Transparency is a corner stone in the countries’ mission to mitigate climate change and comply with global climate goals while enhancing governance frameworks.
Under Article 13 of the Paris Agreement, a transparency framework for action and support was established with the purpose of providing information on support provided and received by relevant individual Parties in the context of climate change action. This led to the establishment of the GEF Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) which aims at:
- Strengthening national institutions for transparency-related activities in line with national priorities;
- Providing relevant tools, training and assistance for meeting the provisions stipulated in Article 13 of the Agreement;
- Improving transparency
The GEF Mitigation Unit is supporting over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean regions to fulfill their reporting commitments under the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement by building robust systems for climate transparency and monitoring.
Through individual country projects, the various ministries are identifying barriers, building institutional capacities and systems that will enable them provide information on financial, technology transfer, and capacity building support needed and received. With the Unit’s support, they also create strategic collaborations and alliances, make legal and regulatory advances and integrate an inclusive approach with specific attention to gender equality in the design of their monitoring systems.
The global CBIT Coordination platform, established in collaboration with UNDP and UNEP-DTU partnership, promotes close collaboration among the various countries. The platform is an avenue for participating ministries to disseminate information, share their experiences and learn from best practices towards enhancing their national reporting capacities under the Paris Agreement.
