• Event 3 June 2025 Global Transparency Forum 2025 Background The 2024 milestone of the first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) marked the operationalization of a more robust and accountable climate regime and a pivotal moment for countries to reflect on progress, identify gaps, and generate data-driven insights. The information, lessons, and trends emerging from the BTRs offer a critical evidence base to inform more ambitious, realistic, and implementable climate targets as prepare their next  Nationally Determined Contributions. While…
• News 22 April 2025 Kenya takes a major step forward with new energy management regulations On February 7th, 2025, the Kenyan Parliament passed comprehensive Energy Management Regulations, which among other things is regulating the energy services market, including Energy Service Companies (ESCO). This legislation, a major update of the Energy Management regulation from 2012, is a significant step towards enhancing energy efficiency and promoting sustainable development in Kenya. The new regulations are well-aligned with policy recommendations provided by UNEP Copenhagen Climate…
• News 7 April 2025 Women, health, and productivity to benefit from Ghana-UNEP CCC net-zero transport planning The transport sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions globally, contributing to nearly 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 according to the International Energy Agency. Ninety-five percent of transport sector energy is sourced from fossil fuels, meaning decarbonizing the sector can yield significant steps towards the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement on reducing global emissions.  Decarbonising the transport sector is especially important in…
• News 26 March 2025 Kyrgyz Republic refines NDC tracking and mitigation reporting in energy and transport with ICAT and CBIT-GSP joint support The experts received capacity building training via two consecutive workshops conducted jointly by the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) and the Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP). Both initiatives work with country partners and sector stakeholders globally to help countries enhance the quality of their climate mitigation planning, tracking, and reporting. The participants in the workshop represented The Kyrgyz Republic’s Ministry…
• News 21 March 2025 Azerbaijan embraces climate transparency mission Azerbaijan’s demonstrated commitment to enhanced climate reporting and transparency began with its participation in the first round of Mutual Learning Programme implementation in 2023, along with, Uzbekistan, and Japan; and Moldova, Georgia, and Japan. This participation has led to an expanded role as a transparency advocate within its region of Central Asia and the Caucasus. With Global Environment Facility support Azerbaijan has also implemented capacity building initiatives through its…
• Project 3 March 2025 Loss and Damage Loss and Damage is a growing focus in climate negotiations, recognizing irreversible climate change impacts beyond adaptation and mitigation. It includes economic loss and damage (e.g., infrastructure damage) and non-economic loss and damage (NELD) (e.g., cultural and biodiversity loss). These arise from extreme events (e.g., hurricanes, floods) and slow-onset events (e.g., sea level rise, desertification). As climate disasters intensify, supporting developing countries in assessing and…
• News 17 February 2025 Mutual Learning Programme fosters collaboration and confidence among Eurasia, Central Asia and Caucasus networks At the end of 2024 all parties to the Paris Agreement were required to submit their first Biennial Transparency Report (BTR), detailing their progress towards the mitigation ambitions outlined in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). As technically complex documents requiring accurate and consistent data reporting many developing countries face human and technical capacity constraints and no previous experience in compiling and submitting their first BTRs. Recognising the need for…
• News 17 February 2025 Diverse support modalities bring rewards for climate transparency cooperation  As of December 31, 2024, 46 countries submitted their BTRs with direct CBIT-GSP support, ranging from hands-on guidance for all elements of the BTR, to quality checks prior to submission. Many more countries benefited from other CBIT-GSP support modalities including regional in-person trainings, online workshops and ample webinars, primarily delivered through its ten Transparency Networks, two of which are implemented with the support of UNDP. Transparency Networks are geographic and linguistic…

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