GHG Modelling Training

Date: 10 - 14 November 2014
Time: Five full days
Venue: Bari, Italy

Clima East Policy Project organized in partnership with Clima South Project 5-day seminar on Greenhouse Gas Modelling, based on internationally highly-acclaimed LEAP[1] modelling approach during 10 – 14 November 2014 in Bari, Italy.

The seminar included one day introduction to the topic of GHG mitigation assessment and its overall global policy context and an overview of Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) system, developed by SEI, which has been widely adopted by many countries as a standard framework GHG mitigation assessments. The training could support the technical input into INDC development related activities too. This was followed by a 2 days thorough grounding in the skills needed to apply LEAP and then the final two days of the workshop participants were provided with “starter” data sets for LEAP for their own countries and were asked to work on these, reviewing the data, methods & assumptions, and developing an initial set of scenarios.

Following the seminar the ClimaEast project will offer helpdesk support and mentoring services to partner countries who continue working on GHG modelling using the LEAP or other appropriate tools at country level.

The event was structured as follows:

One day policy briefing / dialogue with European speakers, partners (EU Presidency representative, DG CLIMA and the presentation of examples of national GHG modelling, Belgium and Tunisia).
Four day hands-on training on GHG modelling (LEAP software) for 2 representatives from each of the participating countries, with the technical support of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

Agenda

Day 1: 10 November, 2014

10:00 – 10:30	Registration, coffee/tea
10:30 –10:40	Welcome address by Cosimo Lacirignola, Secrétaire Général du CIHEAM & Directeur du CIHEAM–IAM Bari
10:40 –11:00	Introduction on recent Global GHG policies developments by A. Roncerel, Team Leader ClimaSouth and Introduction of Clima East Project and modelling – climate policy context by Z. Lengyel, Team Leader ClimaEast
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee/Tea
11:30 –12:30	Scenarios for a Low Carbon Belgium by 2050 by Pascal Vermeulen, Climact (Brussels)
12:30 –13:00	Partner countries views on the 2015 Agreement, including training needs to formulate relevant strategies by Issa Alyiev, UNFCCC Focal Point, and Azerbaijan ClimaEast project focal point.
13:00 –14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:30	GHG modelling for Tunisia by Nejib OSMAN Director of Studies and Planning, Agence Nationale pour la Maîtrise de l’Energie, Tunisia.
14:30 -15:30	General Discussion and Introduction to the hands-on training seminar
15:30 –16:00	Coffee/Tea
16:00 –18:00	Study tour on the IAM Bari campus
19:30 -21:30	Cocktail

Greenhouse Gas Modelling Seminar

By Charlie Heaps (Senior Scientist, Director Stockholm Environment Insitute US Center)

Day 2: November 11

Introductory lectures on the topic of GHG mitigation for National Communications and mitigation assessment, including comparison between LEAP and other modeling tools & approaches
Introduction to LEAP (lecture and demo)
Spreadsheet-based exercise on the topic of developing GHG cost curves.
Using Multi-criteria analysis to assess and screen different mitigation options (if time allows)

Day 3: November 12

Introductory LEAP exercises: learning basic techniques & developing a simple energy demand analysis
Using LEAP for energy supply analysis (electric generation, Transmission and Distribution)

Day 4: November 13

Using LEAP for emissions analysis.
Using LEAP for least-cost optimization modeling and cost-benefit analysis (if time allows).

Day 5: November 14

Working with real national starter data sets (where available): reviewing data, examining how data sets will need to be improved to facilitate a thorough and comprehensive analysis. Suggesting improved local sources of data, suggesting revisions to data structures and plan of action (at least one day).