BACKGROUND

The purpose of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is to assist developing countries achieve sustainable development, and to assist industrialized countries achieve compliance with their emission targets under the Kyoto Protocol (KP) through the acquisition of certified emission reductions accruing from project activities. Such project activities are expected to mobilize financial and technological resources from the public and private sectors in industrialized countries to promote sustainable development in developing countries, and contribute to the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC).

The 7th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC in November 2001 agreed on a decision (2/CP7) on Capacity building in developing countries. This decision establishes a framework for capacity building and identifies a number of priority areas including specifically CDM and related issues like assessment of mitigation options, institutional capacity building and awareness-raising.

IGEM 2010 provides an opportunity for participants to understand and obtain tools for enabling the development of eligible projects whereby reducing carbon emissions can become a profitable process as well. The Training Seminar on Calculation of Carbon Credits will be presented by well-known experts.

OBJECTIVES

1. To generate awareness on the Clean Development Mechanism and its appropriateness
2. To present the basis and background requirements towards developing a project document for application purposes
3. To provide calculation methods for assessing project eligibility for carbon credits

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This training seminar would particularly benefit participants from:

•  Industry and industry groups in the agriculture sector, and in associated manufacturing and service sectors

•  Waste management sector

•  Plantation companies

•  Government agencies

•  R & D and academia

•  Consultants

•  NGOs and interested individuals

PROGRAMME

WORKSHOP TRAINERS

•  Mr. Henrik Rytter Jensen and team,

Danish Energy Management

•  En. Shahril Faizal Bin Abdul Jani

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

HENRIK RYTTER JENSEN holds a Master of Science in Energy Planning and has vast experience in the field of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Clean Development Mechanism in Developing Countries. Since year 2000 he has primarily worked on projects in South East Asia in particular Malaysia.

Since 2003 he has been project manager for Danida projects on CDM project development and pipeline development and promotion. At present he is managing a 3-year Danida project to identify and develop CDM projects in Malaysia for the Danish Government CDM Procurement Programme. The programme currently comprises 15 projects.

He has been involved in developing around 20 CDM projects in various stages of the CDM project cycle and he is experienced in environmental impact assessments for CDM projects and energy projects. He has developed PINs and PDDs, and is fully knowledgeable and experienced with the CDM validation and verification requirements. Mr Jensen has also developed and reviewed CDM monitoring systems and procedures and has designed monitoring plans for the CDM projects he has been involved in. Three of these have been validated and registered at the CDM Executive Board. For CDM projects he has performed financial due diligence and investment analysis.

He has held positions as Technical Advisor and expert in a number of energy efficiency projects and renewable energy projects in Malaysia and been advising governments and organisations on Energy Efficiency, Demand Side Management and Renewable Energy. These projects includes the Malaysian Building Integrated Photovoltaic Project (MBIPV), where he was policy advisor.

In the Demand Side Management Project in the Energy Commission he was Energy Efficiency Expert and involved in all aspects of planning and design of EE programmes including the impact assessment of EE programmes and plans using the SAVE X analysis tool. During the last year of the project he held the position as Chief Technical Advisor for the project.

He was also advisor in the Danida project for establishing the Centre for Education and Training in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CETREE) in USM, Penang. His main focus was on training of professionals in energy management and awareness campaigns for general public.

In the Malaysian Industrial Energy Efficiency Project he was advisor on developing Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Industrial Equipment, such as motors, pumps, drives etc.

He was advisor to two Danced projects providing input to the 8 Malaysia Plan on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. His main task was policy development and impact assessment of EE and RE plans and programmes and development of implementation strategies for the proposed EE and RE targets.

In addition to work in Malaysia, he has been advisor to energy efficiency projects in Thailand, Vietnam and India.

Mr Jensen is the country manager of Danish Energy Management in Malaysia and runs a permanent office in Kuala Lumpur with local staff and a network of local and international consultants