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News : Facilitate transition to the enhanced transparency framework

Technical resources for implementing the measurement, reporting and verification arrangements under the Convention and the enhanced transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.
Facilitate transition to the enhanced transparency framework

The twelfth round of technical analysis under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process was convened in Bonn, Germany, from 25 February to 1 March 2019. Biennial update reports (BUR) submitted by six developing country Parties (BUR1 for El Salvador, Côte d'Ivoire, Malaysia and Yemen, and BUR2 for Azerbaijan, Ghana and Malaysia) were technically analyzed by two teams of technical experts (TTE).
During the opening session, the secretariat reiterated that the ICA process provides a useful “testing ground” for developing countries to participate in the enhanced transparency framework in the next few years. The successful adoption of the transparency modalities, procedures and guidelines (MPGs) at the twenty fourth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 24), was underscored as setting the direction for the implementation of the enhanced transparency framework under the Paris Agreement. Information was provided to enable the experts to have a better understanding of the timelines in transitioning from the implementation of the existing MRV system to the new transparency framework. Experts were therefore encouraged to fully engage in the technical analysis process, that will facilitate this transition.
 
The participation of some experts in negotiating the MPGs and their knowledge of the special circumstances of developing country Parties, further enhanced the technical analysis process and consultation with Parties being analysed during the technical analysis week. The TTEs were quite keen to participate and support Parties, particularly in identifying capacity-building needs, that could improve their transparency of reporting and readiness for successful implementation of the enhanced transparency framework.
 
Over the next nine months, the TTEs, in consultation with the Parties, will prepare the summary reports for each of the Parties analysed. Once published on the secretariat’s website, these summary reports will serve as input to the facilitative sharing of views process for these Parties. In the long term, the experiences and lessons learned by the secretariat, experts and Parties will be an important source of information for successful implementation of the enhanced transparency framework.
 
Since the launch of the ICA process in 2015, 45 developing country Parties have submitted 74 reports, including 45 first, 25 second and 4 third BURs. To date, the secretariat has involved 167 experts in conducting 12 rounds of technical analyses. 52 of the summary reports from these processes have been published on the UNFCCC website, additional information is available here: https://unfccc.int/process/transparency-and-reporting/reporting-and-review-under-the-convention/biennial-update-reports-and-international-consultation-and-analysis-non-annex-i-parties/international-consultation-and-analysis-process/international-consultation-and-analysis
 
The twelfth round of technical analysis under the international consultation and analysis (ICA) process was convened in Bonn, Germany, from 25 February to 1 March 2019. Biennial update reports (BUR) submitted by six developing country Parties (BUR1 for El Salvador, Côte d'Ivoire, Malaysia and Yemen, and BUR2 for Azerbaijan, Ghana and Malaysia) were technically analyzed by two teams of technical experts (TTE).