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Landscape Analysis of Academic Opportunity for Specialist Carbon Market Roles

Academic institutions could support local employment in project host countries through carbon market-focused training courses

Landscape Analysis of Academic Opportunity for Specialist Carbon Market Roles April2025

This new report examines how academic institutions in selected emerging and developing countries could support enhanced employment of local experts in carbon market roles through providing specialised training.

The report identifies good practice examples in two countries – Germany and India – before assessing the current status of relevant academic training in ten low- and middle-income countries. Based on this analysis, it proposes a modular carbon market training curriculum which could be delivered by interested academic institutions.

The report has been produced by Greendata Consulting, a carbon markets advisory company. It is part of the programme “Enabling National Ownership in a High-Integrity Carbon Market”, which is supported by the Germany Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).