Environmental Analytics and Management MSc

The big challenge at the core of the global effort to fight climate change is the ability to measure and regularly monitor climate actions taken by governments and businesses, and evaluate their outcomes.MSc Environmental Analytics and Management is one-of-a-kind programme designed for students with a strong quantitative background who want to develop a deep understanding of climate and environmental change, related risks, mitigation strategies, and policies through the application of economic fundamentals, artificial intelligence, and big data.Gain a deep understanding of the nature of climate and environmental change.Learn advanced data analytics skills including AI, econometrics and networks analysis. Learn to work with big data and complex global datasets.Leverage solutions and ideas seamlessly from across disciplines, bridge and integrate data across spatial and time scales.Develop the capability to design effective forms of interventions with the help of quantitative analysis and behavioural economics.What you'll studyThe end goal of this course is to train dynamic and creative future managers, researchers in AI for sustainability and AI for climate change, public policy practitioners, financial sector professionals and prospective PhD students. You will come to understand the complexity of climate change and the associated trade-offs. You will master the use of AI and big data to identify trends and dynamics of fundamental aspects of climate change, such as the environmental risks organisations are exposed to, the quality of natural capital, GHG emissions, and diffusion of best management practices, behaviours and policy. AssessmentAssessment methods include academic courseworkand examinations, as well as short class presentations, analyses of data, short writtenexercisesand group work.Career pathsGraduates from this programme will have developed a range of cognitive and practical skills together which will be applicable to different contexts beyond academia. Graduates will be well placed to pursue roles in environmental research and consulting in a variety of industries. This course could lead you to specialised roles such as ESG manager, researcher in AI for sustainability, researcher in AI for climate change, public policy practitioner in climate change and sustainability, and financial sector analyst in ESG.