Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) training

 “GHG LIVE”, a series of workshops, training classes and job fairs related to the emerging, regulated low carbon economy. The event series will kick off in North America in 2010 (detailed schedule to be announced in February).

This certificate is for those focused solely on organizational and corporate GHG management, such as reporting carbon footprints and assessing the risks and opportunities of climate change to your organization.

This certificate is for those interested in a through introduction to GHG accounting and the key standards and best practices in this area, as well as rigorous training on verification of emission inventories and offset projects. Upon completion you will be prepared to actively engage in greenhouse gas management and markets and be an intelligent consumer of verification services.

This certificate is for those focused solely on carbon offset markets, such as the Clean Development Mechanism and Voluntary Carbon Standard. This program is appropriate for project developers, investors, buyers, consultants, and others who want to understand how these markets operate.

Many organizations are starting to think about how to manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a number of reasons: to minimize their impact on the planet, to prepare for regulation and address evolving disclosure requirements, to increase energy efficiency and/or to build their profile as an environmental leader.

This training course will cover the basics of GHG accounting for projects. The course material is based on ISO 14064: Part 2 GHG Standard for Projects and the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects. A personal ISO 14064: Part 2 license is issued to each learner as part of this course.

This course will introduce fundamental concepts and processes for a GHG IMS in a project management framework from the early planning stages through system deployment. The purpose and objective of this course is to explain the fundamental concepts and processes for a GHG IMS, including project planning, identifying important organizational attributes and associated data to be monitored and measured, identifying critical GHG IMS functionality, translating those requirements to an overall GHG IMS design and strategies for implementation and deployment.

This course provides in-depth training on the process of GHG accounting at the project level for forest-based activities including reforestation, forest management and avoided deforestation projects. The course provides a step-by-step process of understanding and undertaking project-level GHG accounting for forest projects based on the processes of ISO 14064-2 and the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol for Projects. The course provides a universal and comprehensive understanding of accounting requirements consistent with ISO 14064-2 and other GHG programs such as CDM.

This course will train experts in preparing inventories and emission reduction projects for coalmine methane sites.

This course will provide a thorough overview of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation procedures and requirements.