Low Carbon Development Training Course

Participants can interpret climate evidence and select suitable information for planning decisions.

• IPCC confidence language distinguishes evidence strength from prediction certainty
• Representative concentration pathways and shared socioeconomic pathways compared carefully
• Climate normals, variability, trends and extremes interpreted from observed records
• Downscaled projections assessed for resolution, uncertainty and decision relevance
• Return periods explain flood, heat and drought event probability
• Climate information services matched to planning horizons and asset lifetimes

Participants can define inventory boundaries and select appropriate emissions accounting approaches.

• GHG Protocol organisational boundaries use equity share or control approaches
• Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions classified correctly
• Operational boundaries identify stationary combustion, transport and process sources
• Activity data, emission factors and global warming potentials combined
• ISO 14064-1 principles guide relevance, completeness, consistency and accuracy
• Base-year selection supports meaningful emissions trend comparison

Participants can prepare an auditable emissions baseline from activity data and documented assumptions.

• Data collection plan assigns owners, sources, frequency and quality checks
• Electricity emissions calculated using location-based and market-based methods
• Fuel consumption converted using documented emission factors and units
• Data-quality assessment scores completeness, precision, timeliness and representativeness
• Materiality thresholds focus inventory effort on decision-relevant emission sources
• Baseline workbook records calculations, sources, assumptions and version control

Participants can develop business-as-usual and low-emission scenarios using explicit drivers and assumptions.

• Business-as-usual scenarios project activity drivers without additional climate measures
• Population, GDP, energy demand and fleet growth shape emissions projections
• Scenario assumptions documented through parameter tables and source references
• Sensitivity analysis tests high, central and low growth cases
• Decarbonisation pathways compare annual emissions, cumulative emissions and milestones
• Scenario narratives explain technology, policy and behavioural change assumptions

Participants can identify technically credible mitigation measures for priority emissions sources.

• Emission-source mapping identifies high-emitting activities, assets and value chains
• Energy efficiency measures target buildings, equipment, processes and operations
• Renewable energy options compare resource availability, grid access and storage
• Transport measures address modal shift, fleet efficiency and electrification
• Circular economy interventions reduce material demand, waste and methane emissions
• Land-use measures consider avoided deforestation, restoration and soil carbon

Participants can rank mitigation measures using cost, emissions, feasibility and development criteria.

• Marginal abatement cost curves compare annualised costs and emissions reductions
• Net present value discounts capital, operating and replacement costs
• Abatement potential avoids double counting between interacting mitigation measures
• Multi-criteria analysis incorporates feasibility, co-benefits and delivery risk
• Technology readiness distinguishes proven options from emerging deployment pathways
• Prioritisation matrices document scoring weights, evidence and decision rationale

Participants can identify material climate hazards and map exposure for selected systems and assets.

• Hazard screening identifies heat, flooding, drought, storms and sea-level rise
• Exposure mapping locates people, assets, ecosystems and essential services
• Asset criticality identifies failures with major safety or service consequences
• Climate hazard registers record likelihood, intensity, duration and geographic extent
• GIS layers support spatial comparison of hazards and exposed infrastructure
• Cascading failures trace dependencies across energy, water, transport and communications

Participants can assess climate vulnerability and prioritise risks using a transparent scoring method.

• Vulnerability analysis examines sensitivity, exposure and adaptive capacity factors
• Risk matrices combine likelihood, consequence and confidence ratings consistently
• Social vulnerability identifies disproportionate impacts on marginalised population groups
• Critical thresholds define conditions beyond which services or ecosystems fail
• Risk ownership assigns accountable functions for treatment and escalation
• Residual risk records exposure remaining after planned adaptation measures

Participants can develop adaptation options that address priority risks and service continuity needs.

• Adaptation pathways sequence actions under uncertain climate thresholds and timing
• No-regrets measures deliver benefits under multiple climate futures
• Ecosystem-based adaptation uses natural systems to reduce climate hazards
• Engineering measures address drainage, cooling, protection and asset hardening
• Institutional measures improve maintenance, early warning and emergency response
• Maladaptation screening identifies actions that shift risks or increase emissions

Participants can compare adaptation measures using economic, social and residual-risk criteria.

• Cost-benefit analysis compares avoided losses against lifecycle investment costs
• Multi-criteria analysis captures equity, feasibility and environmental effects
• Real options analysis values flexibility under uncertain climate conditions
• Avoided damage estimates use asset values, disruption costs and probability
• Distributional analysis identifies who pays, benefits and bears residual risks
• Adaptation appraisal documents assumptions, uncertainty ranges and decision triggers

Participants can formulate low-emission, climate-resilient measures for energy and building systems.

• Integrated resource planning compares supply, demand reduction and reliability options
• Building energy audits identify envelope, cooling, lighting and controls measures
• Passive design reduces cooling demand through orientation, shading and ventilation
• Distributed energy systems assess resilience, storage and critical-load coverage
• Grid climate-risk assessment considers heat, storms, flooding and wildfire
• Building codes connect efficiency requirements with thermal comfort and safety

Participants can prepare integrated mitigation and adaptation measures for urban transport and services.

• Avoid-shift-improve framework structures transport emissions reduction measures
• Transit-oriented development links land use, accessibility and travel demand
• Fleet transition plans compare electrification, fuel switching and operational efficiency
• Urban heat mapping identifies priority cooling corridors and vulnerable neighbourhoods
• Stormwater management combines drainage capacity, retention and permeable surfaces
• Service continuity plans protect mobility, waste collection and emergency access

Participants can select low-carbon and climate-resilient interventions for land, food and water systems.

• Climate-smart agriculture links productivity, adaptation and emissions reduction objectives
• Water-balance analysis compares supply, demand, losses and seasonal variability
• Irrigation efficiency measures assess energy use, water savings and farmer costs
• Agroforestry options evaluate carbon storage, livelihoods and drought resilience
• Watershed management identifies upstream actions protecting downstream water services
• Methane reduction addresses livestock feeding, manure management and rice cultivation

Participants can align organisational or sector actions with national climate commitments and policy instruments.

• Nationally Determined Contributions define targets, sectors, conditions and reporting commitments
• Long-term low-emission development strategies set pathway assumptions and milestones
• Policy instrument selection compares regulation, pricing, incentives and information
• Carbon pricing mechanisms include taxes, emissions trading and crediting systems
• Policy coherence checks conflicts among energy, fiscal, land and social policies
• Implementation roadmaps assign actions, institutions, timing and legal requirements

Participants can prepare financing logic and investment information for low carbon development measures.

• Climate finance sources include public budgets, banks, funds and private capital
• Project concept notes define problem, intervention, costs, results and beneficiaries
• Financial models distinguish capital expenditure, operating costs and revenue streams
• Blended finance structures allocate risks among public, private and concessional investors
• Bankability assessment reviews cash flows, contracts, collateral and sponsor capability
• Climate rationale connects proposed spending with quantified emissions or resilience results

Participants can incorporate equity, participation and workforce considerations into climate action plans.

• Just transition principles address workers, communities, affordability and participation
• Stakeholder mapping identifies influence, interests, exposure and engagement needs
• Free, prior and informed consent considerations guide affected community engagement
• Gender analysis identifies unequal climate impacts, access and decision-making power
• Grievance mechanisms provide accessible channels for concerns and remedy
• Communications plans explain trade-offs, benefits, costs and implementation changes

Participants can establish delivery arrangements for coordinated climate programme implementation.

• Governance structures define decision rights, oversight forums and accountabilities
• RACI matrices assign responsible, accountable, consulted and informed roles
• Work breakdown structures organise measures into manageable delivery packages
• Critical path analysis identifies sequencing dependencies and schedule constraints
• Programme risk registers track delivery, financial, political and climate risks
• Procurement specifications embed emissions, resilience and lifecycle performance requirements

Participants can design an MRV system that tracks emissions, adaptation results and implementation progress.

• Results frameworks connect inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts
• Mitigation indicators measure energy use, emissions reductions and renewable generation
• Adaptation indicators track exposure, service continuity and adaptive capacity
• MRV plans specify data sources, collection frequency, owners and quality controls
• Verification procedures test calculations, source records and reported claims
• Dashboard design presents targets, trends, milestones and corrective actions

Participants can build, review and present a complete low carbon development programme with evidence, priorities, financing and MRV arrangements.

• Programme scope defines geography, sectors, beneficiaries and planning horizon
• Emissions baseline and climate-risk profile establish the intervention case
• Prioritised mitigation and adaptation measures show costs, benefits and sequencing
• Implementation plan assigns governance, resources, milestones and risk treatments
• Financing strategy identifies funding sources, investment needs and decision gates
• MRV framework specifies indicators, baselines, targets, data owners and reporting
• Peer review tests assumptions, feasibility, equity and evidence quality
• Executive presentation communicates recommended actions, trade-offs and approval requirements