Context
The enhanced transparency framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement provides flexibility to developing country Parties, that need it in light of their capacities, while facilitating improved reporting and transparency over time. With the submission of the first biennial transparency reports (BTR1s), and participation in the technical expert review (TER) and facilitative, multilateral consideration of progress (FMCP), Parties are gaining valuable experience in applying flexibility and identifying areas of improvement for strengthening national transparency systems in implementing the ETF.
The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) has been actively providing technical assistance and advice to developing countries in implementing the ETF. As countries move forward, there is a growing need to reflect on lessons learned from the first ETF cycle, particularly on how flexibility provisions have been applied in practice by developing country Parties and how improvements over time can be operationalized to address the associated capacity constraints.
This side event will provide a platform for national transparency experts and the CGE to share practical experience on applying flexibility provisions when preparing BTRs, as well as developing and implementing improvement plans. It will also gather feedback on how CGE support can best support developing countries.
Target audience and event setting
The side event will be convened in-person and open to all SB 64 participants, especially the national experts and policy makers involved in implementing the ETF.
Preliminary agenda (~80 min)
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Moderator: Kamil Salazar, CGE Chair
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15 min
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Opening remarks
- Julia Gardiner, SBI Chair
- Xuehong Wang, Director, Transparency Division, UNFCCC
- Kamil Salazar, CGE Chair
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7 min
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Scene-setting presentation by the CGE Chair on the overview of flexibility provisions applied in preparing BTR1s and technical support activities of the CGE to developing country Parties.
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55 min
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Applying flexibility provisions and delivering improvement over time
Case presentation by Ricardo Vieira Araujo, on Brazil’s experience and insights on application of flexibility provisions, identifying capacity building needs and developing improvement plans (7 min)
Moderated panel discussion (33 min):
- Ricardo Vieira Araujo, Brazil
- Gao Xiang, CGE member, China
- Terito Story, Cook Islands
- Fredrick Ouma, CGE Rapporteur, Kenya
Guiding questions (Panelists will be invited to address 2 selected questions):
- What are your national circumstances, and how did they influence your application of flexibility in preparing your first BTR? What challenges or trade-offs did you face in making these decisions, and what lessons from this experience can inform future reporting cycles?
- During the technical expert review, how was the conversation in identifying the related capacity building needs where flexibility provision applied?
- How are you translating identified areas of improvement into concrete actions for your BTR2, especially in areas where flexibility provisions were applied in BTR1?
- Where improvements are known but difficult to implement, how are you sequencing or prioritizing actions over time? What criteria guide these decisions (e.g. impact, feasibility, resource availability)? How will you track progress in these areas over successive reporting cycles?
- How are you linking the use of flexibility, capacity building needs and identified improvement areas to support? What types of support have been most effective or are still needed?
Q & A session (10 min)
Interactive event feedback survey (5 min)
To gather participants input on:
- Event and CGE feedback
- Priority support needs for future reporting cycles
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3 min
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Closing remarks by the moderator
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Please check SEORS for further event details: SEORS | Side events list