Multilateral Assessment at SBI 52-55

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The multilateral assessment (MA) is part of the international assessment and review (IAR) for developed countries where countries are assessed on their progress in meeting their 2020 targets. MA and IAR help to promote the comparability of efforts among all developed countries and this builds confidence that all developed countries are implementing climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The MA of the progress towards achieving the quantified economy-wide emission reduction target for 2020 is undertaken for each developed country Party after the submission and technical review of their biennial reports.

In 2020, the fourth cycle of IAR started with the submission of the fourth biennial reports from Annex I Parties and the technical review of these reports by international expert review teams.

10 Parties underwent multilateral assessment during the session in Glasgow.

Highlights from Parties' Multilateral Assessment Presentations during the SBI 52-55 Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, Nov.-Dec. 2021

MA session	Party
Part I Friday, 5 November 2021 Broadcast link (on demand)	Kazakhstan
	Croatia
	Iceland
	Liechtenstein
	Luxembourg

Part II Saturday, 6 November 2021 Followed by the joint closing of the facilitative sharing of views (FSV) and MA sessions Broadcast link (on demand)	Monaco
	Poland
	Romania
	Slovenia
	United Kingdom

Timeline for the MA session:

	2 to 31 August 2021: submission of questions by any Party to the Parties under MA
	1 September to 29 October 2021: Preparation of answers by Parties under MA and posting of answers
	2 November 2021: upload compiled questions and answers by the secretariat onto the individual Party page upon completion of answers by the Party

How does MA work

Multilateral Assessment is undertaken for each developed country Party based on the Party's technical review report, the biennial report, the national GHG inventory, including the national inventory report and the national communication; and any supplementary information on the achievement of the Party's 2020 target. There are three stages to MA:

Preparation for the MA before the SBI working group session. Encompassing a three-month "questions and answers" period among Parties via the MA portal. This process is completed before an SBI session. Questions can be submitted by any Party under the Convention electronically to the Party under MA. These questions are based on their national biennial reports and their review reports. This question period is open for one month. Following this, the Party under the MA will respond to these questions within two months. All questions and responses submitted by Parties will be tracked, compiled and published by the secretariat and can be accessed via the respective Party pages.
International assessment during the SBI working group session. All Parties under MA may make a brief oral presentation that will be followed, as necessary, by an oral Q&A session that may last for an average of one hour to a maximum of two hours.
Completion of the Party record after the SBI working group session. The final stage of the MA is the publication of a Party record for each country. This includes the technical review reports, an SBI summary report, Q&A compiled for each Party through the MA portal, and the observation made by the Party within two months after the SBI working group session for the MA.

More about the MA portal: To access the MA portal log-in credentials are required. All national focal points have been invited to submit nominations to the MA. Should further nominations be required national focal points are requested to contact the secretariat at: MA-portal@unfccc.int

All Annex I Parties undergoing Multilateral Assessment

Australia	Austria	Belarus
Belgium	Bulgaria	Canada
Croatia	Cyprus	Czechia
Denmark	Estonia	European Union
Finland	France	Germany
Greece	Hungary	Iceland
Ireland	Italy	Japan
Kazakhstan	Latvia	Liechenstein
Lithuania	Luxembourg	Malta
Monaco	Netherlands	New Zealand
Norway	Poland	Portugal
Romania	Russian Federation	Slovakia
Slovenia	Spain	Sweden
Switzerland	Turkey*	Ukraine
United Kingdom	United States

* Turkey does not have a quantified economy-wide emission reduction target for 2020, therefore it is not subject to multilateral assessment.