Lessons Learned from Reporting on Article 13 within the Mutual Learning Programme in Eurasia, Central Asia and the Caucasus

The Mutual Learning Programme (MLP) for Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF), supported by the Ministry of Environment of Japan and implemented by IGES, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in close collaboration with the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency – Global Support Programme (CBIT-GSP), aims to support the countries in their understanding how to apply the reporting guidance under Article 6 and 13, explore improvement areas of the climate reporting under the UNFCCC as well as to strengthen a network of institutions and individuals working on Article 6 and 13.

In 2023-2024, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan from the CBIT-GSP Central Asia & the Caucasus Transparency Network, Georgia and Moldova from the CBIT-GSP Eurasia Transparency Network in addition to Japan participated in the MLP. The countries selected the Energy Sector for enhancing their knowledge on new reporting requirements under the Article 13 of the Paris Agreement. In 2023, all participating countries learned how to fill in the required CTFs and pursue methodological assessment and description, to peer-review each other’s assignments and to exchange on improvements to get better prepared for the reporting under the first BTRs.

This side-event is jointly organized by CBIT-GSP and the Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (RECC) to gather the international and national stakeholders to share lessons and discuss future perspectives on reporting under the Article 13.

The main objective of this side-event is to share lessons learned from the Mutual Learning Programme for Enhanced Transparency Frameworks (MLP ETF) on Article 13 of the Paris Agreement by countries of Eurasia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and to explore the opportunities for further collaboration.