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SCOPE News
SCOPE-GIZ Germany to assess

and train PSEs for Climate Change

Mitigation Action

tanding Conference of and international best practices and concerns pertaining to cli-
Public Enterprises (SCO- to mitigate carbon emissions. mate change while developing
SPE), and GIZ Germany, The study and training mod- sectoral mitigation strategies
a German public-benefit fed- ule is being developed under for PSEs to improve their un-
eral enterprise, announced the a Memorandum of Understan- derstanding, willingness, and
launch of capacity gap assess- ding (MoU) signed between the capacity on climate change.
ment study for PSEs in India to parties. The study would ensure achiev-
build their capacity on issues re- ing efficiency in resource
lated to climate change includ- This is a significant step amidst utilization leading to reduc-
ing climate policy, finance, and the urgent need to address tion in greenhouse gas (GHG)
carbon pricing. The study shall the universal challenge of emissions and integration of
be followed by a training mod- climate change. The capac- policies and measures on cli-
ule which will be developed ity building exercise shall fo- mate change at the corporate
based on the pre-assessment cus on creating general aware- level so as to improve the GHG
survey and review of national ness amongst PSEs on issues mitigation potential.

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