Initiative for Climate Action Transparency
ICAT provides countries with tailored support and practical tools and methodologies to build robust transparency frameworks needed for effective climate action in sync with national development priorities. The projects ICAT supports relate to: building or enhancing transparency frameworks for mitigation; building a monitoring and evaluation approach for adaptation to climate change; building or enhancing frameworks to track progress in implementing NDCs. The supported projects also work to assess the impacts of climate policies; estimate or enhance projections of greenhouse gases and to establish or enhance a climate data system. To support these areas, ICAT offers a suite of practical, open-source tools and methodologies to provide effective support to the transparency efforts of countries around the world.
- IKI funding
- 45,696,653.73 €
- Duration
- 12/2015 till 06/2026
- Status
- open
- Implementing organisation
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- Political Partner
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- Diverse climate change relevant institutions in the respective partner countries/Diverse klimarelevante Institutionen in den entsprechenden Partnerländern
- Implementing Partner
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- Aether - Air Quality and Climate Change Emissions Consultants
- Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
- Climate Smart Initiatives (ClimateSI)
- Gauss International
- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) - USA
- Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
- NEYEN
- UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
- United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
State of implementation/results
- By the end of 2024, 14 countries worked on putting in place a new or refined framework for national GHG inventories. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- 12 countries worked on an NDC tracking process with ICAT support, since ICAT’s inception. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- By June 2024 29 countries worked on putting in place a new or refined MRV framework. Mozambique provides an example of this, where a training programme and reporting templates to ensure sustainability of improved MRV management were developed. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- Since inception, 2,664 people have been trained through ICAT projects. In particular, ICAT’s French-language blended training course on climate transparency and the ETF attracted much interest. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- Since inception, 107 peer to peer or knowledge sharing events have taken place. The 2024 ICAT Community Meetings brought together over 80 transparency experts and practitioners from more than 20 countries for several days of knowledge sharing and discussions on key topics. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- Since ICAT’s inception, 16 countries confirmed the ICAT project resulted in improved reporting to UNFCCC. Panama is the first ICAT-supported country to submit its BTR, well ahead of the end-of-year deadline. unfccc.int/…
- 14 countries have worked to improve climate and/or sustainable development policies as a result of ICAT’s work, by mid-2024. An example is Belize, which created an improved transparency framework, leading to a draft Climate Change Bill and potential new legislation. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- ICAT established three Regional Climate Action Transparency Hubs, one in each of Central Asia, Central Africa, and Central America. The hubs establish a regional centre of expertise and bring together countries in the sub-regions to share climate transparency knowledge and expertise climateactiontransparency.org/…
- To date, 40 countries have applied ICAT tools or methodologies. This suite of practical, open-source tools and methodologies provides a wide range of support to countries from the collection and management of data to the assessment of policies and actions and projection of GHG emissions. climateactiontransparency.org/…
- Further publication: The Transformational Change Toolkit (tc-tool-mainweb-2sshj5de3a-ey.a.run.app/…)
Latest Update:
12/2024
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