Financial methods in environmental decisions

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Financial methods in environmental decisions provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Financial methods in environmental decisions, begins by introducing some of the tools that can be used to assess the benefits of investment decisions, including ways of assessing ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Financial assessment techniques
    • 1 Financial assessment techniques
    • 1.1 Cash flow
    • Cost
    • Benefit
    • 1.2 Cash flow statement
    • 1.3 Financial appraisal of projects
    • Payback period
    • Average gross rate of return
    • Average net annual rate of return
    • Discounted cash flow methods
    • 2 External costs
    • 2 External costs
    • 2.1 Determining external costs
    • 2.2 External cost assessment of the European incineration directive
    • 2.3 Using external costs
    • Command and control
    • Economic instruments
    • Carbon taxes
    • Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements