The Ascentis Level 2 Award in Carbon Literacy and the Impact of Climate Change is built around the principles of carbon literacy. These are to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding to be able to make informed choices leading to positive actions which reduce their carbon footprint. An understanding of how climate change affects everyone will give learners the confidence to share their understanding and motivate others to do the same. These are the guiding principles behind the concept of carbon literacy.
Aims
The aims of the qualification are to enable learners to understand:
The nature of greenhouse gases and how human activities are contributing to the increasing concentrations in the atmosphere How increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases link to the current impacts of climate change How the choices made by individuals, communities, organisations and governments can reduce the impacts of global climate change
