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SESSION:Training & Capacity-Building Scaling Up GHG Accounting Expertise Michael Gillenwater Dean and Executive Director
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About us... “To train and develop a global community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring, accounting, auditing, and managing greenhouse gas emissions."
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Vision… “The society of greenhouse gas professionals.” Powerful force for change in society Career pathway, professional gatekeeper Human resource capacity building Community building and professional norm setting
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Core Programs 1.Membership – building a global community and norm setting 2.Training – building capacity 3.Professional certification – building confidence, infrastructure, and green jobs 4.Standards development portal (forthcoming) – scaling up GHG programs, markets, and technologies
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Challenges GHG policies are expanding and new ones emerging GHG emissions becoming a global commodity Need to avoid “Enron” accounting problems Need large global pool of well-trained experts to support GHG metrics GHG management experts must operate with common ethical norms and provide high levels of competency
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Survey on Green Jobs 2009 Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change Workforce Needs Assessment Survey – More than 700 key GHG industry professionals, scientists, and organizational leaders across sectors and the globe http://ghginstitute.org/online-resources/survey/
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Current Workforce Needs
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Growth
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Future Workforce Needs
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Workforce Needs Survey
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The role of GHG Protocol?
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Capacity building vehicles Professional development Educational Sector IGO / NGO traditional modes Professionalization Industry (Internal training)
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Reality Professional development Educational Sector IGO / NGO traditional modes Professionalization Industry (Internal training)
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Universities AWOL – Interdisciplinary – Requires curriculum innovation Only tactic: Professor ← chicken and egg Not what students want, not where jobs are needed Climate science & research GAP GHG measurement & management Soft sustainability
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IGO / NGO / Governments Much talk…little backing Scale: global Timing: Urgent due to lags Traditional approach – Paratrooper model – Little evaluation or long-term infrastructure development
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Professionalization ↓Creating a community ↓Education and training ↓Curriculum ↓Ethical norms/codes ↓Intellectual base ↓Journal ↓Textbooks ↓Institutions & infrastructure ↓Certification and peer policing ?
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SUPPLEMENTAL SLIDES
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Training program Alumni
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Survey sample
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