National and international efforts to reduce the human impact on the global climate rely on knowing the amount of emissions released due to human activities. GHG inventories provide information that is vital for the design of policies and measures to reduce emissions of GHGs into the atmosphere. The quality of your inventory data relies on the use of appropriate methodologies, reliable statistical information, and representative factors to derive emission estimates. There are a myriad of industrial processes and chemicals usage activities that are not related to the use of energy, yet are still significant sources of GHG emissions. Some of these sources release GHGs that remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years and have global warming potential (GWP) values thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide. This course provides a rigorous training on the emission sources and estimation methodologies for the industrial process and product use sector based on the internationally endorsed 2006 IPCC Guidelines.
Specifically in this course, you will learn to:
- Identify the specific activities resulting in GHG emissions from industrial processes
- Estimate emissions using IPCC methodologies
- Distinguish between methodological tiers available for estimating emissions and their data requirements
- List and describe the possible reasons for double-counting and how to avoid them
- Identify and avoid typical problems with the estimation of emissions from the industrial processes and product use sector
“The IPPU sector GHG Management Institute course has been quite helpful in improivng my technical skills for GHG inventory in the IPPU sector. The simplicity with which the complex concept are presented makes learning much easier. The interactive group discussion and responses from the tutors promote interaction and learning through sharing.”
– Dingane Sithole, Zimbabwe
“he course on IPPU was extremely helpful. It was taught in a way that assisted with understanding at a greater level. The information provided helped with improving the current inventory as well in identifying gaps within the inventory which can be filled in coming years. I would like to thank the GHGMI with providing with the opportunity to be a part of the course.”
– Farryn Moodley, South Africa
“The course has been awesome experience. Self paced learning with prompt responses from the instructors were some motivating factors to complete it.”
– Basudev Upadhyay, Nepal
The course was developed by the GHG Management Institute with the support of the USAID Low Emission Asian Development (LEAD) program.
