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Climate Change Training

Climate Change

Building the Price of Carbon into Decision Making
City of London, London, UK

Start
09:30 - 16:30, 22 Jun 10
Finish
09:30 - 16:30, 22 Jun 10
Duration
1 day
Code
#BFF-BPCD:0002

The course will allow you to understand the implications of the carbon price for your organisation. Best Foot Forward has unrivalled experience in delivering footprint analyses and will share  lessons from undertaking and using carbon footprint analysis and incorporating carbon pricing in decision making. 

About Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward is one of Europe's leading sustainability consultancies specialising in natural resource accounting methodologies such as ecological and carbon footprinting. Since 1997 BFF has completed more than 1000 analyses for well over 100 clients. Our footprint projects have ranged in size from a single apple from South Africa to a carbon management strategy for the Olympics. BFF is an approved supplier for the Carbon Trust product labelling scheme, and has provided expert guidance on the development of PAS2050 through the delivery of pilot analyses, research projects and their presence on technical work groups. In 2005 BFF was presented with a Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development specifically for work in footprinting.

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Understand the business case for carbon pricing
  • Understand the theories and practice behind carbon pricing
  • Identify key elements of a carbon footprint to combine carbon pricing and carbon footprinting into project appraisal
  • Incorporate carbon pricing into a range of case studies 
Course Agenda
  • Overview of BFF
  • The  costs of climate change
  • The Economics of climate change
  • Economic theory
  • Carbon Pricing instruments
  • Project Appraisal using SPC
  • Case Study
Venue Details

Venue details to be confirmed.

Trainer Profiles

Paul Cooper

Training Consultant

Paul Cooper has an MSc in Environmental Decision Making from the Open University, an MBA from Warwick University and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Bath University. Paul is Managing Director at Best Foot Forward as well as leading many projects with BFF’s analyst team.

Gregor Pečnik

Training Consultant

Gregor Pecnik is an analyst at BFF and is an experienced developer of online carbon and ecological footprint calculators.

Course Materials
Sorry, no course materials are currently available for this course. Please check back later.
Further Information

Business Needs

Sustainability strategy

Recommended Reading

Best Foot Forward website: www.bestfootforward.com The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review www.sternreview.org.uk The Committee on Climate Change: Building a low carbon economy www.theccc.org.uk

Other Info

Learning Path Carbon Footprint Masterclass Creating a Carbon Culture Masterclass, Understanding Product Carbon Footprinting Ecological Footprint Masterclass
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