Identifying and addressing gaps in the UNFCCC reporting framework

Enhancing transparency of climate change mitigation under the Paris Agreement

“…Parties are at different stages of the learning curve regarding their GHG inventories. Annex I Parties have been preparing annual GHG inventories for two decades and having them reviewed, and therefore have considerable experience in this area (Ellis and Moarif, 2015). For non-Annex I Parties the inventory preparation process is typically less frequent and in many cases there remain constraints in terms of capacity, resources and data availability.…”

“…Previous CCXG work in this area highlighted gaps in the current transparency system and outlined the information required to track progress towards different types of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) (Ellis and Moarif, 2015;Briner and Moarif, 2016b). This paper builds on previous CCXG work by highlighting lessons learned from the existing transparency framework for mitigation 5 that can help inform the development of modalities, procedures and guidelines for the enhanced transparency framework under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement, as well as communication of information necessary for clarity, transparency and understanding of NDCs under Article 4.8.…”

Information needed to facilitate the clarity, transparency and understanding of mitigation contributions

“…25 Given that developing country Parties are encouraged to report on support needs as part of the transparency framework, providing clearer information about what this entails, and guidance on how it could be communicated alongside NDCs, could potentially facilitate consistency in the way this information is reported as well. Previous CCXG work has found that information is better reported where there has been clearer guidance on what to report (Ellis and Moarif, 2015).…”

Communicating progress in national and global adaptation to climate change

“…As outlined in previous OECD and CCXG analyses (e.g. OECD, 2015a; Ellis and Moarif, 2015), identifying and attributing the effects of specific adaptation actions is not straightforward for several reasons. Moreover, while a majority of countries have included some information on adaptation in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), their scope, timeline and clarity vary considerably.…”