National and international efforts to reduce the human impact on the global climate rely on knowing the amount of GHG emissions and removals attributable to human activities. GHG inventories provide information that is vital for the design of policies and measures to reduce emissions and increase removals of GHGs. The quality of your inventory data relies on the use of appropriate methodologies, reliable statistical information and representative factors to derive emission and removal estimates from sources and sinks. Land-use and land-use change-related activities are a key source of mitigation potential through afforestation and reforestation efforts, as well as the more recent international attention on reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation of forest lands (REDD).
This course provides a rigorous training on the emission sources and removal sinks and estimation methodologies for the forestry and other land use sector based on the internationally endorsed 2006 IPCC Guidelines. This course should be combined with the Institute’s 501 IPCC: Introduction and Cross-Cutting Issues course.
Specifically in this course, you will learn to:
- Identify the specific activities resulting in GHG emissions from forestry and other land uses
- Estimate emissions using IPCC methodologies
- Distinguish between methodological tiers available for estimating emissions and their data requirements
- Identify and avoid typical problems with the estimation of emissions from forestry and land use sector
“The lessons are very much appreciated as they solemnly address the issue on how to mitigate climate change effects. I also managed to understand the role of forests in carbon storage. The use of chemical fertilizers and fossil fuels have a big bearing on climate change-related problems, hence the need to adapt smart energy technology to reduce CO2 emissions that cause global warming. There is a need to have Climate Change mitigation strategies and a need to adapt to the current situation.”
– Sipho Gumbo, Zimbabwe
“The course was structured very well and allowed a logical and coherent flow of information. The examples provided were also great and helped to enhance understanding.”
– Rumbidzai Damita Mhunduru, South Africa
“The training is very interesting and very important to people that related to climate actions, but it’s better that people also know about the training. The material is very complete and very useful, especially for me to improve my skill and knowledge about climate change. Hopefully, I can continue learning more about the material with offline class.”
– Anna Tosiani, Indonesia
The course was developed by the GHG Management Institute with the support of the USAID Low Emission Asian Development (LEAD) program.
