Why Move Towards Cleaner Power

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Duration	5 weeks
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Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Intermediate
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Credential	Certificate

Why Move Towards Cleaner Power
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Length: 5 Weeks
Effort: 2-5 hours per week
Price: FREE Add a Verified Certificate for $49 USD
Institution ImperialX

Why Move Towards Cleaner Power
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This course looks at how increasing greenhouse gases are warming the climate and what it means to decarbonise - reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of - the power sector. It will also provide a range of arguments in favour of decarbonisation, including consideration of ease of access to a secure and affordable energy supply and improvements to health and the environment.
This course gathers together information about these different motivating factors for building a lower carbon power sector in one place, and includes a careful consideration of the importance of the political context. This course will challenge you to critically analyse your own political context.
We would welcome advisors to senior decision makers in government, civil society activists and others interested in understanding and promoting renewable electricity to take this course. This course will help you develop a better understanding of the different dimensions of a move towards a cleaner power sector and develop more nuanced and detailed arguments.

Why Move Towards Cleaner Power
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Curriculum

Syllabus

Introduction: Why Decarbonise?Module 1: Political Economy Shane Tomlinson, Director, E3GModule 2: Climate ChangeProfessor Joanna Haigh, Co-Director, Grantham Institute, Imperial College LondonModule 3: Energy Policy Professor Richard Green, Professor of Sustainable Energy Business, Imperial College LondonModule 4: Energy AccessDr Clementine Chambon, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Oorja; Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Imperial College LondonModule 5: Climate Change And Health Dr Kris Murray, Lecturer, School of Public Health, Imperial College London