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CoM SSA Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) course

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  1. MODULE 1: Setting the scene
  2. Lesson 1.1: Introduction to the CoM SSA initiative
    2 Topics
  3. Lesson 1.2: Introduction to the SEACAP
    3 Topics
  4. Lesson 1.3: Climate change and cities in Africa
    2 Topics
  5. MODULE 2: SEACAP mitigation pillar
  6. Lesson 2.1: Key concepts in climate change mitigation
    1 Topic
  7. Lesson 2.2: Introduction to the mitigation pillar
    2 Topics
  8. Lesson 2.3: The SEACAP development process for the mitigation pillar
    1 Topic
  9. Lesson 2.4: Emissions inventories: GHG emissions
    4 Topics
  10. Lesson 2.5: Developing a Baseline Emissions Inventory (BEI)
    3 Topics
  11. Lesson 2.6: Tools for BEI development
    2 Topics
  12. Lesson 2.7: Setting mitigation targets
    2 Topics
  13. Lesson 2.8: Planning mitigation actions
    1 Topic
  14. MODULE 3: SEACAP access to energy pillar
  15. Lesson 3.1: Key concepts in access to energy
  16. Lesson 3.2: Introduction to the access to energy pillar
    2 Topics
  17. Lesson 3.3: The SEACAP development process for the access to energy pillar
    1 Topic
  18. Lesson 3.4: Data collection
    3 Topics
  19. Lesson 3.5: Developing an Access to Energy Assessment (AEA)
    2 Topics
  20. Lesson 3.6: Setting an energy vision and targets
    3 Topics
  21. Module 3.7: Planning energy actions
    3 Topics
  22. MODULE 4: SEACAP adaptation pillar
  23. Lesson 4.1: Key Concepts in climate change adaptation
  24. Lesson 4.2: Introduction to the adaptation pillar
    2 Topics
  25. Lesson 4.3: The SEACAP development process for the adaptation pillar
    1 Topic
  26. Lesson 4.4: Developing a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA)
  27. Lesson 4.5: Setting an adaptation vision and sectoral targets
    2 Topics
  28. Lesson 4.6: Planning adaptation actions
    2 Topics
  29. MODULE 5: Steps to take before you implement your SEACAP
  30. Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions
  31. Lesson 5.2: Categorising actions to access external finance
    2 Topics
  32. MODULE 6: Communicating your SEACAP
  33. Lesson 6.1: Designing your SEACAP
    3 Topics
  34. Lesson 6.2: Communicating your SEACAP to key stakeholders
    1 Topic
  35. MODULE 7: Reporting your SEACAP
  36. Lesson 7.1: Introduction to reporting your SEACAP
    3 Topics
  37. Lesson 7.2: Introduction to reporting the mitigation pillar
    4 Topics
  38. Lesson 7.3: Introduction to reporting the adaptation pillar
    3 Topics
  39. Lesson 7.4: Introduction to reporting the access to energy pillar
    3 Topics
  40. MODULE 8: Integrating your SEACAP into existing planning processes
  41. Lesson 8.1: Integrating your SEACAP actions into local level plans
    1 Topic

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NEED A RECAP? Revisit “What is a Baseline Emissions Inventory?” from Lesson 2.2.

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This lesson focuses on the development of a BEI, or first emissions inventory. However, the BEI principles are generally applicable to all subsequent emissions inventories.
This flexible approach can be adapted to the specific situation of local authorities (city size, level of expertise, political mandate, budget, etc.) and a simple inventory can be produced and refined in later iterations.

How do you align an emissions inventory with international standards?

Methodological alignment and standards

When compiling an emissions inventory, it is important to use a common and consistent methodological approach.
This ensures that the results can be: 

  • Understood
  • Verified by external parties
  • Easily reproduced or updated in the future

An example of such an approach is the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC).

The Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories
  • It is good practice to compile a BEI in alignment with the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: An Accounting and Reporting Standard for Cities (referred to as the GPC).
  • The GPC is a globally-used international standard for GHG inventories in cities and other sub-national regions.
  • Published in 2015, the GPC was co-developed by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, and the World Resources Institute (WRI).
  • It aims to offer a robust and comprehensive GHG emissions inventory method that allows for more accurate benchmarking and comparisons between subnational entities such as regions, counties, cities and municipalities.
  • The GPC also offers guidance on setting goals and tracking emissions over time. The protocol follows international best practices, including those in the GHG Protocol Mitigation Goals Standard, in elaborating how regions or cities can set different types of GHG reduction goals and measure progress consistently as better data and methodologies are adopted.

CoM SSA is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ)

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