The paper “Preparing for the ICA process: Required efforts and capacities needed” assesses how Non-Annex I Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) can best prepare for the International Consultation and Analysis (ICA) of their Biennial Update Reports (BURs), and what efforts and capacities might be required as part of their preparation.

This publication explores the linkages and interactions between accounting, transparency and MRV, assesses these concepts’ evolution over time, and concludes by examining the status of activities under the Paris Agreement and what has been achieved so far. The three concepts addressed in this paper – measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), accounting and transparency – are closely linked, and sometimes mixed up, although their interexchangeability is limited.

This publication explores the linkages and interactions between accounting, transparency and MRV, assesses these concepts’ evolution over time, and concludes by examining the status of activities under the Paris Agreement and what has been achieved so far. The three concepts addressed in this paper – measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), accounting and transparency – are closely linked, and sometimes mixed up, although their interexchangeability is limited.

This publication explores the linkages and interactions between accounting, transparency and MRV, assesses these concepts’ evolution over time, and concludes by examining the status of activities under the Paris Agreement and what has been achieved so far. The three concepts addressed in this paper – measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), accounting and transparency – are closely linked, and sometimes mixed up, although their interexchangeability is limited.

This publication explores the linkages and interactions between accounting, transparency and MRV, assesses these concepts’ evolution over time, and concludes by examining the status of activities under the Paris Agreement and what has been achieved so far. The three concepts addressed in this paper – measurement, reporting and verification (MRV), accounting and transparency – are closely linked, and sometimes mixed up, although their interexchangeability is limited.

In the implementation of the Paris Agreement, notions of national determination and flexibility, enhanced ambition and continuous improvement, and national capabilities and the provision of support (including capacity-building support) play an important role. This paper discusses how flexibility could be applied to those countries that need it and how, together with the provision of capacity-building support, it contributes to countries’ progress towards enhanced transparency.

In the implementation of the Paris Agreement, notions of national determination and flexibility, enhanced ambition and continuous improvement, and national capabilities and the provision of support (including capacity-building support) play an important role. This paper discusses how flexibility could be applied to those countries that need it and how, together with the provision of capacity-building support, it contributes to countries’ progress towards enhanced transparency.

In the implementation of the Paris Agreement, notions of national determination and flexibility, enhanced ambition and continuous improvement, and national capabilities and the provision of support (including capacity-building support) play an important role. This paper discusses how flexibility could be applied to those countries that need it and how, together with the provision of capacity-building support, it contributes to countries’ progress towards enhanced transparency.

In the implementation of the Paris Agreement, notions of national determination and flexibility, enhanced ambition and continuous improvement, and national capabilities and the provision of support (including capacity-building support) play an important role. This paper discusses how flexibility could be applied to those countries that need it and how, together with the provision of capacity-building support, it contributes to countries’ progress towards enhanced transparency.

This guidance aims to assist non-annex I Parties in meeting a significant part of their reporting requirements to the UNFCCC, i.e. the national GHG inventory, by setting up or enhancing national technical teams for the preparation and reporting of GHG inventories on a regular basis within a national system of GHG inventories. It draws upon experiences from the Information Matters project and lessons learned from developing and developed countries reporting to the UNFCCC over the last decade.