梅宮 知佐

The ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) provides an overall outlook of the state of play of climate change issues in the ASEAN region. ASCCR is also a forward-looking report, which includes recommendations on making the transition toward 2030 and on to 2050 for both adaptation and mitigation, considering ASEAN’s development context and the...

森林に関するニューヨーク宣言（NYDF）の目標７は、「国際的に合意されたルールに則り、2度目標に適うべく、2020年以降の気候に関する世界的な合意の一部として、森林減少と森林劣化による排出量の削減を2015年に合意すること」である。国際的な気候アジェンダにおいて森林が極めて重要な役割を果たすということが、パリ協定に明記されたことで、森林に関するニューヨーク宣言（NYDF）の目標7は達成されたことになる。しかし、気候危機を緩和するためには森林が不可欠であるという国際的な認識にもかかわらず、世界中で森林減少と劣化が続いており、世界的に森林の保護、回復、持続可能な管理がかつてないほど急務となっている。そのため、NYDFアセスメントパートナーズは、世界の森林の保護、回復...

This technical summary report presents the results of the technical analysis of biennial update reports of Zambia submitted in 2020, conducted by a team of technical experts in accordance with the modalities and procedures contained in the annex to decision 20/CP.19. The author at IGES (Chisa Umemiya) served as one of the co-leads.

IGES Biennial Update Report (BUR) Database provides key information reported in biennial update reports (BURs) submitted by Non-Annex I Countries to the UNFCCC. According to UNFCCC COP decision 2/CP.17, non-Annex I Parties, consistent with their capabilities and the level of support provided for reporting, should submit their first BUR by December...

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...

This presentation summarises the key findings of the IGES's recent research on the assessment of GHG inventory capacity in developing countries with support from the Global Support Program/UNDP and recommendations for the on-going efforts related to transparency capacity building. The author presented this as part of the panel discussion of the...

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). The challenges are: 1) unclear roles and responsibilities among the related ministries; 2) a lack of human resources and experts; and...

　本稿は、2021年11月から開始する第１回GSTの実施に向け、GSTのパリ協定における位置付けと原則及び第1回GSTにおけるプロセスについて解説する。以下本稿のポイントである。

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...

Executive summary

• Under Article 6 paragraph 2 (Article 6.2) of the Paris Agreement (PA), Parties may take cooperative approaches in the implementation and achievement of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). The draft guidance of Article 6.2 stipulates, inter alia, the reporting requirements for the participating Parties to engage in a...