The
United Nations Climate Change secretariat and the Council
on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) are pleased to announce their strategic partnership to
develop a framework and tools that will enhance the capacity of developing
countries to report on climate change as part of the Climate Change Convention and
Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement.
The ETF modalities, procedures and guidelines (MPGs) emphasise the
need for developing country Parties to ascertain their capacity constraints
and requirements for reporting climate action and support. It urges them
to better understand their national circumstances, develop a continuous
improvement plan and use the flexibility provisions in the MPGs in light of
their capacities.
The UN Climate Change secretariat-CEEW
partnership is premised on the recognition that developing countries that are Party to the Paris Agreement are at
different starting points with respect to their capabilities and the
institutional arrangements to effectively report on climate action and support
in accordance with the MPGs. Building
on the research done previously by CEEW, the partnership envisions to develop a
framework and tool that can be used by developing country Parties to enhance
their capacity to report on climate change.
“Developing
country Parties need support
to transition to the
ETF MPGs. We look forward to working with the UN Climate Change secretariat to support
developing country Parties to
enhance their climate change reporting as a critical pillar of building confidence,
and highlighting their capacity needs and the challenges so that commensurate
resources can be provided to them,”
said Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water.
‘’We welcome this collaboration with CEEW to
help developing country Parties to identify their capacity needs as well as access support opportunities to enhance and submit their biennial transparency reports,’’ said Mr
Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change secretariat.
It is envisaged that the framework and tool
should be ready for piloting within the next 12 months.
For more information, please contact:
Transparency
Division, CGE/ETF Support Unit, tisu@unfccc.int