This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Colombia on its proposed forest reference emission level (FREL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FREL proposed by Colombia covers the activities reducing emissions from deforestation and reducing emissions from forest degradation, which are among the activities included in paragraph 70 of decision 1/CP.16.

For its submission, Colombia developed a national FREL. The FREL presented in the original submission, based on the reference period 2013–2022, corresponds to 142,207,224 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (t CO₂ eq) for 2023, 145,802,995 t CO₂ eq for 2024, 149,163,350 t CO₂ eq for 2025, 152,254,995 t CO₂ eq for 2026 and 155,049,811 t CO₂ eq for 2027. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FREL was modified to 143,661,671 t CO₂ eq for 2023, 146,771,749 t CO₂ eq for 2024, 149,652,232 t CO₂ eq for 2025, 152,277,653 t CO₂ eq for 2026 and 154,625,265 t CO₂ eq for 2027.

The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Colombia in constructing its FREL are mostly transparent, mostly complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains information on the assessed FREL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement in accordance with the provisions on the scope of the technical assessment contained in the annex to decision 13/CP.19.