About The Gambia

The Gambia has received support from GEF under the CBIT window to build and strengthen The Gambia’s national capacity to implement the Paris Climate Agreement through the development of an effective transparency framework. The transparency framework will enable the government of The Gambia and other stakeholders to track impacts in prioritized sectors. The NDC for The Gambia covers the following areas: agriculture, forestry and other land use, livestock, industrial processes and product use, energy, and waste plus climate adaptation, financing, technology transfer, institutional arrangements, knowledge management, and NDC tracking.

Based on the above status, the following has been done to support the transparency aspect in the country: the institutional arrangements have been established, key sector focal points have been identified and provided with capacity through training and provision of some tools to be able to collect and transfer data relating to greenhouse gases. 

To this end, The Gambia requested the CBIT-GSP to provide support and capacity-building of The Gambia’s technical staff in responding to the reporting provisions under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework and ultimately increase ambition for climate action. Specifically, The Gambia’s technical staff will be trained on the key elements of developing the national GHG inventories under the ETF of the Paris Agreement for the AFOLU sector.

Objective

The purpose of the GHG Inventory Training, following the IPCC 2006 Guidelines for the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, is to enhance the capacity of technical experts in The Gambia in the compilation, analysis, and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. This hands-on training, incorporating the IPCC software, is designed to equip the participants with the necessary skills to improve their contributions to the national reporting under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. The training aims to ensure that The Gambia's GHG inventories are accurate, comprehensive, and conform to UNFCCC modalities procedures and guidelines for reporting under the ETF, thus supporting informed policymaking and contributing to global efforts in combating climate change. The specific objectives are; 

• To strengthen the capacity of Sierra Loene’s technical experts in preparing and reporting GHG inventories under the ETF.
• To deepen the technical experts’ understanding of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for GHG inventories, focusing on methodologies, data collection, and reporting requirements for the AFOLU sector.
• To provide participants with practical skills in using the IPCC software for GHG inventory compilation and analysis. This includes training on data input, manipulation, and interpretation of outputs, enabling participants to accurately estimate GHG emissions and removals.
• Train national stakeholders on sectoral reporting on the inventory of emissions sources, sinks, and emissions reduction activities in the LULUCF sector consistent with the latest UNFCCC.

Audience

This activity is intended for technical officers who work as coordinators of the national GHG inventory and sectorial(s) inventory data providers in The Gambia.  This includes data providers from the government at the national and sectoral levels and staff from other institutions that are part of The Gambia’s institutional arrangements for reporting inventories under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.

The Approach 

The training will be conducted through an in-country hands-on training in The Gambia on the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national greenhouse gas inventories for AFOLU, including the IPCC inventory software. It is envisaged that through this training, participants will acquire the necessary knowledge and insights for reporting the national inventory under the ETF. The consultant will give an overview of the new requirements for reporting of national GHG inventories under the Paris Agreement (MPGs) and associated flexibility provisions, through the governance and procedural processes necessary for sustainable GHG inventory process under the ETF.