1st Reporting Working Group of the Paris
Agreement Article 6 Implementation
Partnership
Reporting: Initial Report and Agreed Electronic Format
19 April 2023

UNFCCC Secretariat
Mitigation DivisionArticle 6 Reporting Overview

UpdatedInitial report

Annualinformation

Cooperative
approach(es) information

Cooperativeapproach(es)information

Agreedelectronic
formatNarrative
information

Quantitative
information

Para 18 g-i

Para 18 g-i

Para 20

Para 21, 22

Para 23

Initial report
Partyspecificinformation
Para 18 a-f

Cover, 6/CMA.4, p.23

Submission
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CARP

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Regularinformation

ETF
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Unless otherwise specified, references refer to 2/CMA.3
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Initial Report

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Initial Reports• CMA.4 in Sharm el-Sheikh agreed the “Outline for the initial and updated initialreports” for cooperative approaches – these are available in electronic format
from the interim CARP
• Requested the secretariat to organize a workshop on potential challenges
participating Parties may face in addressing different elements of the initialreport and support the identification of related capacity-building needso24-26 April 2023 – Hybrid format• Invited Parties to submit their views on potential challenges in the preparation of thereporting on elements listed in the initial report• Requested the secretariat to:
oprepare a technical paper, to be considers at SBSTA 58

odevelop a manual (with on official status) containing illustrative elements ofinformation for the initial report, updated initial report and regular reports4Reporting Template-Party and NDC genuine information {Party name, NDC period and last
update etc.}
5Initial Report Template – I• Participation responsibilities
o How the Party ensures that it is a Party to the Paris Agreemento Information that it has prepared, communicated, and is maintaining anNDC
o How the Party ensures it has arrangements in place for authorizing theuse of ITMOso How the Party ensures it has arrangements in place for tracking ITMOso Whether the Party has submitted the most recent national inventory
report requiredo How the Party ensures participation contributes to the implementationof its NDC and LT-LEDS, if it has submitted one, and the long-termgoals of the Paris Agreement

6Initial Report Template – II• Description of the Party’s NDC
o Target(s) and description, including target type(s)o Target year(s) or period(s), and whether they are single-year or multiyear target(s)o Time frame(s) and/or periods for implementationo Scope and coverage, including, as relevant, sectors, categories,
activities, sources and sinks, pools and gaseso Intention to use cooperative approaches that involve the use of ITMOs
under Article 6 towards NDCs
o Any updates or clarifications of previously reported information (e.g.
recalculation of previously reported inventory data, or greater detail on
methodologies or use of cooperative approaches)

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Initial Report Template – III• Information on ITMO metrics, method for applying corresponding
adjustments and method for quantification of the NDC
o ITMO metrics
o Method for applying corresponding adjustmentso Indicative multi-year emission trajectory, trajectory, budget oraveraging (Single-year)
o Multi-year emission trajectory, trajectory or budget (Multi-year)o Quantification of the Party’s mitigation information in its NDC, orportion, in tCO2 eq or methodology for the quantificationo Quantification of the Party’s mitigation information in its NDC, orportion, in non-GHG
o For policies and measures that is not quantified, quantify the emission
levels that are relevant to the cooperative approach
8Initial Report Template – IV• For EACH cooperative approach (replicated for each)o Copy of the authorization by the participating Party.
o Description of the cooperative approach:o Duration, Expected mitigation, Participating Parties, Authorizedentities,
o Ensures environmental integrity:o No net increase in global emissions, the quality of mitigation
outcomes; Minimize risk of reversals
o Additional information on cooperative approaches:o Negative environmental, economic and social impacts, 11th

preambular paragraph of Paris Agreement, link with sustainable
development objectives of the Party, resources for adaptation ,overall mitigation in global emissions
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Agreed Electronic Format

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The agreed electronic format – I

In paragraph 20 (a), annex, 2/CMA.3 is requested to submit information on:• Annual information on authorization of ITMOs for use towards achievement of NDCs
• Authorization of ITMOs for use towards other international mitigation purposes• First transfer• Transfer• Acquisition• Holdings• Cancellation

Summarizing, it is requested to provide
annual information on: Authorizations,first transfers, transfers andholdings and uses or cancellations.
This provide a good picture of theITMOs lifecycle.

• Voluntary cancellation• Voluntary cancellation of mitigation outcomes or ITMOs towards overall mitigation inglobal emissions• Use towards NDCs11

The agreed electronic format – IIIn paragraph 20 (b), annex, 2/CMA.3 is requested to submit information on:• The cooperative approach• The other international mitigation purpose authorized by the Party• The first transferring participating Party• The using participating Party or authorized entity or entities, as soon asknown• The year in which the mitigation occurred• The sector(s) and activity type(s)• The unique identifiers
Summarizing, it is requested to provide details on the ITMO reported pursuant para
20 (a), at the level of identification of those ITMOs.

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The agreed electronic format – IIIInformation to be provided in the AEF can be classified in three main blocks.
• Actions performed with ITMOS, including:o Authorization, First transfer, Transfer, Acquisition and use or cancellation.
• Holdings of ITMOs remaining in the balance of the Parties at the end of the reportedperiod.
• Information on ITMOs reported in the previous points (ITMO details):
o Information on unique identifierso Information the metric and the quantity of the reported block of ITMOso Information on the vintage, First transferring participating Party, the sector andthe activity type of the ITMOso Information on the authorization, including identifier and uses
o Information on the first transfer flag when authorized uses include OIMP

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Design the AEF to serve the purpose of the Article 6 database:• The annual information together with the regular information report, serve as thequantitative support for the Article 6 database implemented „For transparency inrelation to cooperative approaches, to record and compile the information submitted
by participating Parties pursuant to chapter IV.B–C above (Reporting) and to support
the review referred to in chapter V above (Review)” (annex, para.32 2/CMA.2, bold is
not in the mandate). This implies that the Article 6 database has to:a) “Recording of corresponding adjustments and emissions balances (regularinformation) and information on ITMOs transferred, first transferred, …” (AEF)b) Identifying inconsistencies to be notified to the participating Party or participating
Parties, as applicable.
• Therefore, the annual information has to provide information in a way that consistency
checks can verify that there are no mistakes in the reported information and theinformation matches with the one in the regular information and the one used into theadjusted balance.
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Article 6.2 work-programme on initial reportand AEF

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Article 6.2 work-programme on initial report and AEF

Hybrid workshops
Initial report & AEF

Virtual workshop

Practitioners’ manual

Initial report & AEF

Initial report

Technical Papers

2023

Initial report

JanFebMarAprParty submissions
Initial report & AEF

MayJuneJuly Aug

SB 58

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SB 59
CMA 5Thank you

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