This technical report covers the technical analysis of the technical annex submitted on a voluntary basis, in the context of results-based payments, by the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 30 December 2022 through its first biennial update report in accordance with decision 14/CP.19. The technical annex provides data and information on the activity reducing emissions from deforestation, which is an activity included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70, and covers the same national territorial forest land area as the assessed forest reference emission level (FREL) proposed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo in its modified FREL submission of May 2018.

         The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported the results of implementing this activity for 2015–2018, which amount to 524,240,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and were measured against the assessed FREL of 1,078,235,017.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

The data and information provided in the technical annex are in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in decision 14/CP.19, annex. The technical analysis concluded that the data and information provided by the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the technical annex are partially transparent and partially consistent with the data and information used for establishing the assessed FREL in accordance with decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 71(b), and decision 12/CP.17, section II. This report contains the findings from the technical analysis and a few areas identified for capacity-building and future technical improvement in accordance with decision 14/CP.19, paragraph 14.