Evolving risks and opportunities for oil and gas producers, Kampala, Uganda

This course introduces the potential risks and opportunities that climate change and energy transition present for oil and gas producing countries. Through presentations, group work and a scenario-analysis exercise, participants explore the potential range of climate and energy scenarios at the global level; identify the kinds of risks and opportunities that might emerge in their national context, and learn about some of the emerging policy and practical approaches that can help manage climate-related risks and maximise low-carbon opportunities. This course is especially aimed at participants with policymaking and/or decision-making roles and responsibilities in ministries of finance and/or national planning; ministries of petroleum, energy and/or resources, and; ministries of environment. Participants gain an understanding of;

• • The range of credible climate and energy scenarios, and some of their implications for fossil fuel investment and demand at the global and country levels;
  • The types of ‘linkages’ that develop between the oil and gas sector and the wider economy, and the ways in which they affect a country’s exposure to carbon risks and opportunities;
  • The role of scenario-analysis in ‘stress-testing’ national- and sector-level planning and policy, and the capacities and information required to effectively undertake it;
  • Some of the emerging approaches and mechanisms for managing climate-related risks and opportunities in economic governance, energy and industrial policy and upstream planning.

1 day course with group work, including a scenario-analysis exercise