Carbon Action recently travelled to Astana, Kazakhstan to provide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Verifier training for USAID Kazakhstan Climate Change Mitigation Program (KCCMP).

The Kazakhstan Climate Change Mitigation Program (KCCMP) is designed to help Kazakhstan achieve long-term sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions intensity. The KCCMP supports the Kazakh government and business community in implementing policies to reduce greenhouse gases at the national and at the corporate level. In addition, the Program provides specialised training to help build the next generation of climate and energy professionals in Kazakhstan.

Specifically, the Program’s objectives are to:

1. Enhance the government’s capacity to administer and enforce policies and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the development of procedures and tools that help implement the national Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System and the Law On Energy Savings, and to facilitate dialogue between regulators and regulated entities.

2. Build the business community’s capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by improving corporate-level greenhouse gas and energy data measurement, reporting and verification, enhancing corporate capacity to assess, develop and implement greenhouse gas and energy saving measures, and strengthening the capacity of the audit and verifier community.

3. Strengthen professional education programs in the energy efficiency and climate change areas through training, support for professional accreditation, and developing training centres of excellence.

 

GHG Verifier Training

Carbon Action delivered Russian-language training on the fundamentals of greenhouse gas (GHG) verification for climate services professionals working in Kazakhstan. The three-day training course covered the principles of greenhouse gas validation and verification and included practical exercises that provide learners with verification skills that can be used to conduct validation and verification activities under the Kazakhstan Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) or under international verification programs.