Mastering Carbon Markets and Climate Policy Instruments
This programme equips participants with the economic, regulatory, and practical skills required to design, evaluate, and implement carbon pricing mechanisms and complementary climate policy instruments. It integrates climate economics, carbon accounting, policy design, and implementation practice, focusing on African and emerging-economy contexts.
Carbon Markets & Climate Policy Instruments Programme
This programme equips participants with the economic, regulatory, and practical skills required to design, evaluate, and implement carbon pricing mechanisms and complementary climate policy instruments. It integrates climate economics, carbon accounting, policy design, and implementation practice, focusing on African and emerging-economy contexts.
Course Overview
The Carbon Markets & Climate Policy Instruments Programme equips participants with the economic, regulatory, and practical skills required to design, evaluate, and implement carbon pricing mechanisms and complementary climate policy instruments. The programme addresses both market-based instruments (carbon markets, emissions trading, offsets) and non-market tools (regulations, incentives, standards), and shows how coherent policy mixes can deliver cost-effective, credible, and equitable climate action. The course integrates climate economics, carbon accounting, policy design, and implementation practice, with a strong focus on African and emerging-economy contexts. It aligns with the Paris Agreement (including Article 6), Agenda 2063, the SDGs, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), and national climate, energy, and fiscal policies. Participants gain hands-on experience in assessing options, designing instruments, ensuring environmental integrity, and managing governance, MRV, and social safeguards.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Explain the principles and rationale of carbon markets and climate policy instruments.
- Distinguish between compliance and voluntary carbon markets.
- Compare carbon taxes, emissions trading systems (ETS), and hybrid approaches.
- Interpret Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and its operational implications.
- Design carbon pricing and policy instrument frameworks aligned with national goals.
- Establish MRV systems and integrity safeguards.
- Assess equity, competitiveness, and just transition impacts.
- Integrate carbon markets with climate finance and investment strategies.
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