Report of the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures

(This gender language is identical across the Decision 6/CP.30, Decision 14/CMA.7, and Decision 2/CMP.20 texts. Decision 6/CP.30/Decision 14/CMA.7 and Decision 2/CMP.20 are two separate texts.)

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

Recalling Article 3, paragraph 5, and Article 4 of the Convention,

Also recalling Article 2 and Article 3, paragraph 14, of the Kyoto Protocol, Further recalling Article 4, paragraph 15, of the Paris Agreement,

Recalling decisions 1/CP.21, 7/CP.24, 4/CP.25, 19/CP.26, 20/CP.27, 13/CP.28, 16/CP.29, 3/CMP.14, 4/CMP.15, 7/CMP.16, 7/CMP.17, 4/CMP.18, 3/CMP.19, 7/CMA.1, 4/CMA.2, 23/CMA.3, 23/CMA.4, 19/CMA.5 and 22/CMA.6,

Also recalling decisions 1/CMA.5, paragraphs 4, 136 and 154, and 19/CMA.5, annex I, paragraph 1(f),

Reemphasizing the intrinsic relationship that climate change actions, responses and impacts have with equitable access to sustainable development and eradication of poverty,

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I. Activity 7 of the workplan of the forum and its Katowice Committee of Experts for 2020–2025

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II. Activity 9 of the workplan of the forum and its Katowice Committee of Experts for 2020–2025

23. Encourage Parties, in line with their national circumstances, to:

(a) Mainstream the consideration of the impacts of the implementation of response measures in climate planning processes (e.g. nationally determined contributions, national adaptation plans, long-term low-emission development strategies and biennial transparency reports);

(b) Integrate comprehensive analyses of the impacts of the implementation of response measures into climate policy design;

(c) Enhance access to user-friendly tools, methodologies and guidelines for assessing the economic, social and environmental impacts of the implementation of response measures across regions;

(d) Strengthen collaboration with local research institutions to enhance systems for collecting disaggregated data that will enable assessment of the different impacts of response measures, in line with domestic needs and priorities;

(e) Design educational curricula, including for technical and vocational education and training, to improve competencies in designing national climate plans and conducting impact assessments of climate policies;

(f) Engage diverse stakeholders in defining, assessing and monitoring the cobenefits of climate change policies and actions and creating adaptive mechanisms for addressing trade-offs;

(g) Enhance effective stakeholder engagement, taking into account intergenerational equity, gender considerations and the needs of local communities, Indigenous Peoples, youth and other people in vulnerable situations, to minimize the negative and maximize the positive impacts of the implementation of response measures;

Activity 9 identified in Footnote 7: Identifying and assessing the impacts of the implementation of response measures taking into account intergenerational equity, gender considerations and the needs of local communities, Indigenous Peoples, youth and other people in vulnerable situations.