Jointly hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the "Program on Greenhouse Gases" invited 33 environment officials, from countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania.
The ministry's Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center selected the participants through screening 348 candidates from 84 countries based on the candidates' academic and employment histories and IT skills.
The instructors are three Koreans and six from overseas, including those from the UNFCCC, the Austrian environment ministry and the RWA Group, an international group of experts in waste management, resource and energy efficiency.
The program teaches about measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon emissions in the sectors of energy, manufacturing, agriculture and waste; guidelines from the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC); what countries must do under the 2016 Paris Agreement; and predicting carbon emissions.
The students will also tour the National Assembly and the demilitarized zone at the inter-Korean border.
Paraguayan environment and sustainable development bureau official Adriana Orrego said the program would hopefully help him contribute to improving the measuring of carbon emissions in his country.
