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Carbon market readiness pros and cons toward accelerating the attainment of the two agendas

Carbon market readiness pros and cons toward accelerating the attainment of the two agendas
26 September, 2022 to 28 October, 2022

The course will have the following objectives:

  • To provide an historical background in the development of global climate and carbon markets, with a main focus on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.
  • To provide insights into regulatory and voluntary climate and carbon markets.
  • To enhance Africa’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction efforts, thereby contributing to climate-compatible and climate- resilient development.
  • To present developments in the post-Kyoto Protocol climate and carbon markets, with emphasis on the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Pact that embraces the NetZero emissions by 2050
  • Tools and tactics of advocacy and campaigning
  • To establish the readiness in policy and institutional frameworks for climate and carbon markets including regulatory mandates, incentives and market-driven solutions.
  • To determine readiness parameters in financing the climate and carbon markets from private sector, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and other actors
  • To build capacity to analyse, monitor, report and verify climate and carbon market development pathways and trajectories for Africa.
  • To remove barriers surrounding green financing in Africa.

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Beginning of the training: 5th September
Application Deadline: 31st August 2022