Capacity Building

Building local technical knowledge and experience

Compiling a national greenhouse gas inventory is essential for a country to understand its emissions sources; for many countries it is an activity that they have only recently started undertaking. Capacity building training is an important way of supporting these national compilation teams in establishing a high quality inventory. Aether has a broad range of experienced inventory experts skilled in mentoring and knowledge sharing; we have conducted capacity building training for a range of stakeholders and numbers of participants, from small inventory teams to large scale capacity building projects with over 50 participants, including academics and government officials.

Read more information about our stakeholder workshops here.    

For more information, please contact Lucy Garland.

Training and mentoring

Aether provides tailored training programmes, building on any pre-existing training and experience, with material covering both sector-specific and cross-cutting inventory topics. Training sessions can be adapted to be an appropriate level to both technical and non-technical audiences, which is critical in promoting the importance of the inventory to key stakeholders such as data providers.

As part of the capacity building training programme, sector experts from Aether provide mentoring to national counterparts in the inventory team, working collaboratively to produce an inventory. This mentoring approach enables the inventory team to learn in a practical manner and supports them in taking ownership of the national inventory. Aether delivers in-country, virtual and flexible hybrid capacity building programs; the latter becoming increasingly essential as the global health crisis continues.

Case studies

GHG inventory support for Estonia

Aether is supporting the Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EKUK) and Estonian Environment Agency (EstEA) in the development of its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory templates. We are helping to ensure that the compilation process is transparent and efficient.

LULUCF GHG Inventory Support for Romania

Aether is supporting the Romanian National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI) in the compilation of its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for non-forest land areas. We are helping to ensure that Romania’s land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) inventory is robust and of high quality.

Testimonials

Don't just take our word for it...

“The Aether team were a joy to work with and I would recommend the consultancy - the service provided throughout the process was exceptional.”

Clare Bayley, Defra

“I must congratulate each of you for your professional and tireless efforts. Let me point out that this has been the 'neatest' in-country review expert review team I have coordinated, and it has been a real pleasure.”

UNFCCC Secretariat

“The team at Aether works very professionally and communicates very well which makes working with them a pleasure. Outputs are delivered on time to high quality. The team brings the rigour of technical knowledge and expertise and finds innovative ways of communicating complex messages. I would be happy to recommend the Aether team to organisations working on analysing and presenting emissions information in the public domain.”

Fiona Glover, States of Jersey

“If we have a need for any more reports in the future Aether will be first on my list.”

Alan Hardy, Kyson Design

“Aether is a great partner for work in the area of European Air Emissions. The team was committed, reliable, well organised and had a deep technical understanding and motivated other partners with their good spirit.”

Umweltbundesamt: Environment Agency Austria

“Aether was a great asset in involving/engaging with Member States experts on highly technical subjects regarding GHG reporting. Very clear communication of issues and results.”

Andreas Pilzecker, DG CLIMA

“It is always an absolute pleasure working with Aether. I always know what is expected of me. Their work ethic is of a very high standard and projects are always handled in a very professional manner. I have learnt many skills in terms of project management, quality control and workshop training styles from Aether and I hope to carry these principles forward in my own work. I look forward to collaborating with Aether more in the future.”

Luanne Stevens, Gondwana

“Chris was excellent to work with and always very pro active in making suggestions, taking work forward and applying his considerable technical knowledge in effective ways.”

Robert Vaughan, Defra Air Quality Team

“Both the face-to-face training and the online version have been of high quality, with dynamic methods and a practical orientation that have allowed students to reach a solid knowledge base. The products have been delivered within the stipulated deadlines with an excellent quality and the team has always shown willingness to make adjustments according to the requirements of CONAF. We are very satisfied with the work. ”

Javier Cano Martín, Professional Unit for Climate Change and Environmental Services, CONAF (National Forestry Corporation), Chile

“Aether's approach to couple innovative visualisation with high expertise manpower delivered valuable insights for our inventory work.”

Umweltbundesamt (Germany)

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