This course provides a practical introduction to voluntary carbon markets, covering how credits are developed, verified, and traded, along with key market standards and emerging trends shaping the global carbon landscape.

You will learn:
• Fundamentals of voluntary carbon markets and key stakeholders
• Project types and methodologies (nature-based, removals, and avoidance)
• Credit issuance, verification, and registry systems
• Quality considerations: additionality, permanence, and leakage
• Key standards and governing bodies (e.g., Verra, Puro, Isometric, Gold Standard)
• Market trends: pricing, corporate demand, and risk considerations

This course delivers a comprehensive overview of Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), introducing the structure of the program, credit creation pathways, and the compliance framework before exploring credit markets and strategic considerations for participation.

You will learn:
• CFR policy framework and program objectives
• Credit creation pathways (fuel switching, end-use, and project-based)
• Carbon intensity reduction requirements and compliance structure
• Role of primary suppliers and regulated parties
• Credit generation, trading, and banking mechanisms
• Market dynamics: credit pricing, supply drivers, and cross-border considerations

This course builds essential carbon literacy by connecting the science, policy, and market mechanisms that underpin decarbonization strategies across industries and geographies.

You will learn:
• Core climate science and greenhouse gas accounting principles
• Definitions and applications of carbon intensity and emissions scopes
• Overview of compliance vs. voluntary carbon markets
• Role of life-cycle analysis in carbon accounting
• How policy frameworks translate into market incentives
• Key concepts shaping corporate decarbonization strategies

This session introduces the fundamentals of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (CA-LCFS) and builds toward practical compliance strategies and market insights. Attendees will learn how the regulation works, who must comply, how credits are generated, and what drives credit pricing and market trends.

You will learn:
• CA-LCFS program background and policy goals
• Carbon intensity (CI) scoring and how it influences compliance
• Fuel pathway basics and reporting requirements
• Credit generation, deficits, and lifecycle performance
• Market activity, credit price influence factors, and current trends
• How producers strategically position themselves in the CA-LCFS marketplace

This course delivers a comprehensive overview of the federal RFS program, starting with the basics of the program's energy credits (Renewable Identification Numbers or RINs) and fuel categories before diving into compliance mechanisms and RIN market behavior.

You will learn:
• RFS policy history and structure
• Renewable fuel categories and what qualifies
• RIN generation, trading, and retirement
• Obligated parties and annual compliance requirements
• Differences between D3, D4, D5, D6 RINs
• Market analysis: price drivers, supply considerations, and cross-program interactions

Perfect for those new to life-cycle analysis or assessment (LCA) or fuel carbon modeling, this session begins with foundational LCA principles and transitions into hands-on understanding of Argonne National Laboratory’s Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (GREET) model. Plus, learners will get a glimpse into the CA-LCFS's CA-GREET 4.0 model and its input mechanisms.

You will learn:
• What life-cycle analysis is and how it’s applied in fuels
• System boundaries, functional units, and attributional vs. consequential LCA
• Key emission sources across fuel pathways
• An introduction to the GREET model
• How California’s CA‑GREET model differs from standard GREET
• How LCA results influence LCFS, RFS, and global clean fuel regulations