Climate finance is growing, but so is scrutiny. Donors, national governments and investors want measurable evidence that adaptation investments reduced vulnerability and that mitigation projects delivered real, additional emission reductions. Organisations that cannot demonstrate results risk losing access to climate funds, and those that overclaim face reputational damage.

This programme combines two disciplines that are rarely taught together: results-based monitoring and evaluation, and the quantification of greenhouse gases. Participants first set the policy context, from nationally determined contributions to funder requirements, then learn how to build results frameworks and indicator sets for mitigation, adaptation and resilience work. They go on to cover data collection, baselines, sampling and evaluation designs suited to long-term, multi-causal change, before turning to carbon accounting methods and verification.

The learning approach is applied. Participants practise on realistic project descriptions for agriculture, energy, forestry, water and urban settings, and produce draft indicator tables, an emissions calculation and a reporting outline. Emphasis falls on honesty about uncertainty, avoiding double counting and writing results in terms that technical reviewers will accept.

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

• Build a theory of change and results framework for a climate mitigation or adaptation project.
• Select and define indicators for emissions, resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity.
• Apply the GHG Protocol to estimate organisational and project emissions.
• Set baselines and test additionality and leakage in mitigation projects.
• Choose evaluation designs and mixed methods suited to climate outcomes.
• Design monitoring, reporting and verification systems that meet funder requirements.
• Integrate gender, equity and safeguards into climate results measurement.

The course is relevant to professionals who plan, measure or report on climate work, including:

• Monitoring, evaluation and learning specialists
• Climate change and environment programme officers
• Sustainability and ESG managers in companies and banks
• Government climate change focal points and planning officers
• Renewable energy, forestry and agriculture project managers
• Climate finance and fund management staff
• Evaluators and consultants preparing climate project reviews
• Researchers and academics supporting climate programmes

Participants leave the course with:

• A climate results framework with indicators and means of verification.
• A working Excel emissions inventory based on GHG Protocol categories.
• A baseline and additionality checklist for mitigation projects.
• A resilience measurement approach tailored to community-level adaptation.
• A monitoring, reporting and verification plan outline.
• A short reporting template that presents results, limitations and lessons clearly.

The week blends measurement theory with spreadsheet practice, so that participants can apply methods straight away. It includes:

• Calculation labs in Excel using supplied activity data and emission factors
• Project case files from energy, forestry, agriculture and water programmes
• Group design clinics on indicators and evaluation questions
• Review of extracts from real funder reporting templates
• Individual feedback on a draft results framework

Participants who attend every session and submit the practical exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.