Climate change has moved from a distant environmental issue to an everyday operational and financial risk. Public institutions must plan for more frequent extreme events, companies face disclosure requirements and customer expectations on emissions, and development programmes are judged on their resilience outcomes. Organisations that understand both their exposure to climate impacts and their contribution to emissions are better placed to protect communities, attract finance and comply with emerging reporting standards.

The Best Practices in Climate Action, Adaptation & Carbon Accounting Training Course covers the two halves of climate action in a single, coherent programme. After establishing the scientific and policy context, it turns to adaptation: assessing risk and vulnerability, selecting and prioritising adaptation options and integrating resilience into plans, budgets and projects. It then addresses mitigation through carbon accounting: building a greenhouse gas inventory, collecting activity data, applying emission factors, managing data quality and preparing for verification. The final day links the two through target setting, transition planning, climate finance and disclosure, so participants can present a joined-up climate strategy to decision-makers.

Participants complete a vulnerability assessment for a case study area and build a working emissions inventory in a spreadsheet using sample organisational data. Group work and discussion draw on examples from agriculture, energy, water, cities and the private sector.

Five days of training will enable participants to:

• Explain the climate policy framework, including the Paris Agreement, NDCs and national adaptation plans.
• Conduct a climate risk and vulnerability assessment for an organisation, sector or locality.
• Prioritise adaptation options, including nature-based and locally led solutions.
• Define organisational boundaries and build a Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions inventory using the GHG Protocol.
• Apply ISO 14064-1 principles to data quality, documentation and verification.
• Set emission reduction targets and outline a credible transition plan.
• Identify climate finance sources and disclosure expectations relevant to their organisation.

The training will benefit:

• Environmental, sustainability and climate change officers
• County, municipal and urban planners
• Ministry and agency staff working on NDCs and adaptation plans
• ESG analysts and sustainability reporting teams in companies and banks
• Energy and facilities managers responsible for emissions data
• NGO and development programme staff designing resilience projects
• Agriculture, water and disaster risk management professionals
• Consultants and auditors supporting carbon accounting and verification

Participants return to work with:

• A completed climate vulnerability assessment and adaptation options matrix.
• A working greenhouse gas inventory spreadsheet with documented boundaries and emission factors.
• A data collection plan for the Scope 3 categories relevant to their organisation.
• A draft emission reduction target and outline transition plan.
• A shortlist of climate finance sources and their entry requirements.
• An outline climate strategy combining adaptation and mitigation actions.

Participants learn by applying each tool to realistic data:

• Spreadsheet labs building and checking a greenhouse gas inventory
• Participatory vulnerability assessment exercises on a case study county or district
• Sector examples from agriculture, energy, water and urban development
• Group debates on offsets, targets and the integrity of climate claims
• A closing presentation of an integrated adaptation and mitigation strategy

Participants who attend all five days and complete the vulnerability assessment and inventory exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.