18 October 2023
2nd Reporting Working Group

Article 6 Reporting
Training Material(Draft)
Chatthep Chanyam
Technical Officer

Proposed Reporting Capacity Building Tools
Initial Report(6/ CMA.4 Annex V.)
Annual Information
Draft AEF

(6/ CMA.4 Annex VII.)
Regular Information
Outline(6/ CMA.4 Annex VI.)

• Illustrative texts and guidance• Determining level of detail for reporting• Examples from submitted countries• Knowledge and information exchange• Exercises to trial reporting• Improvement of the draft AEF• Illustrative texts• Guidance• Examples• Lesson learned2Material Outline for Reporting CB Tools
Background of Reportingin Art. 6• Negotiation Decision• Reporting Obligation• Linkages between ETF and Art.6• Overview of reporting

When to report (Timeline)• Initial Reports• Annual Information• Regular Information

What to report

How to report• Understanding of information required to bereported• Identifying source of information;• What is readily available• Where is information?
• What information requires policy• What is process within thecountry to formulate andhave the report approved andsubmitted? – InstitutionalArrangement

Where to report

Support Drafting Exercise

consideration/ decision-making?

• Centralized Accounting andReporting Platform - CARP
(interim solution)

Principle  Transparency, Accuracy, Completeness, Consistency, andComparability (TACCC)• Learn from examples• Enhance learning/
capacity with other tools

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Reporting Process for Article 6.2
Initial report

Updated Initialreport

Annualinformation

Party specificinformation

Cooperative
approach(es)information

Cooperativeapproach(es)information

Agreed electronicformat

Para 18 a-f

Para 18 g-i

Para 18 g-i

Para 20

Cover, 6/CMA.4, p.23

Submission portal

A6 TERA6database

Source: UNFCCC Secretariat

Public interface

Regularinformation
Narrative
information

Quantitative
information

Para 21, 22

Para 23

ETF submission
portal

A13 TER

CARP
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Sample ofReport Capacity
Building Tools

Sections in Initial Report
Participation Responsibilities
Submitted once for each NDC period

Description of Party’s NDC
Submitted once for each NDC period

Information on ITMO Metrics, Method for applying
CA, Method for quantification of the NDC
Submitted once for each NDC period

Information on each cooperative approach
Submitted for each cooperative approach6

ExampleaInformation on how the Party ensures that it is a Party to the Paris Agreement(para. 18(a), para. 4(a), to be updated by para. 21(a))

Illustrative text !!!

- Information on the deposition of its instrument of ratification of the Paris Agreement on #date# and aconfirmation that it has not withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. The Party provide a weblink ###Wakanda ratified the Paris Agreement on Wakanda and continues to be a Party.
b

ExampleInformation on how the Party ensures that it has prepared, communicated and is maintaining anNDC in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2 (para. 18(a), para. 4(b), to be updated by para.
21(a))- An extract of and a link to its most recent NDC in the NDC Registry or attaches NDC to its report.
Illustrative text !!!
- Link to latest NDC in the NDC registry
Wakanda communicated the updated NDC on 02/10/2020. Wakanda continues to implement the updated
ExampleNDC. Wakanda’s NDC is available online at www.wakanda4Climate.int
1. Status of Ratification of Paris Agreement
2. NDC Submission Registry

Information can be looked up here7

https://unfccc.int/NDCREG

Example (cont.)
CInformation on how the Party ensures it has arrangements in place for authorizing the use ofITMOs towards achievement of NDCs pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 3 (para. 18(a), para.
4(c), to be updated by para. 21(a))

Explanation on arrangements in place for the authorization of ITMOs such as
1. Who’s the authorized authority for authorization?
2. What’s the process?
3. Reference to any relevant procedural document

Illustrative text !!!

Example from Ghana IR:
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) is the mandated nationalentity for authorizing the use of ITMOs acting through the Carbon Market Office (CMO) at theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA). MESTI’s mandate as the authorization entity is included inthe part 4 of the Framework and Article 13 of the Ghana-Switzerland Bilateral Agreement in pursuit ofArticle 6 Paragraph 1 of the Paris Agreement. The framework and the bilateral agreement also
incorporate the authorization procedures for Ghana.
Example10

Reference: Authorization Letters

Link to Authorization Statement

Link to Authorization Statement

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Needed Info. for Annual InformationCountries must report annual informationfrom their registries electronically, using anagreed format. The information shall feed
into the Art. 6 database, as described
below;The Information to be reported annuallyincludes:• Annual Information on authorizationof ITMOs and detail information on anytransactions of ITMOs•

For each ITMOs authorization:• Cooperative Approach or otherinternational mitigation purpose
authorized by the Party• First transferring participating Party,
as well as any using participating
Party or authorized entity orentities.
• Year of mitigation, sector(s), andactivity type(s)• Unique identifiers

The Agreed ElectronicFormat (AEF)• Is the reporting format for thesubmission of disaggregatedquantitative information on
ITMOs resulting from thecooperation Parties undertake
through Article 6.2 and Article
6.4• Is a format that is electronic innature, meaning it captures
digital information in a nonspecified format or formats thatare machine readable• Includes agreed contents• Will be finalized at COP28Action (para 20, A)• Authorization of ITMOs for use towards
achievement of NDCs
• Authorization of ITMOs for use towards
OIMP• First transfer• Transfer• Acquisition• Cancellation• Voluntary cancellation• Voluntary cancellation of mitigation
outcomes or ITMOs towards OMGE
• Use towards NDCs•••••••ITMO DESCRIPTION (para 20, b)

The cooperative approach
The other international mitigation
purpose authorized by the Party
The first transferring participating Party
The using participating Party orauthorized entity or entities, as soon as
known
The year in which the mitigation occurred
The sector(s) and activity type(s)The unique identifiers

The Draft AEF– annex VII of decision 6/CMA.4

What each column means?
What kind of information country needs to prepare?
How to put information?
Mock up test in AEF

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Needed Info. for Regular Information?
Required Information forRegular Information
The Information to be included in the BTR consists of:
1. How a Party is fulfilling the participation
responsibilities
2. Updates to the information provided in its initial report
3. Authorizations for the use of ITMOs
4. How the selected corresponding adjustments ensurethat double counting is avoided, are representative of
progress towards implementation and achievement of
the country’s NDC, and do not lead to a net increase inemissions5. How the country has ensured that the selected ITMOs
will not be further transferred, further cancelled orotherwise used
6. How each cooperative approach in which the country
participates contributes to the mitigation of GHGs andthe implementation of its NDC, and ensure
environment integrity

Required Information for BTR

The Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines of the ETF specify
the content of the BTR and cover detailed guidelines on:
••
••

•
•

•

National Circumstances and institutional arrangement
National Inventory Report

Description of NDC and any updates; target anddescription, target year or period, reference point (baseyear), scope and coverage, and use of cooperative
approaches

Information necessary to track progress made in
implementing and achieving the NDC; mitigation policies
and measures, including those with mitigation co-benefits
resulting from adaptation actions
Information related to climate change impacts andadaptation

Information on financial support, technology development
and transfer as well as capacity building support needed
and received or provided and mobilized
How flexibility options are chosen (constraints orimprovement?)

Example of Regular Information Template
B

Description of how the cooperative approach ensures environmental integrity (para. 22(b), update topara.18 (h)(i))
1. Description of how the cooperative approach ensures that there is no net increase in global emissions
within and between NDC implementation periods (para. 22(b)(i), update to para. 18(h)(i))

Explanation on each cooperative approach will not lead to a net increase in global emissions within andbetween its NDC implementation period, including what measures have been taken to ensure a
reduction in actual emissions or, in any event, to avoid an increase in emissions over time.

Illustrative text !!!

ITMOs from this cooperative approach will be eligible for international transfer and use towards NDC when achieved
within the first NDC implementation period of Wakanda. These ITMOs can only be used towards and NDC of the same
NDC implementation period (until 2030). This ensures that there cannot be a net increase in global emissions
between NDC implementation periods.

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Process/Schedule to develop the training materials
Process

September

OctoberNovember

DecemberJanuary

Develop 1st Draft
Share and discuss at 2ndReporting WG

2nd Reporting WGReflect on feedbacks anddevelop 2nd draft
Share for external inputs
Reflect on feedbacks anddevelop 3rd draft
Present/ Discuss at
COP28
Reflect on feedback anddevelop final draft18

Thank you for your attention

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