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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for Cities

Greenhouse gas emissions accounting is a core tool for developing, implementing, and monitoring climate actions and strategies. This course provides a basic overview of concepts that can be supplemented with training in specific software.

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Course Info

  • Duration 10 video lessons (60 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2016
  • 4.31
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    2.
    Greenhouse Gasses Explained
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    3.
    Emissions in the Transportation Sector
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    Emissions in the Built Environment Sector
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    Emissions in Other Sectors
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    Developing a GHG Emissions Inventory
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    Developing a GHG Emissions Forecast
    Chapter Duration 7 mins
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    Quantifying GHG Emissions of Climate Actions: Example #1
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    Quantifying GHG Emissions of Climate Actions: Example #2
    Chapter Duration 3 mins
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    Limitations of GHG Emissions Accounting
    Chapter Duration 5 mins

Course Description

Greenhouse gas emissions accounting is a core tool for developing, implementing, and monitoring climate actions and strategies. This course provides a basic overview of concepts that can be supplemented with training in specific software.

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Learn these skills

  • Economics
  • Environmental Planning
  • Research Methods
  • Resilience Planning
  • Sustainability

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit. 

AIA CES

This is 1 LU.

CNU-A

This course is approved for 1 CNU-A credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point.

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Michael R. Boswell

Michael R. Boswell

Michael R. Boswell is a Professor of City & Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

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Tammy Seale

Tammy Seale

Tammy Seale is a principal with Michael Baker International and director of the Sustainability and Climate Change Services team.

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