The UNFCCC Expert Reviewer Training Programme is Ongoing
The GHG Management Institute is the host of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories of Parties included in Annex I to the Convention. This programme is being organized by the UNFCCC secretariat in response to decision 10/CP.15 of the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth session (COP15).
This training course provides instruction related to the review of Annex I Parties’ greenhouse gas inventories. The curriculum consists of online (e-learning) modules, followed by a training seminar and examination, taking place in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 14 April 2010.
The following lessons are now offered as a part of this programme:
- Improving Communications and Facilitating Consensus in Expert Review Teams
- Overview of UNFCCC Review Process and General IPCC Inventory Guidance
- Agriculture
- Industrial Processes
- Waste
- Energy – Fugitive Emissions
- Energy- Fuel Combustion
- Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
- Application of Adjustments
- Modalities for the Accounting of Assigned Amounts under Article 7.4
- National Systems
- Review of National Registries and Information on Assigned Amounts
- Review of Activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Kyoto Protocol
These lessons are delivered online and involve over 100 people participants from around the world. For more information on this programme click here or contact the UNFCCC Secretariat at GHGTraining@unfccc.int.
Are you recognizing the CSA-America GHG verifier accreditation? seems to me there may be a proliferation out of control here unless we get some cross-referencing done.
John,
We cannot say, a priori, what kind of cross-recognition would exist. It is up to our expert/stakeholder committee to decide the competency criteria for the professional certification and what categories of certification will be developed. We will work towards cross-recognition, but only to the degree that quality and rigor is not compromised. We cannot predict at this stage that the committee will agree with what CSA has set up. The committee is global in composition and our working framework is that we have to ensure a high degree of competency.
And, as Dean of our educational programs, I am not involved in this committee process, as we must maintain a firewall between our training programs and professional certification programs. But you can find out more here:
http://ghginstitute.org/professional-programs/certification/
Sincerely,
Michael Gillenwater