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Presentation

December 2022

Necessary arrangements for participating in Article 6.2 cooperative approaches

Workshop on COP 27 Article 6 update and its implication on JCM implementation

The presetation was given at the workshop on COP 27 Article 6 update and its implication on JCM implementation in Mongolia. It explains participating requirements for Article 6.2 cooperative approaches and necesary domestic arrangements for countries to fully participate in and utilize Article 6.

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Paris Agreement

Article 6.2 reporting

Presentation

November 2022

Capacity building activity for Article 6.2 reporting: Sharing experiences from Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP)

UNFCCC side event at the COP27 “Sharing best practices and lessons learned from capacity building for implementation of Article 6”

The presentation was given at the COP 27 official side event on "Sharing best practices and lessons learned from capacity building for implementation of Article 6". It shows our capacity building activities for Article 6.2 reporting - mutual learning program for enhanced transparency (MLP), and explains key findings from MLP discussion and lessons...

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Article 6.2 reporting

Paris Agreement

Submission to Policy Process

August 2022

IGES submission to the first Global Stocktake

This submission provides inputs to the first Global Stocktake based on key findings from our transparency capacity building activities such as the mutual learning program for enhanced transparency (MLP) and the Asian Transparency Workshop (ATW).

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Enhanced transparency framework

Global Stocktake

Presentation

March 2022

National GHG inventory as part of the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) and its linkage to the Global Stocktake (GST)

Round table for “From satellite observation to national GHG inventories: inputs to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement”

This was presented at a roundtable entitled “From satellite observation to national GHG inventories: inputs to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement” on February 2022. A national GHG inventory is an essential input for the Global Stocktake (GST), which began from COP26, aiming to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of...

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Enhanced transparency framework

BTR

Global Stocktake

satellite

Conference Proceeding

January 2022

Asian Transparency Workshop Summary Report

This report summarizes the key discussion points of the two-day Asian Transparency Workshop on December 13-14, 2021. The workshop aims to strengthen understanding of how to prepare reporting in Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) under Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). More specifically, the workshop focused on reporting mitigation actions...

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Enhanced transparency framework

Article 6.2 reporting

Biennial Transparency Reports

BUR

Presentation

December 2021

Reporting mitigation actions under Article 13: Key findings from Mutual Learning Program

Asian Transparency Workshop

This presentation was presented at the Asian Transparency Workshop on Dec 2021. The presentation summarizes the key findings from Mutual Learning program for Enhanced Transparency on reporting mitigation actions under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement.

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Enhanced transparency framework

BTR

Climate Mitigation

Policy Brief

September 2021

Envisioning 1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Policies for Low-Carbon Cities in 2030

The concept of 1.5-degree lifestyles involves changes in household consumption for achieving levels of per person carbon footprint compatible with the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement (IPCC, 2018). This requires, on average, emitting the equivalent of 2.5 tons of CO₂ per person per year by 2030, and 0.7 tons of CO₂ per person per year by 2050...

Working Paper

July 2021

Understanding support needed for climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries from the national reporting under the UNFCCC

Many developing countries consider that international support is vital for achieving their climate targets and accelerating actions, pledged in the so-called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), under the Paris Agreement. Thus, understanding what kind of international support they need is crucial for ensuring the provision of adequate...

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Support

Developing countries

Mitigation

Adaptation

UNFCCC

Discussion Paper

July 2021

Solutions for three common challenges in national reporting in developing countries under the Paris Agreement

The objective of this paper is to provide good practices as recommended solutions to address the three common challenges that developing countries often encounter when preparing national reporting (e.g., BURs, NCs). Countries aiming to strengthen their national reporting systems for transitioning to the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) can...

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Enhanced transparency framework

national reporting

BUR

Biennial Transparency Reports

Non Peer-reviewed Article

June 2021

Ready for Article 6.2 Reporting? Mutual learning program based on the JCM experience provides Article 6.2 reporting options

In Carbon Mechanisms Review

In 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan2 and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) implemented the Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP) with financial support from the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. In the MLP, participants from the two organisations engaged in drafting...

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Article 6.2 reporting

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Enhanced transparency framework