Global BTR Dialogue
The Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA) hosted a Global Dialogue between 29th of April – 3rd of May 2024 on BTR preparation, in Brussels, Belgium at the venue of the European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). PATPA is an initiative launched by the Governments of Germany, South Africa and the Republic of Korea in 2010 and funded by Germany’s International Climate Iniative (IKI).
The aim of this event was to provide developed and developing country Parties with a space to discuss the progress in developing their first BTR and exchange on common technical challenges. It has served to create momentum and support Parties in the last mile of their BTR preparation.
This Dialogue convened 35 developed and developing country representatives to discuss the progress in developing their first Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR). Countries exchanged on all chapters of this new report. As a result, countries have learned from each other and defined priority actions on how to overcome their technical challenges and ensure a timely submission of the BTR.
The Global BTR Dialogue was supported by the European Commission Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), the Kingdom of Belgium through the UNDP Climate Promise programme, and Switzerland through citepa.
The agenda as well as the presentations of each day are available for download on the right.
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Further reading:
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol Mitigation Goal Standard (accounting and reporting standard for GHG emission reduction targets) https://ghgprotocol.org/mitigation-goal-standard
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol Policy and Action Standard (estimating GHG effects of policies and actions) https://ghgprotocol.org/policy-and-action-standard
- Initiative for Climate Action Transparency Policy Assessment Guides (estimating GHG and non-GHG impacts) https://climateactiontransparency.org/our-work/icat-toolbox/assessment-guides/
- Climate Policy Implementation Tracking Framework https://www.wri.org/research/climate-policy-implementation-tracking-framework
- Climate Implementation Tracker https://www.wri.org/data/climate-implementation-tracker-beta
- UNFCCC Reporting Requirements Explorer (compares the modalities, procedures and guidelines for different reports under the UNFCCC) https://www.wri.org/data/unfccc-reporting-requirements-explorer
- NDC Partnership Climate Toolbox has an extensive list of tools and resources as well which can be sorted by activity. https://ndcpartnership.org/knowledge-portal/climate-toolbox
- NDC Progress Indicators: a guidance for practitioners (transparency-partnership.net)
- Second edition: Accounting for National Determined Contributions (transparency-partnership.net)
- The report on Reporting on Progress in National Adaptation Plan Processes shows how countries have taken stock of progress of their NAPs using different approaches, and at different stages of the development of their MEL system
- Addressing Loss and Damage: What can we learn from countries’ National Adaptation Plans? shows the conceptual and action linkages between NAPs and loss and damage issues, and how countries can leverage their NAPs for addressing (and reporting) on loss and damage
- On 20 March 2024, the NAP Global Network hosted a webinar on the A-BTR, which the recording and resources are available on the NAPGN website
