CARBON-CUTTING CASCADES A new selection of train-the-trainer courses from CAT combines our solutions-focused approach with Carbon Literacy accreditation to help embed evidence-based action planning across a range of sectors. Amanda Smith reports.
“Across all sectors, from health and safety to data privacy, changing how we do things requires training – rising to the climate challenge is no different.”
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e are delighted to be launching a new training offer as part of our Zero Carbon Britain programme, working with the Carbon Literacy Project to offer accredited Carbon Literacy training with a zero carbon flavour. The Carbon Literacy Project has always been about collaboration, right from its inception in 2013. It involves people and organisations from all sectors and walks of life working together and contributing time, materials and funding to advance understanding on the climate emergency and the solutions it demands. The project aims to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment through the dissemination of Carbon Literacy. This aligns closely with the aims of CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain Hub and Innovation Lab, which are to improve the capacity of councils, communities
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and other organisations to turn climate emergency declarations into action, reduce emissions and create systemic change in support of mitigation of and increased resilience to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Building knowledge, skills and confidence
Across all sectors, from health and safety to data privacy, changing how we do things requires training – rising to the climate challenge is no different. The training that we offer through CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain project is inspired by our research into net zero scenarios, and is designed to increase knowledge, skills and confidence in tackling the climate emergency. Our collaboration with the Carbon Literacy Project offers a ‘train the trainer’ model, with the aim that training then ‘cascades’ through an organisation as it is shared widely by course participants on successful completion of their own training.
What is Carbon Literacy?
Carbon Literacy is described by the project as: ‘An awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.’ It’s about relevant climate change learning for everybody. As of July this year, 19,000 citizens had been certified as Carbon Literate.
Exploring solutions
CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain scenario offers an end-point vision of what energy, buildings, transport, industry, diets and land-use could look like in a zero carbon future, enabling people to visualise how we might rise to the demands of climate science. It helps to reduce fear and misunderstandings and open new, positive, solutions-focused conversations. Our new Carbon Literacy Project accredited online course will explore
