Ascentis Level 2 Award in Carbon Awareness and the Impact of Climate Change

Qualification Overview

The Ascentis Level 2 Award in Carbon Awareness and the Impact of Climate Change provides 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.

The qualification begins with the science of climate change, the role of greenhouse gases and the evidence of their link to atmospheric warming. Current and predicted environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change are covered. This leads to an understanding of the positive and negative effects of actions at individual, community, organisational, national and international levels.

There are several features of this qualification that make it very appropriate for its target learners:

• Assessment and certification can be offered throughout the year, allowing maximum flexibility for centres.
• Can be delivered either as a classroom-based course or as a blended learning programme.
• Assessments are offered through an online multiple-choice test that is designed to be taken at the end of the course. Assessments can only be requested as a paper-based assessment where required as a reasonable adjustment.
• There are online resources that can be used alongside the teaching.

Aims

The aims of the qualification are to enable learners:

• Understand the nature of greenhouse gases and how human activities are contributing to the increasing concentrations in the atmosphere.
• Know different types of abuse and their recognition features
• Understand how increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases link to the current impacts of climate change.
• Understand the meaning of ‘discrimination’ and ‘victimisation’
• Understand how the choices made by individuals, communities, organisations and governments can reduce the impacts of global climate change.

Target Group

The qualification is aimed at a range of learners, including

• Young people wishing to pick up an award as part of another learning programme
• Young people aged 14 – 19 who are in various learning environments
• Adult learners

Assessment Method

This qualification is assessed through the completion of an Ascentis-devised multiple-choice test that is carried out at the completion of the course.

The grading of this qualification is pass or fail.