Third biennial in-session workshop on information to be provided by Parties in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement. Summary report by the secretariat
This report summarizes the third biennial in-session workshop on the biennial communications of information related to Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement, held in conjunction with the sixty-second sessions of the subsidiary bodies. Participants shared experiences and lessons learned in preparing and using information contained in the third biennial communications, as well as the compilation and synthesis report, including on how the areas for improvement have been considered in accordance with decision 13/CMA.5. They also discussed how biennial communications could be refined and improved, and whether updating the types of information contained in the annex to decision 12/CMA.1 would help. Participants further discussed lessons that can be learned from the third biennial communications so they inform and are conducive to measuring progress in the global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, in the light of recent decisions, as well as aspects that require political guidance, including at the third biennial high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance under the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, to be held at its seventh session