WHY
Climate impact is easy to claim.
Harder to prove.
Avoided-emissions measurement gives climate-tech companies, their investors, and accelerators supporting them, a credible way to quantify the future GHG impact of a solution and communicate it with confidence.
WHAT
What You’ll Be Able to Do
Define your impact
Identify how your technology reduces emissions and choose the right baseline for comparison.
Find the right data
Know what information to look for, where to find it, and how to make reasonable assumptions when perfect data doesn’t exist.
Quantify avoided emissions
Turn your technology, market potential and key assumptions into a forward-looking GHG impact estimate.
Build your model with CRANE
Use the free CRANE tool to build and test a practical avoided-emissions model for a technology or solution.
Tell a credible impact story
Interpret your results, explain uncertainty and communicate your climate impact confidently to investors, funders, customers and other stakeholders.
WHO
Built for Investment and Governance Teams
Climate Startups
Understand your technology's potential climate impact to guide strategy, strengthen fundraising, and communicate value.
Investors
Assess opportunities, compare potential investments, set impact goals, and track portfolio performance to deliver meaningful climate outcomes.
Accelerators
Build internal capacity, support ventures, communicate results to funders and partners, and generate evidence for research and field-building.
More About the Course
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN
Any tier can be paired with 1:1 technical assistance sessions with our instructor to help guide each participant's impact modelling process. These sessions are highly recommended, as climate impact modelling often requires technology-specific judgment that cannot be fully addressed in a group workshop. The goal is to help participants move from a first-pass model to a more credible, decision-useful impact assessment.
Course Curriculum
The course is structured in three progressive tiers :
Basic
Climate Impact Foundations
1 hour
Intermediate
Applied Climate Impact Modelling
2 hours
Advanced
In-depth Model Development
3+ hours
Each building on the last, the course provides methodology fundamentals to a full working session producing a draft impact model, key assumptions, and a research plan. Optional 1:1 technical assistance sessions are available alongside any tier.
The Workshop at a Glance
About This Course
This practical workshop introduces innovators, accelerators, investors, and sustainability teams to forward-looking climate impact assessment, its methodology, and key tools. Participants learn how to set up their analysis, identify the most material greenhouse gas impact pathways, and begin developing a credible impact model, leaving with a clearer understanding of how to assess, improve, and communicate the potential climate impact of their technology of interest.
Duration
From 60 minutes to 3 hours, depending on the tier chosen
Level of Difficulty
No advanced technical background in lifecycle assessment or GHG accounting is required, but participants should be ready to engage with technical/quantitative concepts
Group Size
Flexible (up to 30 participants)
Language of Delivery
English only
Instructor
Gigi Alsaadi
Gigi Alsaadi is a Vancouver-based impact specialist and co-founder at Kanata Advisors, where she supports innovators and accelerators through climate impact assessment and field-building.
She also serves as a CRANE Fellow at Prime Coalition, a U.S.-based nonprofit, and is a Co-Founder of KanataQ, a sustainability solutions hub. Her past experience spans corporate sustainability, impact due diligence, and communications.
Gigi is a University of Toronto alumna, holding a Master of Environmental Science and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Biology, with a business certificate. She volunteers with CAFIID, the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development.
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