Mandate and background

Article 9, paragraph 5 of the Paris Agreement stipulates that developed country Parties shall biennially communicate indicative quantitative and qualitative information related to Article 9, paragraphs 1 and 3, of the Paris Agreement, as applicable, including, as available, projected levels of public financial resources to be provided to developing country Parties. Other Parties providing resources are encouraged to communicate biennially such information on a voluntary basis.

CMA 1 recognized the importance of predictability and clarity of information on financial support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement (Decision 12/CMA.1, paragraph 1). The decision sets out arrangements for the provision of information to be provided by Parties in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement, including:

1. Biennial communications of information to be provided in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement as specified in the annex to the decision, starting in 2020;
2. A dedicated online portal for posting and recording the biennial communications;
3. Compilation and syntheses of the biennial communications to be prepared by the secretariat;
4. Biennial in-session workshops and summary reports on each workshop;
5. Biennial high-level ministerial dialogues, the outcomes of which will be summarized by the CMA President.

CMA 5 welcomed the second biennial communications received and that they took into account the areas for improvement identified in Decision 14/CMA.3. It also invited Parties to take into account the following areas in preparing their biennial communications to be submitted in 2024, as applicable:

1. Information on the status of projected levels of climate finance stated in previous biennial communications;
2. Information on the challenges and limitations of providing ex ante information, particularly in relation to budgetary and legislative requirements for the allocation and approval of public climate finance disbursements;
3. Information demonstrating how ex ante information responds to the implementation needs of developing country Parties, as referenced in their nationally determined contributions, adaptation communications and other national plans;
4. Information on efforts towards achieving a balance in the provision of climate finance for mitigation and adaptation;
5. Information demonstrating how each of their biennial communications has improved compared with the previous one, including how areas for improvement set out in relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement have been addressed;
6. More detailed information on strategies for scaling up the provision of climate finance, including through public interventions

Decision 13/CMA 5 noted that the elements for discussion at the 3^rd in-session workshop are to be based on the information in the compilation and synthesis report by the secretariat and the summary report of the second in-session workshop, including information provided by Parties in accordance with Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement conducive to measuring progress in line with Article 9, paragraph 6, of the Paris Agreement, as relevant. Additionally, the CMA decided to consider updating the types of information contained in the annex to decision 12/CMA.1 at CMA 7 on the basis of the experience of and lessons learned by Parties in the preparation of their biennial communications of indicative quantitative and qualitative information.

Objective

The third biennial in-session workshop presents an opportunity to:

1. Enhance thoughts  on opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned from the information contained in the third biennial communications;
2. Identify insights on the overall state of predictability and clarity of ex-ante information on financial support to developing countries for the implementation of the Paris Agreement based on the lessons learned from the third biennial communications;
3. Discuss how information in biennial communications can be conducive to measuring progress on efforts related to climate finance through the global stocktake.

The deliberations of the third in-session workshop will be reflected in a summary report prepared by the secretariat for consideration by COP 30 and CMA 7.

Provisional Agenda