International Experts Workshops on Carbon Management and its Implications:
1st Global Methane Initiative (GMI) for Oil and Gas Sector Workshop and Exhibition
in the Middle East and The International Experts Workshop on the Adverse Social and
Economic Impacts of Mitigation Measures

The International Experts Workshop on Carbon Management and its Implications will take place from 27-30 April 2015 in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The workshop, which is being organized by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and Saudi Aramco, will take place in two parts: the First Global Methane Initiative (GMI) Workshop and Exhibition in the Middle East will take place from 27-28 April; and the International Experts Workshop on the Adverse Social and Economic Impacts of Mitigation Measures, from 29-30 April.

At the GMI Workshop and Exhibition, which is also organized in partnership with the GMI and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), participants will consider inter alia: operational safety and energy security via methane emissions management; flare mitigation programme activities in Saudi Arabia; methane emissions and mitigation opportunities; methane emissions inventory experience in the middle east; and methane emissions detection and measurement techniques, equipment and costs. Case studies from Saudi Aramco, US and other countries will be presented, as well as oil and gas partner case studies.

The aim of the International Experts Workshop on the Adverse Social and Economic Impacts of Mitigation Measures is to advance understanding of how to increase resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change mitigation. Case studies will be presented, analysing vulnerabilities and identifying the best options from different sectors to address these vulnerabilities.