Reduce Carbon Emissions

Created by Carmel McConnell, author of Change Activist.

Learn to effectively explore and understand how your organization currently approaches carbon emissions and how you can spearhead changes to reduce them. The effects of the climate crisis are already impacting the world’s most vulnerable populations and will continue to worsen without serious action. Businesses of all sizes are the keystone of the global economy and must play a central role in tackling climate change.   

One Young World Academy - Reduce Carbon Emissions

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In this course, you will

Identify an opportunity
Identify an area in your business to reduce carbon emissions as well as develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.
Learn from experts
Hear from Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and Founder of Grameen Bank and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Use the right methods
Gain a clear understanding of how to reduce carbon emissions and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.
Develop relevant skills
Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to change activism in your organization.

5 steps to success

16-20 hours over 6+ weeks

Laptop showing in-product image of suggested Project ideas as part of 'Step 1 finding an opportunity' — *Step 1 • 2-3 hrs*
**Find an opportunity**
Identify an area in your business in which to reduce carbon emissions and develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.

*Step 2 • 5-6 hrs*
**Project preparation**
Research, assess, and reflect on possible approaches you can take, then draft an actionable project plan you can talk through with your project advisor. Fine-tune it based on their feedback.

*Step 3 • 6-8 hrs*
**Complete your project**
Work through your plan to achieve the outcome(s) defined in your project goal set at the beginning of your course.

*Step 4 • 2 hrs*
**Review how it went**
Discuss the results with your project advisor and highlight areas of success that your business can scale-up and use with a greater impact in the future.

*Step 5 • 1 hr*
**Showcase**
Use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action and Results) model to illustrate your achievements and key conclusions, then share them with your team.

Help is always available

Project advisor support

Invaluable insider insights from your project advisor.

Up to 3 hours of 1-2-1 support.

Guides & resources

Switch on to our online library to access authentic case studies, proven business models, and practice scenarios that will help you test and deliver your plan.

Up to 4 hours of content.

Power skills you will develop

Collaboration icon — Collaboration

Incorporate the ideas, needs, and priorities of stakeholders to identify a plan of action that represents a win-win for everyone.

Communication icon — Communication

Make a compelling case for your plan using what you know about your stakeholders’ needs and priorities. Communicate your project plan appropriately, tailoring what and how you share information with your organization.

Critical thinking icon — Critical thinking

Collect evidence about your organization’s current approach to reducing carbon emissions. Gather information on the resources your organization can offer you for your project. Describe how you will evaluate the success of your plan of action.

Problem solving

Identify and explore the problem of how your organization could reduce carbon emissions. Develop a well-researched plan to help your organization reduce carbon emissions.

Social responsibility icon — Social responsibility

Describe why it is important to reduce carbon emissions and identify what personally motivates you to reduce them. Create a project plan that has measurable outcomes for reducing carbon emissions.

On completion you will have

Discovered ways to reduce carbon emissions

Demonstrated live project experience around a key opportunity in your business that reduces carbon emissions.

Transferable skills to use across your business

Gained proficiency in critical skills fundamental to change activism that supports your career development.

Resources you can turn to again and again

A structured business plan with templates that you can download and use in future projects.

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A Credly badge that certifies your competence in reducing carbon emissions.

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