• News 30 May 2024 Global Transparency Forum tackles urgent need for climate transparency In May, the first Global Transparency Forum brought together over 180 government officials, experts, and representatives from international organizations for in-depth discussions on the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. Held from the 20-21 May in Tokyo, Japan, the two-day Forum marked a pivotal moment in international climate policy. Enhancing global collaboration ahead of BTRs and NDC updates As countries prepare for the first-ever submission of their Biennial…
• News 6 February 2024 GACMO 2.0: New tool for enhanced climate action An upgraded version of the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model (GACMO) is now available, enabling informed decision-making on climate change mitigation. Providing countries with a clear understanding of the implications of their climate mitigation actions, the new GACMO version allows countries to enact meaningful change and contribute to global emissions reductions. The new version of GACMO can be downloaded freely here. Transparent climate action Data on current and future greenhouse gas…
• News 8 September 2023 Solar powering displaced populations Around the world, and especially in low and middle income countries, displaced people are feeling the effects of climate change. With more than 100 million people forced to flee their homes, climate change is making an already bad situation worse. At the Africa Climate Week, held this week in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP brought attention to one of the ways to ensure a more sustainable future for displaced people. Focusing on clean cooking, an ‘Action Hub’ event on “Solar-Electric Cooking Partnerships:…
• News 26 January 2023 Institutional frameworks for transparency support climate action in Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic, a small island developing state in the Caribbean, is considered to be vulnerable to the increasing effects of climate change. At the same time, the country has made good progress on integrating climate change into policy. Working on transparency and reporting for climate action, the Dominican Republic has worked with and the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) across multiple projects, where UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre as implementing partner has…
• News 28 September 2022 NDC tracking framework links Belize’s climate and sustainable development policies Belize’s partnership with ICAT and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre began in 2019 and aimed to address gaps and barriers that were hindering climate change data capture and monitoring. In turn, this affected Belize’s ability to effectively track its commitments made under the Paris Agreement and ultimately, its ability to meet its reporting requirements.  The country’s first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2015 outlined mitigation opportunities across multiple sectors…
• News 25 July 2022 Climate technology action in the Kyrgyz Republic: project launch During a 3-day mission to Bishkek, experts from UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP-CCC) have held bilateral meetings with local technical experts and Government officials, to discuss how best to position The Kyrgyz Republic's Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) and build partnerships that will enable local-level ownership and ensure impact beyond the life of the project and its technical outputs. UNEP-CCC, in partnership with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), is supporting the…
• News 22 July 2022 China strengthens its implementation of ETF Home to around 1.4 billion people and covering a vast expanse across Asia, China is a diverse country with a complex climate characterized by a monsoon zone in the East, an arid Northwest region and alpine-like weather along the Tibetan plateau. With these different climate conditions, come differing challenges: the concentrated rain of a monsoon can cause floods, storms and typhoons; the lack of surface water in a continental dry climate could lead to a fragile environment; and the frequent…
• News 15 July 2022 Zimbabwe on track to better climate action transparency Zimbabwe has finished the first phase of the country’s work with the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), and is now on track to better collect data key to attaining national climate change goals. The data will be crucial in mobilizing resources for implementation of Zimbabwe’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, and for tracking and evaluating implementation, as well as assessing impacts of policies and actions. “The support received from ICAT…

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