Master of Climate Change
Overview
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Solve complex global environmental problems as a climate change expert or policymaker with this graduate degree.
- Degree designed to prepare you for a career in climate change risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategy development, and regional, national and international policy formulation
- Global policy and governance perspectives on climate change
- Strategies to improve policy performance
If your aim is to help secure a safer future as a specialist climate change professional, this degree is for you. Taught by world-leading experts in climate change policy and science, this program provides you with the skills to decipher the problem of climate change through exposure to different lenses and perspectives.
Climate change is a global policy problem. Your in-depth understanding and strategic insight into how to mitigate and adapt to the changing climate will be in demand. You will benefit from drawing on expertise from the Crawford School of Public Policy and ANU’s highly-acclaimed Fenner School of Environment and Society.
Design a degree program that best reflects your education and career goals in the field of climate change, including the study of climate policy design and implementation; vulnerability and strategies for adaptation; the economics of climate change; climate science; and effective climate change communication and engagement.
Strengthen this knowledge with study in complementary fields – non-fossil fuel energy technologies and policies; integrated approaches to risk and vulnerability assessment; the legal dimensions of climate change; and the politics, policy and governance perspectives on climate change.
View the full degree program structure, admission requirements and academic information.
Related disciplines
- Applied Economics
- Climate
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Economic Policy
- Energy Change
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Forest Science and Management
- Policy Studies
- Resource and Environmental Management
- Science
- Communication
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainable Development
To find out more, contact us at crawford.degrees@anu.edu.au today.
Degree structure
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Duration
1.5 years full-time with up to .5 year credit available.
Admission requirements
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7.
Credit
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree, Bachelor degree with Honours, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units.
Cognate disciplines
If you have prior study in one of the following cognate disciplines, you may be eligible for credit towards your degree:
- Applied Economics
- Climate
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Economic Policy
- Energy Change
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Forest Science and Management
- Policy Studies
- Resource and Environmental Management
- Science
- Communication
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainable Development
View the full degree program structure, admission requirements and academic information.
Academics
Frank Jotzo
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy; Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy.
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Scholarships and fees
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Scholarships and support
Scholarship opportunities are available for national and international students.
Fees
Costs associated with your study at ANU will depend on a number of things, including your study program and whether you’re a national or international student.
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Updated: 23 January 2021/Responsible Officer: Crawford Engagement/Page Contact: CAP Web Team
