Climate Change & Emissions Trading Services

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand what climate change and emission trading services are and what they mean for your organization
• Understand the development of a climate change and emission trading program and setting of exposure acceptance parameters
• Develop a management strategy in selecting internal emission reductions; purchasing credits and/or generating credits to ensure compliance of the ‘Kyoto Protocol’
• Climate Change & Emissions Trading Workshop: workshop case study will learn how to implement each of the action-steps
• Understand what climate change and emission trading services means for their organization

CONTENT:

Understanding The Basics:

• What does climate change mean?
• What is global warming?
• What are greenhouse gases?
• What is your company’s exposure to climate change impacts?
• What are emissions trading and carbon credits?
• Overview of climate change policy and the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ requirements

Emissions Trading - System Design:

• Forms of emissions trading

• What are the benefits of emission trading services?
• Open and closed emission trading systems
• Establishing baselines and setting emission exposure acceptance criteria
• Banking and borrowing emission trading and allocated limits
• Assessing climate change risks and their financial implications
• Emission trading

Develop Management Strategy:

• The three main emission trading service options
• Internal emission reductions
• Purchasing credits for compliance
• Generating credits by investing in external projects
• What is the most cost-effective emission trading route?
• Developing a combined option portfolio
• Creating opportunities to capitalize on reduced emissions

Climate Change & Emissions Trading:

• Review of the ‘EU Emissions Trading Scheme’
• Identifying greenhouse gas emission inventories of your operations
• Assessing and evaluating your climate change emission risks and impacts
• Developing an emissions trading policy and strategy
• Selecting your emission trading service portfolio
• Producing your emissions trading services program
• Establishing your climate changing and emission monitoring and reporting systems

Monitoring & Recording Emission Reductions:

• Identifying your emission reduction monitoring requirements
• Monitoring and verifying emission reductions system
• Registering your emission reductions to facilitate carbon trading
• Quality stamping validity of the emissions reductions
• Carbon Trading
• Key Point Summary of Course Topics

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.