Energy Policy and Advocacy (5cr)
Course unit code: IE10058
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- English
- Responsible person
- Anniina Kontiokorpi, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
You are able to understand, analyse and apply local, national and regional-level policies relevant to energy systems and energy transition at the community level. You know how renewable energy policies are both formulated and applied. You can develop context-specific strategies for building and engaging community support for renewable energy policy and advocacy for the adoption by policy-makers and governance bodies.
Content
The main contents of this course include:
- Energy-related policy analysis, including Technology Readiness Levels of energy technologies; EU taxonomy for sustainable activities; national and regional climate mitigation and adaptation targets; European New Green Deal; Sustainable Development Goals.
- Advocacy and strategy development for building public support for renewable energy policy.
- Alignment of renewable energy models with community-level business models.