This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
Training programme on MRV, scenario building and linking INGEI and NAMAs.
Training programme in the development of the INGEI including a one-week face-to-face course, an online course and an electronic platform.
The objective of this project is to provide technical support in the review, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of the “Solar Plan Support NAMA” project and in the development of a proposal for enabling conditions for private investment for the implementation…
Quality assurance of the energy and IPPU sectors of Colombia’s national inventory for submission to the country’s third national communication.
The objective of the project is the elaboration of the MRV chapter in the country’s Biennial Update Report. In addition, this project included a training programme for national experts on the design and implementation of integrated MRV systems to facilitate…
The overall objective of the consultancy is to develop an improvement plan for the monitoring system of Uruguay’s first NDC and provide recommendations for its implementation in order to consolidate and strengthen the system in compliance with the new requirements…
The objective of the workshop was to strengthen the technical capacities for the implementation of sustainable national GHG inventory management systems and the elaboration of the National GHG Inventories using the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in Latin American and Caribbean countries.…
The purpose of the consultancy was the update of the National Plan of Environment and the inclusion of new areas such as actions coming from the NDC and the Paris Agreement. The project involved extensive stakeholder consultation for the update…
This project aims at assessing the impact of existing federal policies and measures in the area of climate policy and to provide technical support for the development of a monitoring methodology of the federal PAMs of the National Energy and…
This project consisted in a review and update the Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Development Strategy, the elaboration of the framework document of the NDA and the prioritisation of climate actions in a country programme to develop proposals to be submitted to the…
The objective of this grant is to provide technical support and capacity building to developing countries for transparency related to climate actions and policies based on country priorities and needs with the aim of equipping countries with capacity to effectively…
This project was focused on the development of national procedures (such as, but not limited to, the no objection procedure), coordination mechanisms and an operational manual for the NDA of Dominica. This work included a capacity building component on good…
The objective is to lead and coordinate the analysis and the elaboration of proposals and recommendations to strengthen the existing institutional capacity and enable them to monitor, verify, and report relevant information pertaining to climate reporting to the UNFCCC.
Projections (2025, 2030, 2040 and 2050) of air pollutants, elaboration of scenarios of WEM and WAM and evaluation of emission reduction.
The quality of emission inventories is key for effective implementation of Directive 2016/2284/EU given that the emission reductions laid down in the Directive are expressed as percentage points compared to the reported total emissions for 2005. To that purpose Article…
Elaboration of workshops with stakeholders to collect and validate information on the mitigation actions included in the Colombian NDC and elaboration of the chapter on mitigation actions and its effects of the Second BUR to the UNFCCC of Colombia.
This project supported a selection of Turkish municipalities to develop air quality plans using air quality emission inventories and emission projections. The work involved delivering two workshops of one week in Sinop and Maras. Gauss team leaded the development of…
Technical guidance to the Government of Nepal by reviewing and providing substantive inputs to finalize the technical reports related to Nepal’s long-term development strategy or net zero emission strategy. Gauss provided support to UNDP and Nepal to define the activities…
The main objective of the assignment was to assess the emission profile of the country, analyse the quantitative data available on SLCP emissions and their forecasts, recommend sector targets to be added in the revised NDC; and to provide capacity…
Support to Haiti and UNDP as implementing agency in the preparation of the Capacity Building for Transparency (CBIT) proposal. The project aims to build global capacity to increase the transparency of reporting to the UNFCCC and the processes needed to…
The overall objective of this project is to support Eurostat in the field of monetary environmental accounts in the process of data collection, validation, gap-filling, data analysis, quality assessment and dissemination of environmental taxes and environmental expenditure. Gauss team provides…
Support to the compilation of GHG and air pollutant emissions inventories and training programme for the Spanish team responsible for the maintenance and updating of the national inventory system.
QA of waste sector of the GHG inventory of Lebanon for the Third Biennial Update Report on Climate Change to the UNFCCC.
This project consisted in a quality assurance (QA) exercise focused on the capacity building of the national compilation team. The QA is developed together with the compilation team, identifying areas of improvement of the inventory and providing customised training to…
QA of energy, IPPU and waste sectors of the Mexican GHG inventory.
Technical support to develop and implement an appropriate inter-institutional architecture, a climate finance strategy, a methodology to prioritize projects on climate mitigation and adaptation, a manual of procedures and a roadmap for their implementation. Gauss was subcontracted by Trinomics to…
In preparation for the inventory reporting under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement, this project covers the provision of continued capacity-building support to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory compilers for implementing the 2006 IPCC/latest available Guidelines for their…
The overall goal of the assignment is to assist UNDP and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MEPA) in developing mid-century (long-term) gender sensitive low emission development strategy (LTLEDS) of Georgia aiming at supporting the country to…
Pepa López is Faculty Member and Instructor at the training programme online of the GHGMI on the preparation of GHG inventories and implementation of national systems following the guidelines of the UNFCCC and the IPCC 2006 Guidelines (http://ghginstitute.org/people/maria-jose-pepa-lopez/)
This project involved the development of a complete GHG mitigation assessment for Belize. The main outputs of this project were the design and development of several mitigation scenarios for the NDC implementation and the proposal of a national GHG mitigation…
This project assessed the GHG emission reduction impact of national policies and measures (PAMs), projecting national GHG emissions to 2030 and developing different mitigation scenarios considering different development pathways and the implementation of different PAMs. This project fed the revision…
There are five main activities developed under the project: i) a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory; ii) the development of a climate change action plan using a multicriteria analysis and feasibility studies; iii) a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) based…
Demand-based technical support to pipeline and project development for selected countries including resource mobilization and portfolio management activities as well as learning and knowledge management tasks.
The participation of Gauss team in the project under the leadership of ICEDD consisted in the analysis and evaluation of Belgian Federal PAMs, the elaboration of a toolbox containing all information to estimate the impact of policies and measures in…
Including all reporting requirements from the assessment of the national circumstances, the GHG inventory, disasters risk management, vulnerability and adaptation options and measures, cross-cutting policies, plans and strategies, NDC, mitigation options and actions and their effects, constraints, needs and gaps,…
Technical support for the elaboration of the GHG inventory and training programme in the development of the national system and institutional arrangements, the elaboration of inventories and the reporting to the UNFCCC. Gauss team led the data compilation working very…
Main services provided were technical support for the elaboration of the GHG inventory and training programme in the development of the national system and institutional arrangements, the elaboration of inventories and the reporting to the UNFCCC. The study has been…
Assessment of the MRV systems at national and subnational levels for GHG inventory, mitigation actions and projects, REDD + activities, NAMAs, CDMs, voluntary emission reduction mechanisms, adaptation measures and climate finance and elaboration of the domestic MRV chapter of the…
Review and update of technical reports on national circumstances, GHG inventory, domestic MRV, mitigation actions and their effects and climate finance, needs and support, technology transfer and capacity building needs and elaboration of the First BUR of Cambodia including the…
The overall goal of the assignment is to assist the Gabonese Government in performing an economic analysis of the impact of mitigation and adaptation measures. The benefits of integrating climate change into sectoral development policies and programmes are analysed as…
Developing a methodology and a calculation tool for disaggregating the national GHG emission inventory at regional level. This included the design of a disaggregation methodology, the development of a calculation tool, and the elaboration of reports analysing the resulting regional…
The objective is to lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF for strengthening the National Greenhouse Gas inventory of the Republic of Mauritius to improve climate reporting and transparency. This project involves extensive stakeholder consultations…
The objective was to lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF to support Government of India in preparation of the National Reports s (4NC and BUR4) to UNFCCC and to strengthen institutional and technical capacity…
Lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF to strengthen the existing institutional capacity and enable national institutions and organisations to monitor, verify, and report relevant information pertaining to climate reporting to the UNFCCC.
The objective was to lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF for Enhancing Namibia’s capacity to establish a comprehensive Transparency Framework for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of climate actions and reporting on NDC implementation…
Lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF to establish a national Measurement/Monitoring, Reporting, and Validation system to track GHG emissions and the impact of mitigation actions, as well as indicators as part of the M&E…
The objective is to lead and coordinate the elaboration of a project proposal for the GEF for The Bahamas to meet enhanced transparency requirements as defined in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement by strengthening institutional and technical capacity for…
An in-depth analysis of the sectorial processes for collecting and validating activity data as well as the Quality Control procedures, in order to highlight the gaps, obstacles and opportunities in terms of QA / QC.
The objective is the development of a study to analyse the process of the EU GHG-Inventory and the data collection/system with its member states as well as four cases studies in Member States that elaborate or use GHG inventories at…
The overall purpose of the consultancy is to update the National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (NCCPSAP), to be named the National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Master Plan (NCCPSMP), taking into account new information on vulnerabilities and…
This project aims to enable Fiji to prepare, produce, and disseminate its first BUR to the Conference of Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC according to Decisions 17/CP.8, 2/CP.17, and other guidance provided, in order to fulfil its commitments as a…
Design of a Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system for climate finance data for the NDC of Perú, in line with best international practices and existent developments and systems in the country. The MRV will facilitate the NDC tracking and…
Technical support for the design of an MRV system to track climate finance (international support received, domestic flows and NDC investment needs) and elaboration of a governance system and a roadmap for its implementation.
Main tasks under this assignment were i) designing and implementing an energy survey; ii) establishing a national energy system, including a national energy database, a national energy balance, and energy indicators, using the data collected under the survey; iii) incorporating…
Short Term mission as energy modelling and policy analyst expert in Botswana for the EU Technical Assistance Facility for the “Sustainable Energy for All” Initiative (SE4ALL) – Eastern and Southern Africa. The mission consisted in capacity building workshops and in-country…
This project aimed at supporting UNDP of Tajikistan in the update of its National Determined Contributions, as part of UNDP’s Global Climate Promise Initiative and as part of the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP). Gauss team developed the gender analysis,…
The main objective of the assignment is to support the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) in establishing a climate finance MRV system. This objective included the implementation of a capacity building program to train local experts in the…
Gauss team provided a 3-day workshop training on the preparation of the inventory of air quality and the links between air quality and climate change to the national team responsible for developing the GHG inventory.
Provision of technical support and capacity building to the Government of Grenada and work with the existing GGGI, OECS and Climate Analytics team to carry out specific activities under the CAEP project.
Review of all national communications and biennial update reports submitted to the UNFCCC by all French and Spanish-speaking non-Annex I Parties and identification of INGEI capacity building needs
Gauss performed a QA/QC of the national system and the waste sector of the national GHG emission inventory 1994 – 2019, provided capacity building on the elaboration of the waste sector using the 2006 IPCC guidelines and developed a QA/QC…
Stakeholders workshop and Technical Training of Government Institutions for the elaboration of the Second Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC with a focus on the GHG inventory, the mitigation actions and their effects and the support needed and received
Daniela Da Costa is a Civil Engineer with a Specialization in Energy and Environment and a Master´s Degree on Environmental Design and New Technologies. Currently working as an Environmental Consultant, Daniela specializes on climate change mitigation, renewable energies, energy efficiency and waste management.
She has experience as an Environmental Engineering Research Assistant estimating the biogas generation of municipal solid waste with the aim to reduce fugitive emissions from sanitary landfill management. Additional experience focuses on energy efficiency methods to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of the building sector.
Ingrid holds a BSc in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. Ingrid has experience in data analysis, environmental monitoring, and biodiversity conservation. In addition, Ingrid has experience as a research assistant for a long-term research project focused on studying the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems. At Gauss, Ingrid supports a wide range of projects related to policy assessments, data processing, and mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Javier holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a master’s degree in mathematics, specialized in differential equations. Currently working as an Environmental Consultant at Gauss, Javier has solid experience working with data, mathematics, and research projects and is specialized in climate models. Before working in Gauss, Javier was involved in several research projects, managing big data and making physics of complex systems. Furthermore, Javier has taken several courses of Data Science and Machine Learning. Javier is very familiar with the field of modeling and forecasting climate, transport, and mitigation policy impacts.
Chemistry degree and Master in environmental engineering and management.
Over 25 years’ experience in research and consultancy on sustainability issues. In-country experience in over 60 countries through missions covering assessments, monitoring, training and reviews, capacity building, technical support and expert advice in climate change and energy policies and measures, energy statistics, greenhouse gas emissions, material flows, environmental economics, waste generation and management and resources efficiency.
European Comission Vice-chair and expert evaluator of environmental and energy research proposals.
UNFCCC Lead reviewer.
Degree in Environmental Sciences, Degree in economics, and Ph.D.(c) in economics.
Researcher and consultant in environmental economics. Expertise in climate change and air quality, particularly in the areas of air emission inventories compilation, emissions modeling, policy analysis, and green finance.
UNFCCC and CRLTAP expert reviewer.
Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR).
Sander Akkermans holds a master’s degree in environment and resource management and is environmental consultant on climate change and sustainability issues. Sander has a solid experience in the development of GHG emission inventories under the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) and in climate change policy analysis. Furthermore, Sander has experience in corporate social responsibility, producing greenhouse gas emission inventories in order to obtain external CO2 performance ladder certificates. He has also been involved in establishing the groundwork for new carbon offsetting initiatives for a non-profit governmental organization, which has granted him experience in a broad field of social and environmental challenges.
Théo holds a BSc in Biodiversity and Conservation and an MSc in ecosystem services. Theo has experience in data analysis, geographic information systems, and remote sensing applied to geospatial analysis to support policy assessments. Théo has been the scientific coordinator and editor of the Ecobiose scientific committee for the publication of an assessment report on the role of biodiversity in regional socio-ecosystems. Furthermore, Théo has experience as a research assistant for a project to develop a bioenergy-based electrification strategy for rural communities in Africa. At Gauss, Théo supports a wide range of projects related to data processing, policy assessments, biodiversity, and adaptation to climate change.
Adriana speaks fluently three languages, and has extensive experience in HR coordination, outreach and networking, and in the preparation of bids for international tenders.
