Information needs for the 2018 facilitative dialogue

Abstract

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.Comments on the series are welcome, and should be sent to:

Operationalising selected reporting and flexibility provisions in the Paris Agreement

“…Parties would need to clarify the scope and purpose of the information requested in the context of Article 13. Given current capacity constraints and decisions on the scope, purpose and format, reporting comprehensive information on support received and needed may be challenging to provide in the context of the ETF (Ellis and Moarif, 2017 [46]; Garrett and Moarif, 2018 [5]). 30…”

“…Note: Many of the information elements listed are similar to those found in tables used by Annex I Parties for reporting on financial support provided. While it may be rational to track similar information categories, reporting on support received will be very difficult to "match" or "cross check" with information on support provided (Ellis and Moarif, 2017 [46]); expecting this function from the Enhanced Transparency Framework may therefore be unrealistic. COM/ENV/EPOC/IEA/SLT(2018)3 │ 63 Unclassified…”

“…In addition, particularly for countries with limited capacity, the non-specificity of current guidelines makes it more difficult for countries to assess what to report and what information to gather domestically. Further detail is available in previous CCXG work that has examined experience with reporting on support received and needed, covering finance, technology and capacity building (Ellis and Moarif, 2017[46]; Vallejo, Moarif and Halimanjaya, 2017[6];…”

“…Source: Authors, based on information in (Vallejo, Moarif and Halimanjaya, 2017[6]), (Ellis and Moarif, 2017 [46]), (Garrett and Moarif, 2018[5]).…”