Indonesia Pavilion, COP22
17 November, 2016
Session:“DevelopmentofCompetencyBasedTrainingon
TerrestrialCarbonAccoun4ngtoSupportMRV”
Terrestrial Carbon Accounting Certificates:
Enhancing Capacity of Developing Countries
through International Academic Partnerships
Patrick Cage
ProgramOfficer
GreenhouseGasManagementIns4tute
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Overview of GHG Management Institute
• 
IPCC Guidelines Course Series
• 
UNFCCC Lead Reviewer Training
(23 courses)
• 
The Coalition on Paris
Agreement Capacity Building
• 
Carbon Management Journal
• 
The Carbon Institute
• 
Entrepreneurial model:
educational research-driven,
cost-efficient, expert mentor
support, network-based, goaloriented.
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Alumni in
over 100
countries
1000s of
experts
trained
Largest
training
curriculum
Online and
onsite
16 GHGMI Online Courses
For the Measurement, Reporting, and Verification of Greenhouse Gases
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The Carbon Institute
Partners and Donors
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Our Model
Applied Science for Government Needs
•  The Carbon Institute Handshake: develop government
and academic partnerships
•  Assess and fill gaps in existing Terrestrial Carbon
Accounting (TCA) capacity of government
•  Create world class TCA Certificate programs
•  Mentor faculty and graduates
•  Focus on comprehensive (advanced) understanding
and sustainability of programs
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Six Course Areas
For a Comprehensive Terrestrial Carbon
Accounting Curriculum
IPCC
Guidelines
Communica4onof
Results
Remote
Sensing/
GIS
TCA
Sta4s4cs
Field
Methods
Policy
Context
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Focus on
competency
development
Supported
by exercises
and case
studies
Adapted to
national
context and
government
needs
University of California San Diego 2013
First Advanced Certificate
in Terrestrial Carbon Accounting
•  145 hours of instruction in 6
integrated classes
•  150 applicants for 24 positions
•  Taught at University of
California San Diego (UCSD)
•  Overwhelmingly positive
reviews
•  Important lessons learned,
ideas for improving
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Improving Key TCA Competencies
Student Self-Assessment Improvement Scores
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International Advisory Panel:
High-level and technical recommendations
Dr. Ralph
Keeling (Chair)
H.E. Mr. Manuel
Pulgar-Vidal
Dr. Nur
Masripatin
Dr. Yonny
Koesmaryono
Dr. Guangyu
Wang
Dr. Xu
Zehong
Dr. Hannes
Bottcher
Mr. Ramiro
Fernandez
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Mr. Yan
Lingchun
Ms. Alexandra
Neidermeier
High-level Recommendations for TCA:
September 2016 International Advisory Panel
•  1. Engage government at multiple levels in course design
•  2. Consider motivations in course design and marketing
•  3. International reputation, accreditation, standardization
•  4. Precise learning objectives and outcomes
•  5. Real data and data curation
•  6. Consider verification’s role
•  7. Look to the future of international and domestic climate
change policy
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Timeline:
For deploying Terrestrial Carbon Accounting Certificates
2016
2017
2018
2019
Partnership
launch
AdvisoryPanel
Scopingstudies
Scopingstudies
Curriculum
development
TCAprogram
toolbook
FirstTCA
cer4ficate
course
TCA
Improvement
CommiNees
SecondTCA
cer4ficate
course
Cer4ficate
con4nuityfocus
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Work in progress, adapting to real needs:
Items to determine, strategic input appreciated
•  Scoping studies to determine audience for initial run of
the course
•  Building strong relationships for input with individuals in
government
•  Defining the core competencies needed for this target
audience
•  Scaling to future regions, developing as an international
standard
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