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Review of progress on Tier III indicators: SDG 13 COP 24 Outcomes March 26, 2019 Livia Hollins

• Incremental adjustments based on agreements and progress under UNFCCC process; Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change ; based on enhanced transparency framework and global stocktake (first taking place in 2023); • Following IAEG-SDGs guidance on 2020 review and expectations; • Working in consultation with relevant agencies; Aim to make proposals for 2020 review during 2 nd half of 2019 for your • consideration, against targets, in line with current proxies

Building on 25 years of experience

Global climate change goals Source: UN Environment 2017. The Adaptation Gap Report. Towards Global Assessment

Action Enhanced (mitigation and transparency adaptation) framework Means of Implementation implementation and compliance Ambit ition Global stock-take Science

Global stocktake (Paris Agreement Article 14): Parties join iNDC Paris Notes: PA submission Agreement Automatic conversion, iNDC → NDC 2015 2015 revision, submission 2016 Submit new (2025) Facilitative PA enters or update (2030) NDC / Talanoa into force 9-12 months before 2020 Dialogue 2016 Communicated individual 2025 2018 efforts 2030 … Enhanced Inform updating NDCs in a Reported transparency nationally determined manner individual efforts framework (progression clause) Collective progress towards purpose and Global 5 years cycle long-term global goals Stocktake Where are we? 2023 Where we want to go? 2028 How to get there? 2032 …

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COP 24 outcome: overview • Make the Paris agreement operational and its institutions and processes to work efficiently, as well as identify follow-up technical work mostly on transparency • Advancement in implementation of the Convention in key areas of transparency/MRV, mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology and capacity building, new pledges on climate finance • Enhancement of political momentum to submission of more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions in 2020 through the Talanoa dialogue and enable delivery through the pre-2020 events

Enhanced transparency framework Review • GHG inventory • Online Q&A • Progress in NDCs • Consistency of the • In session • Support provided information reported presentation • Support needed • Consideration of progress & Q&A and received with NDC and of support • Adaptation provided • Identification of Reporting improvements FMCP • Identification of capacity building needs Facilitative, multilateral consideration of Review format: centralized, in- progress- scope: GHG inventory, tracking country, desk, simplified progress towards NDCs, support provided, and support received and needed

Streamlined/common reporting and verification with flexibility Current MRV system Enhanced Transparency Technical analysis of BURs Framework Reviews of BURs and BRs Biennial transparency report; National communications of Technical expert review developed countries Annual GHG inventory reviews of developed countries 1. Multilateral Assessment for Facilitative, multilateral developed countries consideration of progress and views 2. Facilitative Sharing of Views • Final biennial reports submitted no later than 31 December 2022 • Final biennial update reports submitted no later than 31 December 2024

Adaptation-related content: - For developed countries (FCCC/CP/1999/7): - Expected impacts - Results of scientific research on e.g. impacts, response options, and technologies - Integrated plans for coasts, water, agriculture - Outline of action taken on adaptation ADAPTATION COMMUNICATION GLOBAL STOCKTAKE (2021-2023) - Support provided to vulnerable countries Registry - For developing countries (17/CP.8, annex): Recommended content - Submit in time to 1. Collection of information - National circumstances (X/CMA.1): inform each stocktake - Vulnerabilities and methodologies used (Dec 2021/June 2022 until May 2023): - National circumstances, - Include common vs. - Use of policy frameworks institutions, laws - Secretariat synthesizes state of adaptation efforts, additional types of - Programmes containing adaptation measures (steps taken or envisaged), - Impacts, risks, vulnerabilities experience and priorities based on latest documents strategies, measures, priority areas, pilot projects information - Adaptation priorities, NDC - UNFCCC institutions synthesize information in their - Activities taken to integrate adaptation into planning - Focus: forward-looking strategies, policies, plans, areas of expertise based on latest documents - Barriers to implementation of adaptation goals, actions information - How support programmes of annex II Parties meet adaptation needs - Needs of and provision of - Possible to “tailor” communication vehicle… Country can choose a - Evaluation of adaptation strategies and measures support to developing information depending on National independently of adaptation countries 2. Technical assessment (2-3 sessions before communication vehicle communication guidance communication …or submit information - Implementation (progress, CMA 6 = June/Nov 2022) cooperation, barriers, lessons Recommended content (5/CP.17): learned, monitoring and - Parties invited to provide, in NCs, information on: evaluation) - Measures taken NAP-related - Adaptation/economic - Support provided or received 3. Consideration of outputs (CMA 6, 2023): diversification resulting in documents - LDCs encouraged to provide information on their NAP process through -> identify opportunities for enhancing efforts, mitigation co-benefits NCs and other channels challenges, good practices, and political messages - Links with other - UN and other organizations to provide information on their support to international frameworks the NAP process Adaptation-related content of BTRs (X/CMA.1): Biennial transparency - Gender, traditional - Parties should monitor and review their efforts, and provide information - National circumstances, institutions, laws knowledge, indigenous report in their national communication on progress made and effectiveness of knowledge - Impacts, risks, vulnerabilities the NAP process - Adaptation priorities and barriers - Adaptation strategies, policies, plans, goals and actions to integrate adaptation into policies - Progress on implementation - Monitoring and evaluation Full flexibility => character of system depends on future practice of Parties + all information flows to GST - Information related to loss and damage - Cooperation, good practices, experiences, lessons learned

NDCs in 2020 – what is happening • Parties whose INDC with a time frame up to 2025 to communicate by 2020 a new NDC and to do so every five years thereafter • Parties whose INDC with a time frame up to 2030 to communicate or update by 2020 the contribution and to do so every five years thereafter; • The secretariat will prepare a synthesis report (1/CP.21, para. 25); • All Parties are invited to communicate long-term low emission development strategies (1/CP.21, para. 35);

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