Teaching the New Carbon Math: The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management Institute Is Training How to Measure and Manage GHG Emissions

Teaching the New Carbon Math: The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management Institute Is Training How to Measure and Manage GHG Emissions

October 10, 2007

    EDINA, Minn., Oct. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    The new math is carbon accounting and the GHG
Management Institute is poised to teach it. Dedicated to
training tomorrow's managers of GHG emissions, the GHG
Management Institute is now live at
http://www.ghginstitute.org. Earth Council Geneva (ECG),
the GHG Experts Network (GEN) and ClimateCHECK have
combined their forces and expertise to form this institute
committed to professional learning on climate change.

    "Our mission is to train and develop a community
of experts with the highest standards of professional
practice in measuring and managing GHG emissions,"
said Gao Pronove, Managing Director of the Institute.
"Our supported online learning platform, blending
e-learning and interaction with expert instructors, allows
us to train a global audience in the most effective manner
possible." The Institute's focus is on GHG emissions
accounting, inventories, management, and verification. The
courses are developed and instructed by the same experts
who prepared today's international standards and founded
national government programs.

    "The Institute's philosophy is 'if you cannot
accurately measure GHG emissions, you cannot manage
them'," according to Michael Gillenwater, Dean of the
Institute and Director of the GHG Experts Network.
"Quantifying greenhouse gases is the first step for a
company to truly understand and assess their climate
liabilities. It is only after this that corporations can
manage their emissions and reduce their impact."

    Reto Braun, Chairman of ECG (
http://www.earthcouncil.com ), former CEO of the Swiss Post
and previous President of Unisys, said: "After having
trained over 7,000 learners in more than 80 countries on
the subjects of global trade, climate change and
biodiversity, we are pleased to work with our  partners in
launching this important initiative."

    "The content that our GHG Protocol team designs is
considered a global standard," said Jonathan Lash,
President, World Resources Institute (WRI), which is
working with the GHG Management Institute to develop its
first course on corporate GHG emissions accounting.
"It is critical that energy managers -- whether
they're working on projects throughout the developing world
or trying to make improvements at their individual companies
-- really get their heads around these issues."

    The GHG Management Institute will promote best practice
and help build confidence in the professional competencies
of GHG practitioners, according to Tom Baumann, CEO of
ClimateCHECK.

    "The Institute is committed to ensuring that
everyone around the world can access these courses,"
stated Janos Pasztor, Director, UN Environment Management
Group. "They have created a need-based scholarship
fund to ensure that this level of access is
possible."

    The first classes are open for enrollment, and are due
to begin November 1st. More information is available at the
website -- http://www.ghginstitute.org .

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