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Publications & Tools

Check out our collection of publications, documents and tools on a range of different topics related to climate policy compiled specifically with policymakers, implementers and other climate experts in mind.

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Climate Analytics

USING THE GLOBAL STOCKTAKE TO IMPROVE NATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY AMBITION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Independent Global Stocktake (iGST) commissioned a research, conducted by Climate Analytics across seven countries, diverse in terms of climate, economy, and governance : two LDCs – Burkina Faso and Nepal; two SIDS – Jamaica and Samoa; two…

USING THE GLOBAL STOCKTAKE TO IMPROVE NATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY AMBITION AND IMPLEMENTATION — Copyright
© Climate Analytics

Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting

This paper analyses over 20 years of LDC reports to the UNFCCC to understand their capacity constraints and needs for greenhouse gas inventory reporting, which becomes mandatory under the ETF. It provides recommendations to build in-country…

Implementing the Paris Agreement: LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting — Copyright
© IIED

Caribbean Cooperative MRV Hub (CCMRVH)

Mitigation Scenario Assessment & GHG Modelling Tool Selection Guide

Climate change offices are looking at “fit for purpose” tools to help them update and monitor their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Long Term Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), and mitigation assessments. The Caribbean…

Understanding the Transparency Guidance - Oeko-Institut Working Paper 7/2021

At the climate change conference in Glasgow in November 2021, the ‘guidance for operationalizing the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the enhanced transparency framework’ was adopted. This guidance, together with other decisions…

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Understanding reporting and review under Articles 6 and 13 of the Paris Agreement

Reporting and review requirements under the Paris Agreement include provisions under Article 13 relating to the implementation and achievement of Parties’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Draft texts relating to Article 6.2…

Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

PATPA Knowledge Product

Biennial Transparency Report Guidance and Roadmap Tool

Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) must be submitted by 31 December 2024 at the latest which is not far in the future: the best way to prepare is to take action today. The Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) Guidance and Roadmap Tool guides developing countries in planning the preparation process of their first BTR as well as preparing a roadmap for implementing it. Download it here.

BTR Guidance and Roadmap Tool — Copyright
© PATPA & FAO

Green Cooling Initiative

ODS Banks publication (GIZ Proklima)

Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), such as (hydro-)chlorofluorocarbons, predominantly used for refrigerators, air conditioning and foam are generating a considerable amount of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions worldwide. Large amounts of old…

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© GIZ Proklima

MRV in action: MRV Handbook for the measurement, reporting, and verification of GHG emissions in the refrigeration and air-conditioning sector

GIZ's Proklima program (Cool Contributions fighting Climate Change (C4)) has published a comprehensive handbook for the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions in the refrigeration and air-conditioning…

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Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA)

PATPA Knowledge Product

NDC Handover Checklist

Record your NDC knowledge to be ready for future NDC cycles. Availability of relevant information and data, such as greenhouse gas inventory, baseline, projections and assumptions as well as all stakeholders involved, are very important to…

NDC Handover Checklist

Preparação para a implementação da Estrutura de Transparência Aprimorada no âmbito do Acordo de Paris

Após a tradução do Manual de Mensuração, Relato e Verificação para as Partes que são Países em Desenvolvimento para o português em 2018, os parceiros apoiadores tomaram a iniciativa de traduzir em 2020-2021 também o Manual Técnico para as…