Background
Parties to the Paris Agreement met in Glasgow in November 2021 and ironed out the remaining details to bring the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) to life. Through the Glasgow Climate Pact, Parties are urged now to swiftly make the necessary preparations for ensuring timely reporting under the ETF in line with Article 13 of the Paris Agreement and the timelines set out in decision 18/CMA.1.
- - providing countries a better understanding of the opportunities to cost-effectively transform their economy to a more climate-friendly one;
- - enabling countries to identify financial, technology development and transfer and capacity building support needs;
- - contributing to a greater global understanding of the progress to address climate change; and,
- - allowing us collectively to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement faster, by learning from each other and sharing experiences, challenges and solutions.
Led by the principles of collaboration, mobilization and action, the Universal Participation in the Enhanced Transparency Framework initiative strives to get everyone started on this journey, by engaging and uniting countries, support organizations, the business community, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders who share a common interest in realizing the benefits of transparent climate-relevant data and information.
The initiative aims to:
- - Increase political awareness and buy-in for the importance of evidence-based national decision-making informed by a broad base of stakeholder engagement
- - Strengthen institutional and individual capacity of developing country Parties and other stakeholders to produce and use robust climate relevant data
- - Enhance access to financial, technical and capacity building support to developing country Parties by offering a platform for wider-stakeholder engagement, including North-South and South-South cooperation
- - Build an efficient ETF infrastructure and system, including practices, systems and tools to allow seamless operation of the ETF for all stakeholders
We invite you to join us in working #Together4Transparency, with a view of achieving universal participation. For further information, contact us at ETF@unfccc.int.