Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course in Pretoria, South Africa
Classroom training in Pretoria · next cohort Nov 2, 2026 · from USD 3,200
Droughts, floods, heat and shifting regulation are turning climate change into an operating risk that boards, lenders and donors expect organisations to quantify and manage. Five days take participants from hazard identification to a costed response. You learn to separate physical risk from transition risk, build a climate risk register, rate likelihood and impact and prioritise adaptation actions using cost-benefit and multi-criteria tools. Scenario thinking and vulnerability assessment show how communities, assets and supply chains are exposed.
The carbon accounting strand follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: setting boundaries, collecting activity data, applying emission factors and compiling Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventories. You then connect results to reduction targets, mitigation options, offsetting caveats and disclosure frameworks such as TCFD and ISSB-aligned reporting. Environment and sustainability officers, risk managers, programme managers in NGOs and development agencies, county planners, agricultural and energy professionals and finance staff will find it directly relevant. Exercises use spreadsheets and case organisations to build a draft inventory and risk register. Classroom, online and in-house formats are available, with a CPD-accredited certificate.
At a Glance
Training in Pretoria, South Africa
Pretoria is South Africa's administrative capital, home to the Union Buildings, the Reserve Bank and most embassies.
More about training in Pretoria →- Format
- Classroom, in Pretoria
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 3,200
- Next start dates
- Nov 2, 2026, Nov 30, 2026, Dec 28, 2026
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Airport
- O.R. Tambo International (JNB), connected by the Gautrain
- Time zone
- South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2)
- Currency
- South African rand (ZAR). Fees are listed in USD.
- Business districts
- Hatfield, Brooklyn, Menlyn and Centurion
About this course
Climate-related losses now appear in insurance premiums, project budgets and loan conditions, while governments and funders ask organisations to report their emissions and show how they are adapting. Yet many institutions still handle climate as a communications topic rather than a risk to be assessed, owned and financed like any other.
The Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course brings risk management discipline to climate work. It opens with climate science essentials and policy context, including the Paris Agreement and national commitments, then introduces risk assessment methods adapted to climate hazards: exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity and scenario analysis. Participants build risk registers, compare adaptation options and learn how to embed them in plans, budgets and project designs. The carbon accounting sessions teach organisational boundaries, data collection, emission factors and the compilation of an inventory across all three scopes, with quality assurance and recordkeeping. The final sessions turn to target setting, mitigation pathways, climate finance and credible reporting.
The course is practical and workshop based. Participants work with sample activity data and case organisations to produce a risk register, an adaptation shortlist and a draft inventory, leaving with tools they can adapt to their own institutions.
Training Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish physical and transition climate risks and the sectors they affect.
- Conduct a climate vulnerability and risk assessment using exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity.
- Build and maintain a climate risk register with ratings and owners.
- Prioritise adaptation options using cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis.
- Compile a greenhouse gas inventory following the GHG Protocol.
- Select suitable emission factors and manage data quality.
- Set reduction targets and identify credible mitigation measures.
- Prepare climate risk and emissions disclosures for boards, funders and regulators.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants leave the course with:
- A climate risk register template with scoring guidance.
- A shortlist of adaptation options with a prioritisation matrix.
- A draft greenhouse gas inventory built in a spreadsheet.
- A data collection checklist for Scope 1, 2 and 3 activities.
- An outline of emission reduction targets and actions.
- A reporting outline that links risk and emissions disclosures.
Training Methodology
The programme blends risk management practice with hands-on calculation. Participants experience:
- Concise expert briefings on climate risk and carbon accounting methods
- Spreadsheet workshops building emission inventories from sample data
- Group risk assessment of case organisations in agriculture, energy and public services
- Facilitated debate on the choice between adaptation and mitigation priorities
- Presentation of a draft register and inventory for peer feedback
Day 1: Climate Change and the Risk Landscape
- Climate science essentials and observed trends in Africa
- Paris Agreement, nationally determined contributions and policy drivers
- Physical risks: drought, flood, heat and sea level
- Transition risks: regulation, markets, technology and reputation
- Climate risk in the enterprise risk management framework
- Exercise: mapping climate risks for a case organisation
Day 2: Vulnerability and Climate Risk Assessment
- Exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity
- Hazard, asset and community vulnerability mapping
- Using climate data and scenario analysis
- Rating likelihood and impact and building the risk register
- Stakeholder participation in assessments
- Exercise: drafting a climate risk register
Day 3: Adaptation Planning and Resilience
- Types of adaptation: structural, ecosystem-based and institutional
- Cost-benefit and multi-criteria prioritisation
- Mainstreaming adaptation into plans and budgets
- Climate finance sources and proposal basics
- Avoiding maladaptation and managing trade-offs
- Exercise: ranking adaptation options for a project
Day 4: Carbon Accounting Fundamentals
- Greenhouse gases, global warming potential and CO2 equivalents
- GHG Protocol organisational and operational boundaries
- Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 categories
- Activity data, emission factors and calculation methods
- Quality assurance, uncertainty and recordkeeping
- Exercise: calculating an inventory from sample data
Day 5: Mitigation, Targets and Reporting
- Baselines, reduction targets and net-zero concepts
- Mitigation options in energy, transport, waste and land use
- Offsets and carbon markets: opportunities and limits
- Climate-related disclosure and the TCFD framework
- Integrating climate into governance and risk appetite
- Personal action plan and course review
The course is relevant to professionals who plan for, report on or finance climate action, including:
- Environment, sustainability and climate change officers
- Enterprise and operational risk managers
- Programme and project managers in NGOs and development agencies
- County and national government planners
- Agriculture, water and energy sector specialists
- Finance and investment officers assessing climate exposure
- Corporate reporting and ESG analysts
- Monitoring and evaluation staff in climate-related programmes
Vision Reach Global Consultancy issues a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion to participants who attend all five days and complete the assessment and accounting exercises.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course Venues
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200Viewing- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course in Pretoria
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course runs as classroom training in Pretoria, South Africa, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Pretoria cohort starts on November 2, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Pretoria" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course in Pretoria is USD 3,200 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes. Besides Pretoria, Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course runs as classroom training in Johannesburg and Cape Town. It also runs as live online training you can join from anywhere in South Africa, and in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course can be delivered at your offices in Pretoria or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
By the end of the Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting programme, you'll be able to distinguish physical and transition climate risks and the sectors they affect, conduct a climate vulnerability and risk assessment using exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity, build and maintain a climate risk register with ratings and owners, and prioritise adaptation options using cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is relevant to professionals who plan for, report on or finance climate action, including: Environment, sustainability and climate change officers, Enterprise and operational risk managers, Programme and project managers in NGOs and development agencies, County and national government planners, Agriculture, water and energy sector specialists, Finance and investment officers assessing climate exposure, Corporate reporting and ESG analysts, and Monitoring and evaluation staff in climate-related programmes.
Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Risk Management for Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
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