• Background
  • Terminology
  • The climate change journey: from Kyoto to Paris to COP 28
  • The UN SDGs • Country and corporate targets and pledges
  • ‘Net zero’: definitions and implications
  • Emissions accounting: Scope 1, 2, 3
• Introduction to Carbon credits
  • What are carbon credits?
  • What are carbon offsets?
  • Compliance vs voluntary markets
  • Hybrid markets including RSA’s COAS
  • Avoidance vs removal
  • Qualifying project types
  • Carbon credits and LPG
• The Regulatory landscape
  • The main standards organisations
  • The UN ‘Article 6.4’ and ‘Article 6.2’ markets
  • Project validators
  • Guidance and governance bodies
  • Additionality
  • Other key players in the project ecosystem
  • Criticisms and scandals
• The Carbon credit market in Africa
  • Market size and geographical spread
  • Project types and scales
  • Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI)
• The Project cycle
  • Project identification
  • Project economics and investment appraisal
  • Methodology selection and emissions calculations
  • Project validation
  • Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
  • MRV Report
  • Offset issuance and retirement
• Case studies
  • South Africa – Afforestation and reforestation
  • Uganda – Biodigesters/biogas
  • Zambia – Improved cookstove (ICS) distribution
  • Kenya – Bioethanol cookstove distribution
  • DRC – Avoided deforestation (REDD+)
  • Senegal – Mangrove restoratio
• Pricing, trading and project economics
  • Global trading landscape
  • Key platforms, pricing agencies and brokers
  • Contract types and specifications
  • Vintages and other differentiators
  • Typical values by contract type
  • Implications for project economics

Votre instructeur : James McCullagh, CITAC Directeur Exécutif