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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.

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...

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...

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...

Commentary on reporting options under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. In this paper, we provided a summary of reporting options and its evaluation for the three information items which are required in the initial report and regular information under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement: 1) Timing of submission of the initial report; 2)...

平成 28 年 11 月にパリ協定が発効され、令和２年（ 2020 年）を迎えた今年、いよいよパリ協定の実施段階に入った。パリ協定でも、中央政府に加えて自治体・都市を含む非政府主体による気候変動を加速させることが掲げられているが、具体的な地域の気候変動対策やプロジェクトを検討・実施するうえで、都市や自治体はキープレーヤーである。世界全体での脱炭素社会の実現に向けては、特に経済成長が著しいアジアにおいて、持続可能な脱炭素社会、またそれの通過点としての低炭素社会の構築への動きを加速させることが必要であり、社会経済の発展を支える活動の場である都市の脱炭素化・低炭素化に向けて、国際的にも都市の取組を支援する動きが強化されてきている。また、 post コロナを見据え、環境政策とのトレードオフの最小化...

令和2年度環境省「脱炭素社会実現のための 都市間連携事業」の事業概要および採択20案件の紹介パンフレット

The project brochure introduces the outline of the programme and the overviews of 20 projects implemented under the MOEJ's programme "FY2020 City-to-City Collaboration for Zero-Carbon Society".

This report summarizes the key discussion points of the two-day Asian Transparency Workshop on December 14-15, 2020. With the aim to promote knowledge-sharing among countries in Asia for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), the workshop particularly focused on a roadmap for preparation of...