Brunei Darussalam has held a capacity-building workshop aimed at strengthening its greenhouse gas monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems, part of a regional effort to curb methane emissions, according to GGGI. The two-day program, hosted at Universiti Teknologi Brunei, was organized jointly by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Brunei’s Climate Change Office (BCCO), Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) and Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), with funding support from the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund. It drew roughly 50 participants from government, academia, industry and research institutions under the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation for Methane Mitigation (AKCMM) initiative.
Sessions covered greenhouse gas MRV, emissions modelling, carbon capture, storage and utilization, methane mitigation from landfill systems, and power-sector decarbonization, with speakers including officials from GGGI, UTB, UBD, South Korean weather-data firm WeatherPia, and Seoul National University’s ClimateLab. Brunei officials framed the program as supporting the country’s national climate policy, its updated Nationally Determined Contribution, and its Biennial Transparency Report obligations. The event reportedly ran over two consecutive days, with the opening day covering introductory and technical sessions and the second focused on sector-specific methane MRV challenges, measurement technology, and climate modelling.
The AKCMM project is a regional initiative running from 2024 to 2027 across ASEAN member states under the Partnership for ASEAN–Republic of Korea Methane Action (PARMA), intended to build regional capacity for methane mitigation and support the development of national GHG MRV systems.
Carbon Market Context
- Reliable national greenhouse gas inventories and MRV systems are a prerequisite for countries seeking to participate in international carbon markets or meet reporting obligations such as NDCs and Biennial Transparency Reports — capacity that a number of Southeast Asian states, including Brunei, are still in the process of building out.
Source
- Brunei Darussalam Advances Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Climate Action Through the ASEAN-Korea Methane ProjectGGGI — News, published 2026-07-07