The success of any effort to address climate change rests on the reliability of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-related data for markets and other GHG mitigation policies. The reliability of this data depends on the availability of highly skilled and qualified professionals tasked with producing and assuring this information. Just as engineering and financial accounting rely on certified professionals, there is a need for professionals charged with measuring, accounting, auditing, and managing GHG emissions with high levels of competency and ethical standards.

Recognizing the importance of GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems as well as competency and ethics, the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute was founded as a nonprofit organization in 2007 to build the GHG management infrastructure of the future, with a focus on training and supporting a global community of qualified professionals to work on GHG measurement, accounting, auditing and management.

We believe that the green jobs of the future include an army of skilled professionals tasked with ensuring the numbers supporting emissions trading markets and other GHG policies are reliable and transparent. We are preventing climate change policies and carbon markets from suffering the type of problems exhibited in financial markets.

The Institute offers rigorous training that meets the needs of both individuals and organizations working on all aspects of climate change. The Institute’s training courses are authored by leading experts in their fields. Using our interactive e-learning system and specialized onsite workshops, we are able to meet the training needs of both beginners and experienced professionals anywhere in the world.

The Institute’s membership program connects the largest global community of greenhouse gas and climate change experts in the world and is developing courses in multiple languages. Our professional programs are creating a global personnel certification system that will foster confidence, enable policy implementation, and create a clear pathway for career development. The Institute’s research program provides policy makers and industry with unique forward-looking inquiry and analysis of GHG MRV and management challenges and solutions.

As a nonprofit U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organization, financial aid and full scholarships are available to qualified applicants, especially from developing countries and those working for non-profit organizations.

WHAT IS OUR MISSION?

“Our mission is to address climate change by building and supporting a global community of experts with the highest standards of professional practice in measuring, accounting, auditing and managing greenhouse gas emissions; meeting the needs of governments, corporations and organizations large and small.”

We are training tomorrow’s experts on the principles, concepts and techniques to manage and credibly account for GHG emissions. Our work involves training on the basics of GHG accounting, auditing and management, as well as certifying professionals who meet the highest standards of expertise and ethical conduct and conducting forward-looking research into critical GHG measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) issues.

Addressing climate change will require fundamental societal, organizational and behavioral changes on a global scale. The GHG Management Institute’s contribution to this effort is through the construction of the long-term social infrastructure needed to support the implementation of climate change policies, including professionalization of the field of GHG management and accounting. Professionalization occurs when an entire class of people make GHG management and accounting part of their professional identify. We believe this professionalization will be a powerful force to help us combat climate change.

We also believe that it is vital that the population of professionals with the expertise to address GHG emissions is globally widespread. Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. We offer financial assistance to other non-profits world-wide, to public agencies, and to small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries. We welcome grants and contributions to further this mission and to sponsor scholarships. We are also collaborating with other organizations in various regions of the world to provide training in other languages and in ways that address local conditions.

The Institute offers online courses, which can be combined with face-to-face workshops for larger groups with specific needs. e-learning allows learners a higher quality training experience, access to the world’s top experts as instructors, and the flexibility to undergo training on your own time, without the cost, trouble, and GHG emissions associated with traveling to workshops.

Education

The Greenhouse Gas Management Institute’s programs are globally recogonized and used by the United Nations and other leading organizations to train their staff.

Courses are self-paced and offered online. Institute faculty and staff monitor classes and participate in group discussions. Courses areinteractive animated and include exercises and quizzes. If you pay the exam fee, you also may earn a certificate or diploma credential.

These are not webinars. It typically takes a learner 16-20 hours of interaction and study to complete a course. This is equivalent to a 3 to 4 day intensive workshop. But one that is instead offered on demand at whatever times and places are convenient for you.

Tuition fees:

The fee for most courses is US$250 or US$375 if exam for a Certificate of Proficiency is included. Diploma program tuitions range between US$2000 and US$2750.  Purchasing a license to the full course library is US$1000 per individual.Finacial aid is available to eligible applicants. Our mission, as a nonprofit, is for you to be obtain world-class professional expertise irregardless of your financial constraints.

Schedule:

Once you have paid the tuition fee – you are registered, enrolled, and can begin course work immediately. You will have access to course material as long as you stay active at the Institute. By logging into our Learning Management System once a year, you will continue to have access to the courses you have paid for.

You may find, based on your background and interest, that it takes you slightly more or less time than we estimate to complete a course.

Courses are available 24 hours per day. You can log into a course at any given time. Class discussions take place within forums and you will receive e-mail notifications when new material is posted.

Should you choose to enroll in a Diploma Program, you may schedule courses as you wish. Learners typically take one course at a time, although you can choose to work on more than one course at a time.

Credentials:

The GHG Management Institute offers two educational credentials:

• A Certificate of Proficiency is awarded to those who successfully pass an exam for a specific course.
• A Diploma represents the completion of a full curriculum of courses and their associated exams.