Call for Applications
Santiago, Chile, 5-14 May 2014
The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) will convene its next Training Course on Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile, from 5 to 14 May 2014. Participation in the Training Course is open to applicants from Latin American and Caribbean countries that are eligible to receive ODA (see DAC list of ODA recipients). Detailed application instructions are available on the ICAP website at https://icapcarbonaction.com/activities/icap-courses. Application deadline is 17 February 2014.
Course Content
The ICAP Training Course will provide a curriculum dedicated to emissions trading as a policy instrument for climate policy and provide illustration by way of case studies.
It will address a range of issues faced in the design of emissions trading systems (ETS), taking into account the specific needs and interests of developing countries. Covered issues include:
- Data collection and inventory generation
- Allocation methods
- Offset mechanisms
- Scope and coverage of a trading scheme
- Adequate monitoring, reporting and verification and
- Registry design and implementation.
Additionally, the course will explore important steps in the implementation of an emissions trading system, again with consideration given to specific needs and inters of developing countries. Such issues include:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Competitiveness concerns
- Impacts on and responses from covered entities
- Market analysis and drivers
- Opportunities offered by creating a global market of linked domestic and regional systems and
- Evaluating the performance of emissions trading.
Participation
Applicants should be stakeholders from the nongovernmental, academic and private sectors as well as policy makers who are or will be involved in deciding on, designing and implementing emissions trading systems.
Logistical Arrangements
The Training Course will be carried out from 5 to 14 May 2014 in Santiago, Chile. Travel expenses, accommodation, catering and local transportation for all participants during theTraining Course will be covered by the organizers. Further details will be made available to those applicants who have been selected for participation.
Detailed application instructions are available on the
ICAP website at https://icapcarbonaction.com/activities/icap-courses
Contact
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