Annex I
Information to facilitate clarity, transparency and understanding of nationally determined contributions, referred to in decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 28
1. Quantifiable information on the reference point (including, as appropriate, a base year):
(a) Reference year(s), base year(s), reference period(s) or other starting point(s);
(b) Quantifiable information on the reference indicators, their values in the reference year(s), base year(s), reference period(s) or other starting point(s), and, as applicable, in the target year;
(c) For strategies, plans and actions referred to in Article 4, paragraph 6, of the Paris Agreement, or polices and measures as components of nationally determined contributions where paragraph 1(b) above is not applicable, Parties to provide other relevant information;
(d) Target relative to the reference indicator, expressed numerically, for example in percentage or amount of reduction;
(e) Information on sources of data used in quantifying the reference point(s);
(f) Information on the circumstances under which the Party may update the values of the reference indicators.
2. Time frames and/or periods for implementation:
(a) Time frame and/or period for implementation, including start and end date, consistent with any further relevant decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA);
(b) Whether it is a single-year or multi-year target, as applicable.
3. Scope and coverage:
(a) General description of the target;
(b) Sectors, gases, categories and pools covered by the nationally determined contribution, including, as applicable, consistent with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines;
(c) How the Party has taken into consideration paragraphs 31(c) and (d) of decision 1/CP.21;
(d) Mitigation co-benefits resulting from Parties’ adaptation actions and/or economic diversification plans, including description of specific projects, measures and initiatives of Parties’ adaptation actions and/or economic diversification plans.
4. Planning processes:
(a) Information on the planning processes that the Party undertook to prepare its nationally determined contribution and, if available, on the Party’s implementation plans, including, as appropriate:
- (i) Domestic institutional arrangements, public participation and engagement with local communities and indigenous peoples, in a gender-responsive manner;
- (ii) Contextual matters, including, inter alia, as appropriate:
- a. National circumstances, such as geography, climate, economy, sustainable development and poverty eradication;
- b. Best practices and experience related to the preparation of the nationally determined contribution;
- c. Other contextual aspirations and priorities acknowledged when joining the Paris Agreement;
(b) Specific information applicable to Parties, including regional economic integration organizations and their member States, that have reached an agreement to act jointly under Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement, including the Parties that agreed to act jointly and the terms of the agreement, in accordance with Article 4, paragraphs 16– 18, of the Paris Agreement;
(c) How the Party’s preparation of its nationally determined contribution has been informed by the outcomes of the global stocktake, in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 9, of the Paris Agreement;
(d) Each Party with a nationally determined contribution under Article 4 of the Paris Agreement that consists of adaptation action and/or economic diversification plans resulting in mitigation co-benefits consistent with Article 4, paragraph 7, of the Paris Agreement to submit information on:
- (i) How the economic and social consequences of response measures have been considered in developing the nationally determined contribution;
- (ii) Specific projects, measures and activities to be implemented to contribute to mitigation co-benefits, including information on adaptation plans that also yield mitigation co-benefits, which may cover, but are not limited to, key sectors, such as energy, resources, water resources, coastal resources, human settlements and urban planning, agriculture and forestry; and economic diversification actions, which may cover, but are not limited to, sectors such as manufacturing and industry, energy and mining, transport and communication, construction, tourism, real estate, agriculture and fisheries.
5. Assumptions and methodological approaches, including those for estimating and accounting for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and, as appropriate, removals:
(a) Assumptions and methodological approaches used for accounting for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals corresponding to the Party’s nationally determined contribution, consistent with decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 31, and accounting guidance adopted by the CMA;
(b) Assumptions and methodological approaches used for accounting for the implementation of policies and measures or strategies in the nationally determined contribution;
(c) If applicable, information on how the Party will take into account existing methods and guidance under the Convention to account for anthropogenic emissions and removals, in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 14, of the Paris Agreement, as appropriate;
(d) IPCC methodologies and metrics used for estimating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals;
(e) Sector-, category- or activity-specific assumptions, methodologies and approaches consistent with IPCC guidance, as appropriate, including, as applicable:
- (i) Approach to addressing emissions and subsequent removals from natural disturbances on managed lands;
- (ii) Approach used to account for emissions and removals from harvested wood products;
- (iii) Approach used to address the effects of age-class structure in forests;
(f) Other assumptions and methodological approaches used for understanding the nationally determined contribution and, if applicable, estimating corresponding emissions and removals, including:
(i) How the reference indicators, baseline(s) and/or reference level(s), including, where applicable, sector-, category- or activity-specific reference levels, are constructed, including, for example, key parameters, assumptions, definitions, methodologies, data sources and models used;
- (ii) For Parties with nationally determined contributions that contain nongreenhouse-gas components, information on assumptions and methodological approaches used in relation to those components, as applicable;
- (iii) For climate forcers included in nationally determined contributions not covered by IPCC guidelines, information on how the climate forcers are estimated;
- (iv) Further technical information, as necessary;
(g) The intention to use voluntary cooperation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, if applicable.
6. How the Party considers that its nationally determined contribution is fair and ambitious in the light of its national circumstances:
(a) How the Party considers that its nationally determined contribution is fair and ambitious in the light of its national circumstances;
(b) Fairness considerations, including reflecting on equity;
(c) How the Party has addressed Article 4, paragraph 3, of the Paris Agreement;
(d) How the Party has addressed Article 4, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement;
(e) How the Party has addressed Article 4, paragraph 6, of the Paris Agreement.
7. How the nationally determined contribution contributes towards achieving the objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2:
(a) How the nationally determined contribution contributes towards achieving the objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2;
(b) How the nationally determined contribution contributes towards Article 2, paragraph 1(a), and Article 4, paragraph 1, of the Paris Agreement.
