THE Office of Climate Change (OCC), in collaboration with the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN), on Wednesday, commenced a two-day inventory training on reporting Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and removals from the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors.

The training, which is being conducted at Herdmanston Lodge, is being done under the ‘Reporting for Results – based REDD+ Actions’ project.

It is in keeping with the reporting standards of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
In a release from the OCC, the office stated that the main goal of the training is to meet with relevant technical officers, stakeholders, and institutions in charge of collecting and processing data.

It is also aimed at strengthening institutional arrangements, enhancing technical capability to prepare a GHG inventory and increasing the capacity to report on GHG fluxes in the agriculture sector.

Those attending the training are representative of the Bureau of Statistics, Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana Forestry Commission and the University of Guyana.

The sessions are being facilitated by, CfRN, AFOLU, GHG Inventory Expert, Matt Ramlow; GHG Inventory Officer, Luz Milena Nino M. and UNFCCC National Coordinator, Marlon Velloza.