Workshop Agenda
Here is a breakdown of the topics we will be looking at:
Day One: Accounting for and Reporting of GHG – Principles and Practices
- Four global net-zero facts from the Paris climate change agreement
- Carbon inventory design using the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate accounting and reporting standard
- Four sources of Scope 1 emissions (under the GHG protocol corporate accounting standard)
- Scope 2 emissions (Electricity usage)
Day Two: Cause and Consequences of Emissions - Opportunities and Challenges
- The scientific connection between CO2 emissions and global warming
- Stationary combustion case – From the US Environmental Protection Agency Center for climate leadership
- Overview of energy transition opportunities – Chevron New Energies Case
- Renewables-based electrification challenges and opportunities
Day Three: Success in a Lower Carbon Future – Risk and Governance
- The energy trilemma, compliance and competitive advantage
- Two types of corporate climate risks
- Governance framework and board oversight
- Executive management of climate-related risks
Why Decarbonize
Climate-related risks are real. Dither, delay and outright denial won't solve the problem.
We are so engrossed in our daily lives that an important problem often is ignored until an event of disastrous proportions wakes us up and makes us take notice.