Gender Mandates in Climate Policy

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In the last few years, the UNFCCC – the only one out of three Rio Conventions that lacked mandates on women’s rights and gender equality from the outset – has made major strides in integrating gender across all thematic areas in the negotiations. In 2014, the Lima Work Programme on Gender launched, and in 2015, the Paris Agreement integrated gender equality as a preambular principle for all climate action, as well as in relation to adaptation and capacity building. In 2017, the first Gender Action Plan was adopted, followed in 2019 by the adoption of the enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Gender Action Plan. Additional decisions have aimed to enhance gender equality via both policy and practice, encouraging gender balance indecision-making as well as responsiveness to gender issues in the development, implementation and monitoring of climate change policies and actions.

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Draft decision -/CMA.4

Guidance on the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement

Theme
Mitigation
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GB
RR
Event 
CMA4
Year 
2022
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Further recalling the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

Annex II

Rules of procedure of the Supervisory Body for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement

III. Membership

A. Composition

3. The Supervisory Body shall comprise 12 members from Parties to the Paris Agreement, ensuring broad and equitable geographical representation and striving to ensure gender-balanced representation, as follows:

V. Chair and Vice-Chair

32. Each year the Supervisory Body shall elect a Chair and a Vice-Chair from among its members. The Chair and the Vice-Chair shall remain in office until their successors have been elected (decision 3/CMA.3, annex, para. 18). In this context, the Supervisory Body shall take fully into account the consideration of regional and gender balance.

VIII. Expert groups

70. The Supervisory Body may establish expert groups comprising internal or external experts, such as committees, panels, working groups and/or rosters of experts, as required, to assist it in performing its functions and achieving its objectives. The Supervisory Body may draw on the expertise necessary to perform its functions, including from the UNFCCC roster of experts. In this context, it shall take fully into account the consideration of regional and gender balance.

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,

Recalling the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement and the aims referred to therein, Also recalling Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement,

Further recalling the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,

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Annex II

Rules of procedure of the Supervisory Body for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement

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III. Membership

A. Composition

3. The Supervisory Body shall comprise 12 members from Parties to the Paris Agreement, ensuring broad and equitable geographical representation and striving to ensure gender-balanced representation, as follows:

(a) Two members from each of the five United Nations regional groups;

(b) One member from the least developed countries;

(c) One member from small island developing States (decision 3/CMA.3, annex, para. 4).

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V. Chair and Vice-Chair

32. Each year the Supervisory Body shall elect a Chair and a Vice-Chair from among its members. The Chair and the Vice-Chair shall remain in office until their successors have been elected (decision 3/CMA.3, annex, para. 18). In this context, the Supervisory Body shall take fully into account the consideration of regional and gender balance.

33. The secretary of the Supervisory Body shall preside over the opening of the first meeting of a calendar year and conduct the election of the new Chair and Vice-Chair.

34. If the elected Chair is not able to serve in that capacity at a meeting, the Vice-Chair shall serve as Chair. If neither is able to serve in their respective capacity, the Supervisory Body shall elect a member from among those present to serve as Chair for that meeting.

35. If the Chair or the Vice-Chair is unable to complete their term of office, the Supervisory Body shall elect a new Chair or Vice-Chair from among its members for the remainder of the term.

36. In addition to exercising the functions conferred upon the Chair elsewhere in these rules of procedure, the Chair shall declare the opening and closing of meetings, preside over meetings, ensure the observance of these rules of procedure, give the right to speak, put questions to a vote and announce decisions. The Chair shall rule on points of order and, subject to these rules of procedure, have complete control over the proceedings and maintenance of order at meetings.

37. The Chair may propose to the Supervisory Body a limitation on allowed speaking time and the number of times each member or alternate member may speak on a question, the adjournment or closure of the debate or the suspension or adjournment of a meeting.

38. The Chair, the Vice-Chair or any other member or alternate member designated by the Supervisory Body shall represent the Body as necessary, including to report to the CMA at its sessions and to manage the public communications of the Supervisory Body, including with stakeholders.

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VIII. Expert groups

70. The Supervisory Body may establish expert groups comprising internal or external experts, such as committees, panels, working groups and/or rosters of experts, as required, to assist it in performing its functions and achieving its objectives. The Supervisory Body may draw on the expertise necessary to perform its functions, including from the UNFCCC roster of experts. In this context, it shall take fully into account the consideration of regional and gender balance.

Draft decision -/CMA.4

Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation referred to in decision 7/CMA.3

Theme
Adaptation
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GM
Event 
CMA4
Year 
2022
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10. Further decides that the framework, through the structured approach referred to in paragraph 8 above, may take into consideration, inter alia:

(c) Cross-cutting considerations: country-driven, gender-responsive, participatory and fully transparent approaches, human rights approaches, intergenerational equity and social justice, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems, and nature-based solutions, and based on and guided by the best available science including science-based indicators, metrics and targets, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems, ecosystem-based adaptation, nature-based solutions, community-based adaptation, disaster risk reduction and intersectional approaches with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental policies and actions, where appropriate;

20. Also requests the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies to select themes for the workshops to be held in 2023, taking into account the following areas:

(e) Gender-responsiveness; intergenerational and gender equity and social justice; ecosystem- and community-based adaptation; governance at the local, national and regional level; transboundary approaches; private sector engagement; traditional, local and indigenous peoples’ knowledge; and human rights; (f) The stocktake of the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme;

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,

Recalling Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement, in which Parties established the global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change with a view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring an adequate adaptation response in the context of the temperature goal referred to in Article 2 of the Agreement,

Also recalling decision 7/CMA.3,

Emphasizing that efforts to achieve the global goal on adaptation must focus on reducing the increasing adverse impacts, risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate change,

1. Welcomes the four workshops held under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation in 2022;

2. Expresses appreciation to the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies for their guidance on and to the secretariat for its support in conducting informative and engaging workshops under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme in 2022, as well as to the moderators, experts, Parties and non-Party stakeholders that participated in the workshops for their contributions and engagement;

3. Also expresses appreciation to the Government of Maldives for hosting an informal launch workshop and to the Government of Egypt for hosting the third workshop under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme in 2022;

4. Notes that the single annual report on the workshops referred to in paragraph 16 of decision 7/CMA.3 and the summaries of each workshop therein will serve as input to Parties’ further considerations under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme;

5. Notes with appreciation the compilation and synthesis of indicators, approaches, targets and metrics for reviewing overall progress in achieving the global goal on adaptation,2, 3 building on the 2021 technical report by the Adaptation Committee;

6. Notes the challenges associated with holding the 2022 workshops under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme virtually, with preparing for those workshops in a timely manner and with producing the single annual report on those workshops5 in time for consideration at this session;

7. Recognizes that adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with local, subnational, national, regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key component of and makes a contribution to the long-term global response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods and ecosystems;

8. Decides to initiate the development of a framework for the global goal on adaptation to be undertaken through a structured approach under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme in 2023, containing the elements referred to in paragraph 10 below, with a view to the framework being adopted at the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (November–December 2023);

9. Also decides that the framework referred to in paragraph 8 above will guide the achievement of the global goal on adaptation and the review of overall progress in achieving it with a view to reducing the increasing adverse impacts, risks and vulnerabilities associated with climate change, as well as enhance adaptation action and support;

10. Further decides that the framework, through the structured approach referred to in paragraph 8 above, may take into consideration, inter alia:

(a) Dimensions (iterative adaptation cycle): impact, vulnerability and risk assessment; planning; implementation; and monitoring, evaluation and learning; recognizing that support in terms of finance, capacity-building and technology transfer is a consideration in each stage of the cycle;

(b) Themes: water; food and agriculture; cities, settlements and key infrastructure; health; poverty and livelihoods; terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems; and oceans and coastal ecosystems; tangible cultural heritage; mountain regions; and biodiversity;

(c) Cross-cutting considerations: country-driven, gender-responsive, participatory and fully transparent approaches, human rights approaches, intergenerational equity and social justice, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems, and nature-based solutions, and based on and guided by the best available science including science-based indicators, metrics and targets, as appropriate, traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems, ecosystem-based adaptation, nature-based solutions, community-based adaptation, disaster risk reduction and intersectional approaches with a view to integrating adaptation into relevant socioeconomic and environmental policies and actions, where appropriate;

(d) Sources of information including those referred to in decision 19/CMA.1, paragraph 37, namely:

(i) Reports and communications from Parties, in particular those submitted under the Paris Agreement and the Convention;

(ii) The latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

(iii) Reports of the subsidiary bodies;

(iv) Reports from relevant constituted bodies and forums and other institutional arrangements under or serving the Paris Agreement and/or the Convention;

(v) The synthesis reports by the secretariat referred to in paragraph 23 of that decision;

(vi) Relevant reports from United Nations agencies and other international organizations, which should be supportive of the UNFCCC process;

(vii) Voluntary submissions from Parties, including on inputs to inform equity considerations under the global stocktake;

(viii) Relevant reports from regional groups and institutions;

(ix) Submissions from non-Party stakeholders and UNFCCC observer organizations;

11. Decides to review the framework referred to in paragraph 8 above prior to the second global stocktake;

12. Also decides that the four workshops under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme in 2023 will all be held in person, with the option available for participants to actively take part virtually;

13. Further decides to hold the first workshop in 2023 no later than in March and the fourth workshop in 2023 no later than six weeks prior to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;

14. Requests the secretariat to publish the single annual report on the workshops for 2023 no later than three weeks prior to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;

15. Also requests the secretariat to include in the single annual report an analysis of the outcomes of the workshops and to prepare, under the guidance of the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies, a summary of each workshop to be published prior to each subsequent workshop for consideration at the fifty-ninth sessions of the subsidiary bodies (November–December 2023);

16. Invites Parties and observers to submit by the end of February 2023, via the submission portal, their contributions to and views on the workshops to be held in 2023, including questions related to the themes of those workshops;

17. Also invites Parties and observers that wish to do so to submit over the course of 2023, via the submission portal, additional views on the workshops to be held in 2023, noting that views pertaining to a specific workshop should be submitted three weeks in advance thereof;

18. Further invites Parties and observers that wish to do so, following the final workshop, in 2023 to submit their views on the outcomes of and work conducted under the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme via the submission portal prior to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;

19. Requests the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies, with the support of the secretariat, to prepare a concept note and guiding questions, covering themes and areas of work for each workshop based on the elements contained in paragraph 10 above, at least two weeks in advance thereof, taking into account the submissions referred to in paragraphs 16–17 above;

20. Also requests the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies to select themes for the workshops to be held in 2023, taking into account the following areas:

(a) Target-setting, metrics, methodologies and indicators for the global goal on adaptation;

(b) Means of implementation for achieving the global goal on adaptation;

(c) The steps of an iterative adaptation cycle: risk and impact assessment; planning; implementation; and monitoring, evaluation and learning;

(d) The systems and sectors set out in the contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, with a focus on exploring options for enhancing efforts to mainstream adaptation in national priority areas or sectors;

(e) Gender-responsiveness; intergenerational and gender equity and social justice; ecosystem- and community-based adaptation; governance at the local, national and regional level; transboundary approaches; private sector engagement; traditional, local and indigenous peoples’ knowledge; and human rights; (f) The stocktake of the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme;

(g) Changes in mindsets and world views towards transformation in adaptation, with the inclusion of indigenous peoples’ wisdom, values and knowledge;

(h) Recent scientific research relevant to the global goal on adaptation;

(i) The global stocktake;

Decision -/CMP.17

Fourth review of the Adaptation Fund

Theme
Adaptation
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GM
Event 
CMP17
Year 
2022
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4. Also recognizes the lessons learned and progress made since the third review of the Adaptation Fund, including the launch of new funding windows, the growth of the Fund’s project portfolio and the update of the Fund’s gender and evaluation policies, while acknowledging opportunities for improvement with regard to, inter alia, instruments, financial windows and knowledge management;

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16. Further requests the Board to increase the gender-responsiveness of the resources provided by the Adaptation Fund;

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, Recalling decisions 1/CMP.8, 2/CMP.13 and 4/CMP.16,

Reiterating the crucial importance of the Adaptation Fund as an essential channel for supporting adaptation action and a pioneer of direct access to adaptation finance, together with its focus on funding the full costs of concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries,

Noting with concern the continued issues related to the sustainability, adequacy and predictability of funding from the Adaptation Fund, given the current prices of certified emission reductions, which affect its ability to fulfil its mandate, Noting the importance of the full operationalization of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in the context of scaling up the mobilization of Adaptation Fund resources,

1. Takes note of the technical paper on the fourth review (covering 2018–2021) of the Adaptation Fund, which was prepared on the basis of the terms of reference for the review;

2. Welcomes the positive results and performance of the Adaptation Fund, including its relevance, efficiency and effectiveness;

3. Recognizes the comparative advantages of the Adaptation Fund, including the speed of project approval, strategic engagement of stakeholders at the subnational level, various institutional benefits, efficiency of institutional arrangements, enhancement of country ownership in the funding process, direct and regional access modalities and readiness programmes;

4. Also recognizes the lessons learned and progress made since the third review of the Adaptation Fund, including the launch of new funding windows, the growth of the Fund’s project portfolio and the update of the Fund’s gender and evaluation policies, while acknowledging opportunities for improvement with regard to, inter alia, instruments, financial windows and knowledge management;

5. Encourages the Adaptation Fund to strengthen ongoing efforts related to promoting resilience measures, improving policies and regulation, innovation, and development and diffusion of innovative adaptation practices, tools and technologies;

6. Welcomes the increased contributions made to the Adaptation Fund during the fourth review period compared with the previous period;

7. Notes with concern the outstanding pledged contributions to the Adaptation Fund and urges Parties that have not fulfilled their pledges to do so as soon as possible;

8. Stresses the importance of financial contributions to the Adaptation Fund, including in the context of urging developed country Parties to at least double their collective provision of climate finance for adaptation to developing countries from 2019 levels by 2025, in the context of achieving a balance between mitigation and adaptation in the provision of scaled-up financial resources, recalling Article 9, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement, as per decision 1/CMA.3, para. 18;

9. Calls for continued and increased voluntary contributions of financial resources to the Adaptation Fund;

10. Notes the importance of further enhancing the predictability of resources channelled through the Adaptation Fund;

11. Also notes that multi-year contributions to the Adaptation Fund enhance the predictability of its funding, acknowledges that some developed country Parties have already committed to multi-year contributions to the Fund and encourages additional multi-year contributions to the Fund;

12. Notes the resource mobilization strategy of the Adaptation Fund (2017–2020),5 which refers for the first time to subnational governments, the private sector and charitable foundations as possible additional sources of finance for the Adaptation Fund and encourages the Adaptation Fund Board to continue its efforts to mobilize finance from a variety of sources under its next resource mobilization strategy (2022–2025);

13. Also encourages the Adaptation Fund Board to continue to enhance access to the Fund, including by:

(a) Strengthening engagement with and support for building the institutional capacity of national implementing entities;

(b) Expediting the disbursement of approved adaptation grants;

(c) Further strengthening coherence and complementarity between the Adaptation Fund and other institutions funding adaptation projects and programmes, including the Green Climate Fund, in order to facilitate streamlining access modalities, as appropriate, including for accreditation, and scaling up Adaptation Fund projects;

(d) Further improving geographical and thematic coverage in the accreditation of national and regional implementing entities;

14. Requests the Adaptation Fund Board to include in its annual report to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its eighteenth session and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its fifth session (November 2023) information on aggregated actual results of projects and programmes funded by the Adaptation Fund, in particular across the Fund’s five core indicators, accompanied by qualitative analysis of successes, challenges and lessons learned;

15. Also requests the Board to review and update the environmental and social safeguard policy of the Adaptation Fund, as needed;

16. Further requests the Board to increase the gender-responsiveness of the resources provided by the Adaptation Fund;

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Decision -/CP.27

National Adaptation Plans

Theme
Adaptation
Tags 
GM
Event 
COP27
Year 
2022
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11. Notes that the technical resources developed and the scientific resources synthesized by the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group can assist developing countries in addressing gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, including in assessing adaptation needs, applying regional approaches to adaptation planning, promoting linkages between adaptation and development, and strengthening gender considerations in national adaptation plans;

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 1/CP.16, 3/CP.17, 5/CP.17, 12/CP.18, 18/CP.19, 3/CP.20, 1/CP.21, 4/CP.21, 6/CP.22, 8/CP.24, 7/CP.25, 1/CP.26 and 1/CMA.3,

1. Welcomes the reports for 2020–2022 on progress in the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans1 and takes note of other relevant documents;

2. Welcomes the information provided by the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group on gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans and progress in implementing national adaptation plans;

3. Also welcomes the national adaptation plans submitted in 2021–2022 by Cabo Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Niger and Sierra Leone on NAP Central,6 which brings the total number of countries with submitted national adaptation plans to 40, and the sectoral national adaptation plans submitted by other Parties;

4. Expresses concern at the large number of countries that have not been able to submit their first national adaptation plan and in this respect notes the challenges, complexities and delays experienced by developing country Parties in accessing funding and support from the Green Climate Fund for the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans, particularly in relation to the submission and review of proposals for funding;

5. Invites the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group, in line with their mandates, to continue formulating recommendations on ways to facilitate the mobilization of support for the formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans with a view to addressing the challenges referred to in paragraph 4 above and to submit the recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance for consideration;

6. Welcomes the work of the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group on gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, including the needs referred to in annex II to document FCCC/SBI/2019/5,8 and their work on ways to assist with the implementation of national adaptation plans, as requested by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its forty-seventh session;

7. Requests the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to continue to identify the priority gaps and needs of developing countries related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, the progress of each country in this process and any obstacles and challenges faced;

8. Also requests the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to enhance their work in addressing the priority gaps and needs, obstacles and challenges identified through their work referred to in paragraphs 5 above and to include information thereon in their reports;

9. Further requests the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group to organize training for developing country Parties on addressing identified gaps and needs, which could be held in conjunction with the NAP Expo, the Adaptation Forum or other events outlined in their respective work programmes;

10. Invites other UNFCCC constituted bodies and relevant organizations to provide information to the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group on activities that have the aim of addressing gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, including information on the regions and countries in which the constituted bodies and organizations provide support;

11. Notes that the technical resources developed and the scientific resources synthesized by the Adaptation Committee and the Least Developed Countries Expert Group can assist developing countries in addressing gaps and needs related to the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans, including in assessing adaptation needs, applying regional approaches to adaptation planning, promoting linkages between adaptation and development, and strengthening gender considerations in national adaptation plans;

12. Also notes that the best available science, as well as traditional, indigenous and local knowledge, as appropriate, should be taken into account in addressing the priority gaps and needs referred to in paragraph 7 above and in enhancing the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans for developing countries;

13. Notes with serious concern the findings on adaptation gaps in the contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

14. Recognizes that long-term planning and accelerated implementation of adaptation actions, particularly in the next decade, is important for closing adaptation gaps;

15. Also recognizes that maladaptation can be avoided through flexible, multisectoral, inclusive and long-term planning and implementation of adaptation actions that benefit many sectors and systems;

16. Takes note of the support available to developing country Parties for formulating and implementing national adaptation plans and recognizes the importance of scaling up this support;

17. Encourages relevant organizations to continue coordinating support related to the process to formulate, update and implement national adaptation plans and to continue sharing lessons learned;

18. Notes that the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plans is crucial to informing the assessment of progress towards achieving the global goal on adaptation, including through the Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the global goal on adaptation and the global stocktake.

Decision -/CP.27

Joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network

Theme
Technology Transfer
Tags 
GB
GM
Event 
COP27
Year 
2022
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8. Commends the continued efforts of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network in mainstreaming gender considerations in their work and requests the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to swiftly finalize the two global rosters of female experts in the area of climate technology and of female and male experts on gender and climate change;

I. Activities and performance of the Technology Executive Committee in 2022

17. Notes with concern that gender balance in the composition of the Technology Executive Committee has not yet been achieved and encourages Parties to nominate more female candidates for the Technology Executive Committee towards achieving gender balance in its composition;

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 2/CP.17, 1/CP.21, 15/CP.22, 21/CP.22, 15/CP.23, 12/CP.24, 13/CP.24, 14/CP.25 and 9/CP.26,

1. Notes the joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network for 2022 and their progress in facilitating effective implementation of the Technology Mechanism;

2. Welcomes the collaboration of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network in their joint work in 20222 and invites them to continue undertaking joint work and enhance their exchange of systematic feedback with a view to ensuring coherence and synergy and effective implementation of the Technology Mechanism;

3. Welcomes with appreciation the first joint work programme of the Technology Mechanism, for 2023–2027,3 developed to strengthen the Technology Mechanism to support the transformational changes needed to achieve the goals of the Convention;

4. Welcomes the key joint activities and common areas of work outlined in the joint work programme: technology road maps, digitalization, national systems of innovation, water– energy–food systems, energy systems, buildings and infrastructure, business and industry, and technology needs assessment;

5. Invites the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to jointly pursue collaborative partnerships and strategic engagement with bodies, processes and initiatives under and outside the Convention, including in the private sector, with a view to facilitating the implementation of all activities under the joint work programme;

6. Also invites the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to strengthen their systematic engagement with national designated entities, including through regional forums for national designated entities, to increase the reach and impact of the work of the Technology Mechanism on policies and practices on the ground;

7. Further invites Parties, the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to explore ways to provide enhanced technical and logistical support to national designated entities, including through collaboration with the public and private sector;

8. Commends the continued efforts of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network in mainstreaming gender considerations in their work and requests the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to swiftly finalize the two global rosters of female experts in the area of climate technology and of female and male experts on gender and climate change;

9. Welcomes the collaboration of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network with the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism and strongly encourages the two bodies to continue such collaboration with a view to enhancing the capacity of developing countries to prepare project proposals and facilitating their access to available funding for technology development and transfer;

10. Acknowledges the work on incubators and accelerators planned by the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network under the joint work programme and invites the two bodies to continue to work with developing country Parties, in particular the least developed country Parties and small island developing States, to promote the use of incubators and accelerators and to support the development of funding proposals that incorporate their use for submission to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism;

11. Requests the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to continue to enhance their efforts to monitor and evaluate the impacts of their work, including identifying new ways to invite feedback from national designated entities on the impact of the work of the Technology Mechanism such as through more practical and effective surveys;

12. Expresses its appreciation for the voluntary financial contributions provided by Parties for supporting the work of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to date and encourages the provision of enhanced support for the work of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network through financial and other resources;

13. Notes that the joint annual report referred to in paragraph 1 above does not contain information on how the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network responded to mandates of Parties in the implementation of their work and requests the two bodies to include such information in their joint annual reports;

14. Encourages the secretariats supporting the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to collaborate closely, including on resource mobilization, to ensure effective implementation of the joint work programme;

I. Activities and performance of the Technology Executive Committee in 2022

15. Invites Parties and relevant stakeholders to consider the relevant key messages and the implementation of recommendations of the Technology Executive Committee for 2022 and also invites the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network to consider the recommendations addressed directly to them;

16. Encourages the Technology Executive Committee to continue its efforts to enhance its visibility and outreach to Parties, including through their respective national designated entities, UNFCCC constituted bodies and other relevant stakeholders, and maximize the uptake of its recommendations;

17. Notes with concern that gender balance in the composition of the Technology Executive Committee has not yet been achieved and encourages Parties to nominate more female candidates for the Technology Executive Committee towards achieving gender balance in its composition;

18. Recalls decision 9/CP.26, paragraph 15, and decides that the Technology Executive Committee shall comprise, in addition to its current membership, one additional member from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention and one additional member from Parties not included in the Annex I to the Convention that are not represented by the regions referred to in paragraph 1(b) of appendix IV to decision 1/CP.16;

Decision -/CMP.17

Report of the Adaptation Fund Board for 2022

Theme
Adaptation
Tags 
GM
Event 
CMP17
Year 
2022
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2. Notes the following information, actions and decisions relating to the Adaptation Fund Board presented in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above:

(v) The application of the updated Adaptation Fund gender policy and action plan and the consideration of ways to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in relation to addressing climate change;

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol,

Recalling decisions 1/CMP.3, 1/CMP.4, 2/CMP.10, 1/CMP.11, 2/CMP.12, 1/CMP.13, 1/CMP.14, 3/CMP.15 and 3/CMP.16, Also recalling decision 13/CMA.1,

1. Takes note of the annual report of the Adaptation Fund Board for 2022, including its addendum, and the information therein;

2. Notes the following information, actions and decisions relating to the Adaptation Fund Board presented in the report referred to in paragraph 1 above:

(a) The accreditation of 1 national implementing entity and 2 regional implementing entities (with the national implementing entities granted direct access to resources from the Adaptation Fund), resulting in a total number of accredited implementing entities of 34 national (of which 10 in the least developed countries and 7 in small island developing States), 14 multilateral and 9 regional implementing entities, of which 33 were reaccredited (17 national implementing entities, 5 regional implementing entities and 11 multilateral implementing entities) for accessing resources from the Adaptation Fund directly;

(b) Cumulative receipts of USD 1,235.06 million, as at 30 June 2022, into the Adaptation Fund Trust Fund, comprising USD 211.80 million from the monetization of certified emission reductions, USD 982.00 million from contributions and USD 41.26 million from investment income earned on the Trust Fund balance;

(c) Contributions of USD 127.65 million, of which USD 3.42 million from the monetization of certified emission reductions, USD 123.18 million from additional contributions and USD 1.05 million from investment income, received between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022;

(d) Contributions amounting to USD 123.18 million received between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022 and new pledges amounting to USD 349.00 million, of which USD 174.40 million received as at 8 November 2022, towards the Adaptation Fund resource mobilization target of USD 120.00 million per year for the biennium 2020–2021;

(e) Outstanding pledged contributions of USD 174.60 million as at 8 November 2022;

(f) Resources available for new funding approvals amounting to USD 219.25 million as at 30 June 2022;

(g) New funding approvals, including for concrete single-country and regional (multi-country) proposals, grant proposals under the Medium-Term Strategy of the Adaptation Fund for 2018–20222 and readiness grants, amounting to USD 94.10 million as at 30 June 2022;

(h) An active pipeline of project and programme proposals amounting to USD 333.70 million as at 30 June 2022, reflecting an upward trend from previous years;

(i) Cumulative project and programme approvals increasing by around 11 per cent to USD 929.72 million between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022;

(j) The approval of eight single-country project or programme proposals submitted by implementing entities, totalling USD 53.00 million, of which two proposals submitted by national implementing entities, amounting to USD 1.80 million; one singlecountry proposal submitted by a regional implementing entity, amounting to USD 10.00 million; and five single-country proposals submitted by multilateral implementing entities, totalling USD 41.30 million;

(k) The approval of three multi-country projects, amounting to USD 39.90 million;

(l) Cumulative disbursements to the 132 projects approved since the operationalization of the Adaptation Fund amounting to USD 567.84 million, including USD 76.40 million disbursed between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022;

(m) The implementation of 80 projects, of which 5 initiated and 10 completed, between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022;

(n) The approval of two small-grant proposals for innovation amounting to USD 0.50 million and one learning grant amounting to USD 0.15 million as well as the commencement of the second year of implementation of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator;

(o) Access for developing countries to the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator through the United Nations Development Programme, in addition to through the United Nations Environment Programme and the Climate Technology Centre and Network for countries without national implementing entities;

(p) New activities under the Medium-Term Strategy of the Adaptation Fund for 2018–2022, including the approval of large grants for innovation, a funding window for enhanced direct access and guidance for implementing entities;

(q) The launch of a virtual learning course on accessing project scale-up grants, the publication of knowledge products on key emerging themes in relation to climate adaptation, including transboundary approaches and youth engagement, and the streamlining of the Adaptation Fund accreditation process;

(r) The organization of readiness events, held virtually, for accredited national implementing entities, including seminars, workshops and learning events on accessing Adaptation Fund grants, innovation, global accreditation and enhanced direct access, and a country exchange for South–South learning;

(s) The approval of the 2022–2025 resource mobilization strategy3 and the resource mobilization action plan of the Adaptation Fund;4

(t) The approval of options for enhancing civil society participation and engagement in Adaptation Fund work;

(u) The approval of the Adaptation Fund evaluation policy, 5 which replaces the current evaluation framework;

(v) The application of the updated Adaptation Fund gender policy and action plan and the consideration of ways to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in relation to addressing climate change;

(w) The approval by the Adaptation Fund Board of the amendments to the strategic priorities, policies and guidelines, and operational policies and guidelines of the Adaptation Fund;

(x) The promotion of linkages of the Adaptation Fund with other UNFCCC bodies, such as the Adaptation Committee, the Climate Technology Centre and Network, the Global Environment Facility, the Green Climate Fund, the Paris Committee on Capacitybuilding and the Standing Committee on Finance, with the Adaptation Fund Board having progressed in establishing linkages between the Adaptation Fund and the Green Climate Fund, including through a framework for promoting the scale-up of funded projects and the Community of Practice for Direct Access Entities;

(y) The adoption of the Medium-Term Strategy of the Adaptation Fund for 2023–2027;

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Decision -/CP.27

Annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2022

Theme
Capacity Building
Tags 
GM
Event 
COP27
Year 
2022
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7. Further welcomes the continued collaboration of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building with Parties and non-Party stakeholders on capacity-building for climate action, as well as on addressing cross-cutting issues, including human rights, gender responsiveness, youth, Action for Climate Empowerment and indigenous peoples’ knowledge, such as through the PCCB Network, the informal coordination group for capacity-building under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, the Durban Forum on capacity-building, the Capacitybuilding Hub and social media outreach;

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The Conference of the Parties, Recalling decisions 2/CP.17, 1/CP.21, 2/CP.22, 16/CP.22, 16/CP.23, 15/CP.24, 8/CP.25 and 12/CP.26,

1. Welcomes the annual technical progress report of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for 2022 and takes note of the recommendations therein; 

2. Invites Parties, as appropriate, the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism, the constituted bodies under the Convention, United Nations organizations, observers and other stakeholders to consider the recommendations referred to in paragraph 1 above and to take any necessary action, as appropriate and in accordance with their mandates;

3. Acknowledges the progress of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in delivering on its mandate to address gaps and needs, both current and emerging, in implementing capacity-building in developing country Parties and further enhancing capacity-building efforts, including with regard to coherence and coordination of capacity-building activities under the Convention;

4. Also acknowledges the progress of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in implementing its workplan for 2021–20243 on the basis of the priority areas and activities set out in the annex to decision 9/CP.25;

5. Welcomes the new monitoring and evaluation framework of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, as well as the findings from the monitoring and evaluation of the outputs, outcomes, and impact and effectiveness of its workplan activities between September 2021 and July 2022;

6. Also welcomes the work of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building in relation to enhancing coherence and coordination of capacity-building activities under the Convention, including its collaboration with constituted bodies and other stakeholders in this regard;

7. Further welcomes the continued collaboration of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building with Parties and non-Party stakeholders on capacity-building for climate action, as well as on addressing cross-cutting issues, including human rights, gender responsiveness, youth, Action for Climate Empowerment and indigenous peoples’ knowledge, such as through the PCCB Network, the informal coordination group for capacity-building under the Convention and the Paris Agreement, the Durban Forum on capacity-building, the Capacitybuilding Hub and social media outreach;

8. Takes note of the 2023 focus area of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building of capacity-building support for adaptation, with a focus on addressing gaps and needs related to formulating and implementing national adaptation plans;

9. Notes that capacity gaps and needs still exist in developing countries pertaining to the implementation of the Convention;

10. Invites Parties and relevant institutions, as appropriate, to provide support and resources to the Paris Committee on Capacity-building for implementing its workplan for 2021–2024 in the light of the aim of the Committee established in decision 1/CP.21.

Decision -/CP.27

Intermediate review of the implementation of the gender action plan

Theme
Gender
Tags 
GB
GE
GM
RR
Event 
COP27
Year 
2022
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See elaborated text. 

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The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling decisions 36/CP.7, 1/CP.16, 23/CP.18, 18/CP.20, 1/CP.21, 21/CP.22, 3/CP.23, 3/CP.25 and 20/CP.26, the Paris Agreement and the Katowice climate package, Acknowledging the important role of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the UNFCCC process,

Recognizing that the full, meaningful and equal participation and leadership of women in all aspects of the UNFCCC process and in national- and local-level climate policymaking and action is vital to achieving long-term climate goals, while noting the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective in respective workstreams of the UNFCCC process,

Noting with appreciation the contributions received in support of the work undertaken since implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan commenced,

1. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the secretariat to follow an inclusive approach to responding to the challenges arising from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic through frequent communication with Parties and national gender and climate change focal points and the organization of online workshops fulfilling mandated activities;

2. Recognizes with concern the unprecedented crisis caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the uneven nature of the global response to the pandemic and the pandemic’s multifaceted effects on all spheres of society, including the deepening of pre-existing inequalities, including gender inequality, and resulting vulnerabilities, which negatively impacted the implementation of the gender action plan, which has negatively impacted the implementation of effective gender-responsive climate action, and urges Parties to accelerate their efforts to advance implementation of the enhanced Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan;

3. Notes the compilation and synthesis report by the secretariat on good practices for integrating gender into the work of the UNFCCC constituted bodies and notes with appreciation the work of the constituted bodies in advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and contributing to the implementation of the gender action plan, including at the national level;

4. Also notes the synthesis report by the secretariat on dimensions and examples of the gender-differentiated impacts of climate change, the role of women as agents of change and opportunities for women and encourages Parties and relevant organizations to strengthen the use of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis in implementing climate policies, plans, strategies and action;

5. Notes with appreciation the informal report by the secretariat on the in-session workshop on the role of national gender and climate change focal points and, taking into account the evolving and Party-driven nature of the work and role of such focal points, also notes with appreciation the identification of enablers to facilitate the national gender and climate change focal points in carrying out their role, according to national circumstances;

6. Further notes with appreciation the synthesis report by the secretariat on the implementation of the activities contained in the gender action plan, areas for improvement and further work to be undertaken;

7. Notes the technical paper prepared by the International Labour Organization exploring linkages between gender-responsive climate action and just transition for promoting inclusive opportunities for all in a low-emission economy, and invites the International Labour Organization to consider organizing a workshop or dialogue focused on the same topic;

8. Welcomes the contributions related to gender of Working Group II and Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

9. Underscores the need to promote efforts towards gender balance and improve inclusivity in the UNFCCC process by:

(a) Inviting future Presidencies of the Conference of the Parties to nominate women as high-level climate champions;

(b) Inviting Parties to promote greater gender balance in national delegations in negotiation meetings under the UNFCCC, including in meetings on gender and climate change;

(c) Inviting the secretariat, relevant presiding officers and event organizers to promote gender-balanced events;

10. Notes with appreciation the regional focus of the activities undertaken, including workshops and other initiatives that facilitate experience-sharing and knowledge exchange, in the two years since implementation of the gender action plan began;

11. Encourages Parties, the secretariat and relevant organizations to continue conducting activities under the gender action plan in a regionally focused manner, as appropriate, including by holding events during regional climate weeks and engaging other relevant stakeholders;

12. Also encourages Parties and relevant public and private entities to strengthen the gender responsiveness of climate finance, with a view to further building the capacity of women and for implementation work under the gender action plan, and in order to facilitate simplified access to climate finance for grass-roots women’s organizations as well as for indigenous peoples, especially women, and local communities;

13. Emphasizes the urgency of scaled-up support for developing country Parties to implement the gender action plan, consistent with relevant provisions of the Convention and the Paris Agreement, including in relation to the UNFCCC gender action plan;

14. Encourages Parties, the secretariat and relevant organizations, in implementing the gender action plan, to fully engage men and boys as agents and beneficiaries of change and as strategic partners and allies in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change;

15. Also encourages Parties to integrate the work of nominated national gender and climate change focal points into relevant national policymaking and decision-making structures and to consider the suggestions in the informal report referred to in paragraph 5 above with a view to strengthening their role;

16. Requests the secretariat to support the attendance of national gender and climate change focal points at relevant mandated UNFCCC meetings, upon request and subject to available resources;

17. Invites Parties, United Nations entities, constituted bodies, implementing entities and other relevant stakeholders to enhance implementation of the gender action plan, including the amendments contained in the annex;

18. Encourages United Nations entities to cooperate with Parties on mainstreaming gender- and age-disaggregated data in their existing policies, enabling mechanisms and programmes, across all levels of governance, and to support Parties in directly applying the best available science in the collection and analysis of data sets, including on the impacts of extreme weather and slow onset events;

19. Recalls the open call for submissions under activity D.5 of the gender action plan and calls for Parties and relevant organizations to continue to share experience in engaging women’s groups and national women and gender institutions in the process of developing, implementing and updating climate policies, plans, strategies and action, as appropriate, at all levels of governance;

20. Adopts the amendments to the gender action plan contained in the annex;

21. Takes note of the estimated budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to in paragraph 16 above and paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 in the annex;

22. Requests that the actions of the secretariat called for in this decision be undertaken subject to the availability of financial resources.

Annex

Amendments to the activities under the gender action plan

A. Capacity-building, knowledge management and communication

1. Under activity A.2 in table 1, 1 add “leading: the secretariat” and “contributing: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, national gender and climate focal points” to the “responsibilities” column. The timeline is “prior to COP 28 (November–December 2023)”. The new deliverable/output is “dialogue with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, national gender and climate change focal points and other relevant stakeholders on how their work contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the gender action plan”. Level of implementation is “international”.

B. Gender balance, participation and women’s leadership

2. Under activity B.1 in table 2, 2 add “including young women, indigenous women and women from local communities” after “women delegates” in the description of the activity.

C. Coherence

3. Under activity C.1 in table 3, 3 include “and existing” after “new” in the “deliverables/outputs” column.

4. Add a new activity in table 3: “C.4 Encourage Parties and relevant UNFCCC constituted bodies, in line with their respective mandates, to support action and implementation of the enhanced LWPG and GAP”. Add “Parties and constituted bodies” to the “responsibilities” column. The timeline is “ongoing to COP 29 (2024)”. The deliverable/output is “inputs to the Standing Committee on Finance for preparing the draft guidance to the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism”. Level of implementation is “international”.

D. Gender-responsive implementation and means of implementation

5. Under activity D.1 in table 4 change the timeline for the expert group meeting deliverable/output from 2022 to 2023 and add “to be delivered in a hybrid or virtual format, without creating any precedent” as a deliverable/output.

E. Monitoring and reporting

6. Add a new activity in table 5: “E.3 Support the review of the Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan”. Add “Parties and relevant organizations” to the “responsibilities” column. Add “by 31 July 2024” as the timeline. Add “submissions to the UNFCCC on identifying progress in implementing the gender action plan, categorized by deliverable/output for each gender action plan activity, and further work to be undertaken” as a deliverable/output. The level of implementation is “national”. Also under this activity, add “secretariat” to the “responsibilities” column. Add “SBI 61 (2024)” as the timeline. Add “synthesis report on the submissions” as a deliverable/output. Level of implementation is “international”.

7. Add another a new activity in table 5: “E.4 Raise awareness of the support available to developing country Parties for reporting on the implementation of the gender action plan”. Add “leading: secretariat” and “contributing: relevant organizations” to the “responsibilities” column. Add “ongoing to COP 29 (2024)” as the timeline. Add “communication of such information on the gender web pages on the UNFCCC website” as a new deliverable/output. The level of implementation is “international”.

Decision -/CMA.4

Matters relating to cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement

Theme
Mitigation
Tags 
GB
GM
Event 
CMA4
Year 
2022
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12. Requests the secretariat to promote geographical and gender balance among the technical experts participating in the training programme referred to in paragraph 1(d) above, to the extent possible, giving special consideration, including in terms of support for participation, to experts from developing countries, particularly the least developed countries and small island developing States;

XI. Article 6 technical expert review team and institutional arrangements

B. Composition

41. The secretariat shall select the members of the Article 6 technical expert review team with a view to achieving a balance between experts from developed and developing country Parties. The secretariat shall ensure geographical and gender balance among the technical experts, to the extent possible. When selecting members of the technical expert review team for centralized reviews of submissions from the least developed countries and small island developing States, the secretariat shall strive to include technical experts from the least developed countries and small island developing States, while at the same time ensuring that those experts do not participate in reviews for the Party that nominated them to the UNFCCC roster of experts.

Annex V* Outline for the initial report and updated initial report referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV.A (Initial report)

IV. Information on each cooperative approach (para. 18(g–i), para. 19)

2. Description of how the cooperative approach reflects the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity (para. 18(i)(ii), to be updated by para. 22(g))

Annex VI* Outline for annex 4 (Information in relation to the Party’s participation in cooperative approaches, as applicable) to the biennial transparency report, as referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV.C (Regular information), paragraphs 21–221

VI. Information on each cooperative approach (para. 22(a–k)

G. Description of how the cooperative approach reflects the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity (para. 22(g), update to para. 18(i)(ii))

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The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement,

Recalling Article 6, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement, Parties recognize that some Parties choose to pursue voluntary cooperation in the implementation of Parties’ nationally determined contributions to allow for higher ambition in their mitigation and adaptation actions and to promote sustainable development and environmental integrity,

Also recalling decision 2/CMA.3 and its annex,

Further recalling decision 1/CP.24, paragraph 43(a), according to which Parties may submit their national communication and biennial transparency report as a single report in accordance with the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement,

1. Adopts:

(a) The guidance relating to decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter VI.A (Tracking), as contained in annex I;

(b) The guidelines for the Article 6 technical expert review referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter V (Review), as contained in annex II;

(c) The outline for the Article 6 technical expert review report referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter V (Review), paragraph 27, as contained in annex III;

(d) The training programme for technical experts participating in the Article 6 technical expert review referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter V (Review), as contained in annex IV;

(e) The outline for the initial report (hereinafter referred to as initial report) and updated initial report referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV (Reporting), as contained in annex V;

(f) The outline for annex 4 (Information in relation to the Party’s participation in cooperative approaches, as applicable) to the biennial transparency report referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV.C (Regular information), as contained in annex VI;

2. Encourages Parties to test the draft version of the agreed electronic format contained in annex VII and to provide feedback via the submission portal2 by 30 April 2023;

3. Requests the secretariat to organize a hybrid workshop on the draft version of the agreed electronic format referred to in paragraph 2 above at least one month prior to the fifty-eighth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (June 2023);

4. Also requests the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice to continue its work on the draft version of the electronic format referred to in paragraph 2 above, taking into consideration the submissions from Parties on this matter also referred to in that paragraph and the workshop referred to in paragraph 3 above, with a view to finalizing a recommendation on the agreed electronic format for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at its fifth session (November–December 2023);

5. Clarifies that the vintage of an internationally transferred mitigation outcome is the calendar year in which the underlying mitigation occurred;

6. Decides that a participating Party that identifies information as confidential, pursuant to decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 24, should provide the basis for protecting such information;

7. Also decides that Article 6 technical expert review teams will follow the Article 6 technical expert review report outline contained in annex III;

8. Invites Parties and, as appropriate, intergovernmental organizations to nominate technical experts with the relevant qualifications to the UNFCCC roster of experts in accordance with annex II, chapter XI;

9. Requests the secretariat to implement and maintain the training programme for technical experts participating in Article 6 technical expert reviews pursuant to decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 26, taking into account technical advice from Article 6 lead reviewers on the implementation of the training for technical experts participating in Article 6 technical expert reviews pursuant to annex II, chapter XI.C;

10. Also requests the secretariat to report to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice at its fifty-eighth session on progress in developing the training programme referred to paragraph 1(d) above and at each subsequent session until development of the training programme has been completed;

11. Further requests the secretariat to make available as soon as possible an initial version of the courses comprising the training programme, as outlined in annex IV, and to make available no later than December 2023 the course related to the requirements of initial reports set out in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, paragraph 18;

12. Requests the secretariat to promote geographical and gender balance among the technical experts participating in the training programme referred to in paragraph 1(d) above, to the extent possible, giving special consideration, including in terms of support for participation, to experts from developing countries, particularly the least developed countries and small island developing States;

13. Also requests the secretariat to include any cases of persistent inconsistencies and/or non-responsiveness by a participating Party, as contained in the recommendations arising from the Article 6 technical expert review, including responses, if any, to such recommendations that may be provided by the participating Party concerned, in the annual compilation and synthesis of the results of the Article 6 technical expert review referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, paragraph 13, and publish the information on the centralized accounting and reporting platform in a disaggregated manner in respect of each Party;

14. Invites the Committee referred to in Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement to liaise with the Article 6 lead reviewers referred to in annex II, chapter XI.C, as needed, when cases of significant and persistent inconsistencies are identified and addressed by the Committee in accordance with decision 20/CMA.1, annex, paragraph 22(b);

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XI. Article 6 technical expert review team and institutional arrangements

A. General 

35. Technical experts shall be nominated to the UNFCCC roster of experts by Parties to the Paris Agreement and, as appropriate, by intergovernmental organizations.

36. Technical experts shall complete the training programme for the Article 6 technical experts referred to in paragraph 33 above prior to serving on an Article 6 technical expert review team.

37. Each submission that triggers an Article 6 technical expert review will be assigned to a single Article 6 technical expert review team with members selected from the UNFCCC roster of experts.

B. Composition

38. Technical experts shall have recognized competence in the area of Article 6 technical expert reviews.

39. The secretariat shall compose a technical review team in such a way that the collective skills and competencies of the technical expert review teams correspond to the information to be reviewed and that the single Article 6 technical expert team includes at least two experts.

40. At least one team member should be fluent in a language of the participating Party under review, if possible.

41. The secretariat shall select the members of the Article 6 technical expert review team with a view to achieving a balance between experts from developed and developing country Parties. The secretariat shall ensure geographical and gender balance among the technical experts, to the extent possible. When selecting members of the technical expert review team for centralized reviews of submissions from the least developed countries and small island developing States, the secretariat shall strive to include technical experts from the least developed countries and small island developing States, while at the same time ensuring that those experts do not participate in reviews for the Party that nominated them to the UNFCCC roster of experts.

42. The same Article 6 technical expert review team shall not perform two successive reviews of a participating Party’s submission.

43. The Article 6 technical expert review team shall include two co-lead reviewers, one from a developed country Party and the other from a developing country Party, that have not been nominated to the UNFCCC roster of experts by the participating Party under review.

44. The secretariat, in selecting lead reviewers, should consider their relevant experience, noting that experience in conducting Article 6 technical expert reviews will develop as the review process evolves.

45. Experts from developing country Parties participating in the Article 6 technical expert review team shall be funded according to the existing procedures for participation in UNFCCC activities.

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Annex V* Outline for the initial report and updated initial report referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV.A (Initial report)

IV. Information on each cooperative approach (para. 18(g–i), para. 19)

Note: For the initial report and the updated initial report, chapters A–H below should be repeated for each cooperative approach. For each further cooperative approach, each participating Party shall submit the information referred to in para. 18(g–i) of the annex to decision 2/CMA.3 in an updated initial report (decision 2/CMA.3, annex, para. 19).

A. Copy of the authorization by the participating Party (para. 18(g))

B. Description of the cooperative approach (para. 18(g))

C. Duration of the cooperative approach (para. 18(g))

D. Expected mitigation for each year of the duration of the cooperative approach (para. 18(g))

E. Participating Parties involved in the cooperative approach (para. 18(g))

F. Authorized entities (para. 18(g))

G. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures environmental integrity (para. 18(h), to be updated by para. 22(b))

1. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures that there is no net increase in global emissions within and between NDC implementation periods (para. 18(h)(i), to be updated by para. 22(b)(i))

2. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures environmental integrity through robust, transparent governance and the quality of mitigation outcomes, including through conservative reference levels and baselines set in a conservative way and below ‘business as usual’ emission projections (including by taking into account all existing policies and addressing uncertainties in quantification and potential leakage) (para. 18 (h)(ii), to be updated by para. 22(b)(ii))

3. Description of how the cooperative approach is minimizing the risk of nonpermanence of mitigation across several NDC periods and how, when reversals of emission reductions or removals occur, the cooperative approach will ensure that these are addressed in full (para. 18(h)(iii), to be updated by para. 22(b)(iii))

H. Additional description of the cooperative approach (para. 18(i))

1. Description of how the cooperative approach minimizes and, where possible, avoids negative environmental, economic and social impacts (para. 18(i)(i), to be updated by para. 22(f))

2. Description of how the cooperative approach reflects the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity (para. 18(i)(ii), to be updated by para. 22(g))

3. Description of how the cooperative approach is consistent with the sustainable development objectives of the Party, noting national prerogatives (para. 18(i)(iii), to be updated by para. 22(h))

4. Description of how the cooperative approach applies any safeguards and limits set out in further guidance from the CMA pursuant to chapter III.D (para. 18(i)(iv), to be updated by para. 22(i))

5. Description of how the cooperative approach contributes resources for adaptation pursuant to chapter VII (Ambition in mitigation and adaptation actions), if applicable (para. 18(i)(v), to be updated by para. 22(j))

6. Description of how the cooperative approach delivers overall mitigation in global emissions pursuant to chapter VII (Ambition in mitigation and adaptation actions), if applicable (para. 18(i)(vi), to be updated by para. 22(k))

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Annex VI* Outline for annex 4 (Information in relation to the Party’s participation in cooperative approaches, as applicable) to the biennial transparency report, as referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex, chapter IV.C (Regular information), paragraphs 21–221

VI. Information on each cooperative approach (para. 22(a–k)

Note: Chapters A–K below should be repeated for each cooperative approach.

A. Description of how the cooperative approach contributes to the mitigation of GHGs and the implementation of the NDC (para. 22(a))

B. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures environmental integrity (para. 22(b), update to para. 18(h))

1. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures that there is no net increase in global emissions within and between NDC implementation periods (para. 22(b)(i), update to para. 18(h)(i))

2. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures environmental integrity through robust, transparent governance and the quality of mitigation outcomes, including through conservative reference levels and baselines set in a conservative way and below ‘business as usual’ emission projections (including by taking into account all existing policies and addressing uncertainties in quantification and potential leakage) (para. 22(b)(ii), update to para. 18(h)(ii))

3. Description of how the cooperative approach is minimizing the risk of nonpermanence of mitigation across several NDC periods and how, when reversals of emission reductions or removals occur, the cooperative approach will ensure that these are addressed in full (para. 22(b)(iii), update to para. 18(h)(iii))

C. Where a mitigation outcome is measured and transferred in t CO2 eq, description of how the cooperative approach provides for the measurement of mitigation outcomes in accordance with the methodologies and metrics assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and adopted by the CMA (para. 22(c))

D. Where a mitigation outcome is measured and first transferred in a non-GHG metric determined by the participating Parties, description of how the cooperative approach ensures that the method for converting the non-GHG metric into t CO2 eq is appropriate for the specific non-GHG metric and the mitigation scenario in which it is applied, including: (para. 22(d))

1. Description of how the conversion method represents the emission reductions or removals that occur within the geographical boundaries and time frame in which the nonGHG mitigation outcome was generated (para. 22(d)(i))

2. Description of how the conversion method is appropriate for the specific nonCO2 eq metric, including a demonstration of how the selection of the conversion method and conversion factor(s) applied take into consideration the specific scenario in which the mitigation action occurs (para. 22(d)(ii))

3. Description of how the conversion method is transparent, including a description of the method, the source of the underlying data, how the data are used, and how the method is applied in a conservative manner that addresses uncertainty and ensures environmental integrity (para. 22(d)(iii))

E. Description of how the cooperative approach provides for, as applicable, the measurement of mitigation co-benefits resulting from adaptation actions and/or economic diversification plans (para. 22(e))

F. Description of how the cooperative approach minimizes and, where possible, avoids negative environmental, economic and social impacts (para. 22(f), update to para. 18(i)(i))

G. Description of how the cooperative approach reflects the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement, acknowledging that climate change is a common concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity (para. 22(g), update to para. 18(i)(ii))

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