{"id":3650,"date":"2021-02-11T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T23:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royalroads.yourdevsite.ca\/malat-course-preproduction\/lrnt521n\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:20:29","slug":"welcome-to-cals504","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/","title":{"rendered":"CALS 504 &#8211; Modelling the Business Case for Climate Action (Mar 27 &#8211; Jun 4, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Royal Roads University Traditional Welcome\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gn7M3pe0Yn0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiefs&#8217; Traditional Welcome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ca.kaltura.com\/p\/143\/sp\/14300\/embedIframeJs\/uiconf_id\/23449617\/partner_id\/143?iframeembed=true&#038;playerId=kaltura_player&#038;entry_id=0_ft43hhhw\" width=\"100%\" height=\"280\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><sup>Course Welcome Video<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This course introduces you to principles and practices of building a business case for climate action. \u00a0 A business case provides a rationale for action that is explicitly linked to an organization\u2019s purpose and goals.\u00a0 A successful business case results not only in project approval, but it also ensures stakeholder buy-in and access to critical resources\u2014both required to successfully implement the adaptation action.<\/p>\n<p>Business cases are structured documents, informed by research and analysis, that provide clear and compelling justification for undertaking a particular course of action.\u00a0 Though the term \u201cbusiness case\u201d may seem to imply that the justification it provides is financial, it is equally true that there will be moral, ethical, environmental and other justifications that support climate actions. The work in this course will introduce to business case modelling practices that are equally relevant to government, for profit and non-profit sectors (though the nature of the justification may differ).<\/p>\n<p>In this course, you\u2019ll work through various stages of business case development, starting with risk and opportunity recognition and monetary estimation before exploring three commonly used decision analysis methods:\u00a0 cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, and multi-criteria analysis.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most significant challenges to business case development for climate action activities is complexity.\u00a0 Given the complexity not only of climate systems, but also of social, political and economic systems as they adapt to climate change, future climate-related risks and opportunities cannot be reliably predicted based on past experience.\u00a0 As such, the course pays significant attention to decision analysis processes that can incorporate deep uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the course, you will be applying the various methods to develop a climate action business case for a \u201clive\u201d client.\u00a0 This will enable you to hone your skills in a realistic context, while obtaining feedback from authentic stakeholders regarding the strengths and weaknesses of your approach.\u00a0 It will also help ensure that the product of your learning in the course extends beyond the learning cohort to provide tangible benefits to our communities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to supporting your capacity to develop a compelling business case for climate action, this course will also strengthen your overall understanding of the linkages between climate change and the economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Stay Connected<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>To each other via the course blog and your own WordPress blogs &#8211; be sure to set up your Feedly. See <a href=\"https:\/\/malat-coursesite.royalroads.ca\/malat\/use-opml-to-add-your-entire-cohort-to-feedly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here for instructions<\/a>. You will need to add the OPML files to your Feedly for each course.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Follow #RRUMALAT\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RRUMACAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RRUMACAL<\/a> on twitter;<\/li>\n<li>Instructor email addresses can be found in Moodle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Welcome Video This course introduces you to principles and practices of building a business case for climate action. \u00a0 A business case provides a rationale for action that is explicitly linked to an organization\u2019s purpose and goals.\u00a0 A successful business case results not only in project approval, but it also ensures stakeholder buy-in and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CALS 504 &#8211; Modelling the Business Case for Climate Action (Mar 27 &#8211; Jun 4, 2023)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3650","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3650"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6305,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3650\/revisions\/6305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/cals504\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}