Maldives and Stockholm Environment Institute US (SEI-US) have reached an agreement, aiming to conduct a “Training on Energy Modelling using Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP)”. The contract was signed by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, and Energy Ajwad Musthafa and the Director of Finance and Operations of the SEI-US Bonnie Cockman.
Under the agreement, the training will be held in the Maldives, providing hands-on experience with the LEAP-IBC modelling software to an expected 25 participants. The primary objective of the initiative is to enhance the Maldives’ capacity to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation efforts, enabling the country to meet its reporting obligations under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. The training is also part of the broader “Capacity Strengthening for Improved Transparency of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions in the Maldives (CBIT Maldives)” project, which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by UN Environment.
The CBIT Maldives project seeks to strengthen long-term institutional arrangements, systemise data collection and processing, and develop indicators and methodologies, all aligning with the Maldives’ transparency efforts with the ETF. Additionally, the project aims to improve overall data quality and management procedures for GHG inventories, mitigation and adaptation actions tracking, and climate finance, ensuring regular and transparent reporting to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. These efforts will inform national decision-making processes and contribute to the effective management of climate change challenges.