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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bali</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, Indonesia</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, 3 December
2007</span></b><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contact:<span> </span>Mr. Gao Pronove, +1-612-284-3589, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:info@ghginstitute.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@ghginstitute.org">info@ghginstitute.org</a><br><span>
</span>Mr. Paul Mackie, +1-202-729-7684,
<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:pmackie@wri.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:pmackie@wri.org">pmackie@wri.org</a> </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">WRI Joins Greenhouse Gas Management Institute <br>to Train on Emissions Accounting</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> The World Resources Institute
(WRI) and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute are joining forces to train
professionals on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the most widely used
international accounting tool for government and business leaders to
understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Our mission is to train and
develop a community of experts with the highest standards of professional
practice in measuring and managing GHG emissions," said Michael Gillenwater, dean
of the new Institute. "Our philosophy is that if you cannot accurately measure
GHG emissions, you cannot manage climate change." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol
is a perfect fit with the new nonprofit organization's focus on training and
education and offering of online courses on how to measure, account and manage
GHG emissions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"The content that our GHG
Protocol team designs is considered a global standard," said Jonathan Lash, WRI
president. "It is critical that managers – whether they're working on projects
throughout the developing world or trying to make improvements at their
individual companies – really get their heads around these issues." </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WRI developed the GHG
Management Institute's first course on corporate GHG emissions accounting and is
working with the new Institute to develop and instruct additional courses on
emissions estimation methodologies and building GHG reporting programs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Organizations and
professionals around the world are now realizing that it is essential for them to
educate themselves on the issue of GHG management," said Gao Pronove, the new
Institute's managing director. The Institute delivers its courses through
instructor-led e-learning.<a rel="nofollow" name="116a1750ebd7ec4c_OLE_LINK2"></a><a rel="nofollow" name="116a1750ebd7ec4c_OLE_LINK1"><span></span></a></span></p>
<p><span><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"What better way to impart GHG
management and accounting skills than with an interactive e-learning approach
that avoids emissions from transportation to workshops, trainings, and
conferences?" said Manish Bapna, WRI's executive vice president and managing
director.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"The GHG Management Institute
will promote best practices, build confidence in the professional competencies
of GHG practitioners, and prepare individuals to join the fast-growing, $10
billion job market," according to Tom Baumann, the Institute's director of
Professional Programs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The GHG Management Institute
and WRI will officially announce their partnership at an event in Bali, Indonesia
on December 7 during the United Nations annual conference on climate change.
The event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Bingo Room at the Grand
Hyatt and is open to the public.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">– 30 –</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Greenhouse Gas Management Institute<br>Tel +1-612-284-3589<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ghginstitute.org/">www.ghginstitute.org</a>
</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">World Resources Institute<br>Tel +1-202-729-7684<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wri.org/">www.wri.org</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br> </span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About the World Resources Institute</span></i><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The World Resources Institute
(<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wri.org">www.wri.org</a>) is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a
staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business
analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators developing and
promoting policies that will help protect the Earth and improve people's lives.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute</span></i><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The GHG Management Institute
is a not-for-profit organization focused on training and education. It was
founded by the Greenhouse Gas Experts Network and ClimateCHECK, in partnership
with the World Resources Institute, the Carbon Disclosure Project and GoVida
elearning.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Institute's courses
utilize and online e-learning format to reduce training costs and provide
global accessibility to its programs. E-learning allows a learner to take a
course according to their own schedule and without the cost, trouble, and GHG
emissions associated with traveling. The GHG Management Institute's courses are
developed by the world's leading experts, and instructors are available online
to answer questions. Customized training programs and blend e-learning and live
workshops are also available for large organizations. Course fees are charged,
but financial assistance is available for eligible applicants.</span></p>
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