Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern; it is a direct operational and financial risk. Energy costs, crop yields, water supply and the safety of infrastructure all shift as the climate changes, and funders increasingly require climate screening and emissions reporting as a condition of support. Many organisations want to act but lack a shared method for measuring, prioritising and reporting.

The Applied Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course offers that method. It starts by explaining the drivers and impacts of climate change in the African context and the international and national policy frameworks that govern action. Participants then learn carbon accounting hands on, setting organisational boundaries, collecting activity data, applying emission factors and reporting results. The second half moves to climate risk and vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning, and mitigation options including energy efficiency, renewable energy and nature-based solutions. Monitoring, reporting and verification close the cycle.

The course is built around exercises using simple spreadsheets and sample datasets from offices, farms, factories and projects. Each participant produces a mini inventory and a climate action outline that can be taken straight back to the workplace.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the science, impacts and policy framework of climate change.
• Define organisational and operational boundaries for a greenhouse gas inventory.
• Calculate scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions using activity data and emission factors.
• Assess data quality and document assumptions for review.
• Carry out a climate risk and vulnerability assessment for a site or project.
• Select and prioritise adaptation measures for communities and assets.
• Evaluate mitigation options and set realistic reduction targets.
• Describe how carbon markets work and what makes credits credible.

The programme is suited to practitioners who plan, report on or fund climate-related work:

• Environmental and sustainability managers
• Programme and project managers in NGOs and development agencies
• County and national government planners
• Corporate risk, ESG and reporting officers
• Agricultural, water and energy sector specialists
• Monitoring and evaluation officers
• Climate finance and grant managers
• Consultants preparing environmental assessments

Participants leave with:

• A working spreadsheet for a basic greenhouse gas inventory.
• A climate risk register for a sample site or project.
• A short list of adaptation and mitigation actions with indicators.
• Guidance on selecting emission factors and recording assumptions.
• A one-page climate action plan outline for their organisation.

Delivery stresses calculation and planning practice:

• Spreadsheet labs using sample organisational datasets
• Scenario work on drought, flood and heat risks
• Small-group risk registers and adaptation option scoring
• Short briefings on standards and funding requirements
• Presentation of action plans for peer critique

Vision Reach Global Consultancy issues a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion to every participant who attends the five days and completes the inventory and planning exercises.