Enhancing mitigation and finance reporting

Abstract

Enhancing mitigation and finance reporting OECD/IEA CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT GROUP PAPERS This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected papers on climate change issues that have been prepared for the OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG). The CCXG (formerly called the Annex I Expert Group) is a group of government delegates from OECD and other industrialised countries. The aim of the group is to promote dialogue and enhance understanding on technical issues in the international climate change negotiations. CCXG papers are developed in consultation with experts from a wide range of developed and developing countries, including those participating in the regular Global Forum on the Environment organised by the CCXG. The full papers are generally available only in English. The opinions expressed in these papers are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OECD, the IEA or their member countries, or the endorsement of any approach described herein.

Reporting Tables – potential areas of work under SBSTA and options

“…Ecuador) 55 . In 2016, the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) noted that because of the considerable variations in reporting, it is not possible to aggregate data for total support received by developing country Parties (UNFCCC-SCF, 2016 [15]; Vallejo, Moarif and Halimanjaya, 2017 [2]) There are, nonetheless, a number of countries that report information on finance received in a tabular format providing relatively complete and granular information (examples include Brazil, Ghana, South Africa and Chile) 56 . For these countries, the information reported often includes several of the reporting elements identified under the MPGs (e.g.…”

Reporting on capacity-building and technology support under the Paris Agreement

“…Consistent with the UNFCCC's Guidelines for the preparation of national communications by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (UNFCCC, 2000 [51] ), Annex I Parties reported on the provision of both hard and soft technology support in second BRs (UNFCCC Secretariat, 2016 [52] ). Transfer of hard technologies was the most commonly-reported activity, particularly mature mitigation technologies in the energy sector.…”

“…This focus aligns with an emphasis on the energy sector in non-Annex I country Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs). Countries also underscored the importance of development and transfer of climate technologies to non-Annex I countries, reporting on training and capacity-building measures and exchange with countries through bilateral, regional and multilateral co-operation initiatives (UNFCCC Secretariat, 2016 [52] ). It is less clear from reporting in second BRs whether Annex I Parties are effectively supporting endogenous capacity and technology development and the broader process of "learning to understand, utilize and replicate" technology and adapt to local conditions and indigenous activities (see Box 1, Section 1).…”

“…Amongst other reasons (Section 2.2), this is because reporting is focused on support provided rather than the ultimate outcomes of activities listed, while capacity-building is generally framed in the UNFCCC context in terms of support that responds to "existing and emerging capacity-building needs identified by non-Annex I Parties" and aids countries develop and enhance systems, resources and knowledge (UNFCCC, 2012 [15] ) (Box 1). 42 Annex I countries reported on a broad spectrum of capacity-building activities in second BRs, including measures to support institutional and system capacity more broadly (UNFCCC Secretariat, 2016 [52] ). Reporting remains dominated by measures to boost the capacity of individuals, even as Parties increase calls for initiatives at the institutional or system level (as more likely to yield long-term results).…”

“…13.9, 13.10, 10 and 11). 2 The paper follows prior work by the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) on other aspects of the ETF, including reporting related to national inventory reports, tracking progress with nationally determined contributions, and finance provided, needed and received (see for example (Vallejo, Moarif and Halimanjaya, 2017 [1] ; Ellis and Moarif, 2015 [2] )).…”