The multilateral assessment (MA) is part of the international assessment and review (IAR) for developed country Parties.
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 2014, the first cycle of IAR started with the submission of the first biennial reports and the sixth national communications from Annex I Parties and the technical review of these reports by international expert review teams.
The MA for developed country Parties was convened at SBI 43 in Paris (Dec. 2015), where the following two Annex I Parties were multilaterally assessed:
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Timeline for the MA session during SBI 43, Paris, December 2015:
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1 to 30 September 2015: submission of questions by any Party to the Parties under MA - using the MA portal;
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1 October to 27 November 2015: Preparation of answers by Parties under MA and posting of answers - using the MA portal;
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29 November 2015: upload compiled questions and answers by the secretariat onto the individual Party page upon completion of answers by the Party;
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SBI 43, Paris: multilateral assessment of the two Parties' progress towards emission reduction target;
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February 2016: publication of Party records for the two Parties
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* Kazakhstan is a Party not included in Annex I to the Convention. However, it notified the depositary of its intent to be bound by Article 4, paragraphs 2(a) and (b), of the Convention. At COP12, the COP requested Kazakhstan to submit its national communication and annual greenhouse gas inventories in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2 (b), and Article 12 of the Convention, using relevant UNFCCC guidelines, i.e. guidelines for Annex I Parties (FCCC/CP/2006/5, paragraph 96). This request was reiterated at COP14 (FCCC/CP/2008/7, paragraph 68). Kazakhstan submitted its quantified economy-wide emission reduction target to the secretariat (FCCC/SB/2011/INF.1/Rev.1, paragraph 15). The first biennial report of Kazakhstan contains information pertaining to its quantified economy-wide emission reduction target and is subject to the international assessment and review process as defined in decisions 1/CP.16 and 2/CP.1.
