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Introduction

Climate change has taken centre-stage as the pre-eminent global environmental challenge of the 21st century. Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change has, as a result, become a principal objective of business. Delivering these cuts efficiently has led to over 40 governments at regional, national and international level to develop carbon trading regimes.

The essential implication of carbon trading is that an organisation’s climate change strategies are increasingly important in limiting exposure to financial and legal risks. The broader implication of carbon-trading is that increasingly it pays companies to invest in developing a climate change and emissions trading strategy that ensures these risks are limited, and that any potential opportunities that arise from emissions trading are fully exploited.

Objectives

To provide delegates with the understanding, knowledge and the action-steps that organisations need to take to put their climate change and emission trading strategies together. These action-steps are presented, during the course, by the following topics

Understanding the basics: the first step is to understand what climate change and emission trading services are and what they mean for your organisation
Emissions trading programme: the development of a climate change and emission trading programme and setting of exposure acceptance parameters
Develop a management strategy: selecting internal emission reductions; purchasing credits and/or generating credits in order 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

Training Methodology

The course is presented through an interactive presentation, supported by videos, delegate exercises and, a workshop case study in which delegates will learn how to implement each of the action-steps to develop a climate change and emissions trading programme for their organisation.

Organisational Impact

Organisation will be able to review their climate change and emission trading strategies
Enable delegates to appraise the best cost-benefits options for emission trading services
Enable delegates to develop climate change and emissions trading programmes

Personal Impact

Promotes a positive attitude and understanding of environmental management and protection
Understand what climate change and emission trading services means for your organisation
Know how to develop and implement climate change and emissions trading programme

SEMINAR OUTLINE

DAY 1

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 is emissions trading and carbon credits?
Overview of climate change policy and the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ requirements
Video: Climate change
Delegate exercise: outline the emission trading principles

DAY 2

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
Video: Emission trading
Delegate exercise: produce framework for emission trading strategy

DAY 3

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 most cost-effective emission trading route?
Developing a combined option portfolio
Creating opportunities to capitalise on reduced emissions
Delegate exercise: selecting emission trading options

DAY 4

Climate Change & Emissions Trading - Delegate’s Workshop

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 programme
Establishing your climate changing and emission monitoring and reporting systems
Video: Climate change and emission trading

DAY 5

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
Video: Carbon Trading
Key Point Summary of Course Topics
Award of Certificates
Close of Course

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