milestones

Lecture 21 Implementation Step 4: Engage with Stakeholders for Equitable Transition

Lecture 22 Implementation Step 5: Implement Near-Term Plans and Policies

Lecture 23 Carbon Pricing

Lecture 24 Circular Economy

Lecture 25 Wrap-up for Step 5

Lecture 26 Implementation Step 6: Support Global Effort in Shift to Net-Zero

Lecture 27 Role of the Governments - Conclusion

Lecture 28 Handout Slides and Additional Resources

Section 4: Course Wrap-up

Lecture 29 Thank you and course wrap-up

Government officials who are tasked with the development or execution of net-zero/decarbonisation strategies, policies and initiatives,ESG professionals who want to refresh the knowledge of climate agreements and key climate change terminology,Climate activists and general public who are interested in the history of climate negotiations and want to understand better the role of the governments in reducing GHG emissions,Management consultants who are considering transition to climate change advisory,Anyone who wants to be fluent in talking about climate change, and be comfortable with acronyms and terms such as ESG, COP, IPCC, net-zero, carbon pricing, circular economy and many more