• News 7 April 2026 From Data to Delivery: ICAT Projects Strengthens Climate Transparency in Argentina, Mozambique and Costa Rica As countries step up efforts to meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement, a growing number turn to stronger transparency systems to ensure climate action is measurable, credible and effective. Work done under the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) is now showing tangible results in countries across Latin America and Africa, embedding climate data more firmly into national decision-making. The work of ICAT in Argentina, Mozambique and Costa Rica moves beyond technical…
• Webinar & E-Learning 25 November 2024 Programa de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades del Personal Líder en Entidades Relacionadas con Eficiencia Energética El Programa Mesoamericano de Uso Racional y Eficiente de la Energía (PMUREE) del Proyecto Mesoamérica, y el Centro de Copenhague de Eficiencia Energética (C2E2), dependiente del Centro Climático de Copenhague del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (UNEP-CCC por sus siglas en inglés), tienen el agrado de invitarlos a esta actividad de capacitación. Esta actividad es parte de un acuerdo de cooperación entre ambas instituciones, con el objeto de fortalecer capacidades a través…
• News 3 July 2024 UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre starts transparency work in nine countries In the spring of 2024, the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre continued work to enhance climate action transparency by collaborating with nine countries through the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT). This initiative works with countries around the globe to increase capacities to assess, monitor, and report the impacts of their climate actions, thereby fostering international trust and cooperation in global climate efforts. Strong institutional transparency systems Mexico, Ecuador,…
• News 29 October 2021 Methodologies for supporting Costa Rica’s climate aspirations The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) has just concluded a second phase of implementation in Costa Rica, developing guidance for assessing the sustainable development and transformational change impacts of climate change actions. Such guidance is developed with the goal of integrating monitoring of sustainable development and transformation change impacts in the National Climate Change Monitoring System (SINAMECC). To develop the guidance documents, Costa Rica took as a starting…
• Project 27 September 2021 Transformation & Article 6: Strengthening the transformative effect of market approaches under the Paris Agreement Transitioning towards sustainable development and net-zero global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be key to staying within the temperature limits established by the Paris Agreement. The potential contribution of market-based instruments towards these objectives is, however, unclear. The project aims at developing recommendations on how to exploit the potential of Article 6 to support transformative change. Based on insights from literature review and interviews, the researchers propose a…
• Project 17 January 2020 NDC Action The NDC Action Project supports 10 partner countries to translate their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into concrete sector strategies and actions ready for financing and implementation, and to increase the ambition of their NDCs. At present, many countries are not yet able to fully exploit the transformative potential of their NDCs, as they still face significant obstacles. UNEP and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre jointly offer to address them with help of the recently launched NDC…
• Project 7 November 2018 MAAP tool assessment The Mitigation Action Assessment Protocol (MAAP) tool was developed by the World Bank to promote transparency in how mitigation actions are designed and how they compare in terms of quality of design. The MAAP tool is an assessment tool for identifying strengths and weaknesses in mitigation action design. It allows practitioners to improve the completeness of their Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs), enhance transparency of the mitigation action, communicate benefits and…
• Project 7 November 2018 CBIT Transparency Support Team The CBIT Transparency Support Team is a collaborative effort that brings together a team of experts from UNEP DTU Partnership working with the Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT). In conjunction with countries around the world the team prepares projects to be presented under the CBIT Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund. The overall objective of collaborative effort is to strengthen the preparation of CBIT projects to be presented to the GEF, by sharing common practices…

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