7: Africa Climate Change Centre and Environment Department
Nb: African Forum Scotland and Delta University, Nigeria will provide the training.
Course objectives and Learning Outcomes
- At the end of this course, the participants should be confident and competent to:
- Prepare a GHG inventory that represents a true and fair account of their emissions, through the use of standardized approaches and principles.
- Increase consistency and transparency in GHG accounting and reporting among various companies and GHG programs.
- Understand different methods of reducing the costs of compiling a GHG inventory.
- Understand the relevant information that can be used to build an effective strategy to manage and reduce GHG emissions.
- Acquire information that facilitates participation in voluntary and mandatory GHG programs.
- Understand how to assess GHG data quality as well as the different data quality indicators that are available to them.
- Participants will gain a thorough knowledge of the different options that are available to calculate the GHG data.
Who should attend?
- Manufacturing Sectors
- Office based organisation e.g. consulting firms, research and educational institutions
- Government Agencies
- Non-Government Agencies
- Oil Exploration and Production Companies
- Oil servicing companies
- Regulatory agencies amongst others
Module 1: Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting
Day 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol
Day 2: Understanding the GHG Protocols
Day 3: Ground-Work Preparations
Day 4: Data Integrity and Consistency
Module 2: Upstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions: specification and Quantification
Day 1: Overview of Up-Stream GHG
Day 2: The United States Environmental Protection Act
Day 3: Specification with guidance at the project level for qualification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements.
Module 3: Climate Change Vulnerability and Impact Assessments for Adaptation
Day 1. Overview of Vulnerability and Scope of Assessment
Day 2: Developing/Determining the Adaptation Options
Day 3: Developing Implementation and Communication Strategy