Climate Change

Biography

Biography: Dr. Prachi Ugle Pimpalkhute

Abstract

The Paris Agreement established an Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) to build the trust and confidence that nations per se are contributing their share to the global climate action. ETF provides built-in flexibility to those developing countries that needs it owing to their national capacities. The MPGs (Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines) are a set of guiding principles and define the reporting information to be provided, the technical expert review, transitional arrangements, and an facilitative  multilateral consideration of progress for capacity-building and outreach. Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) is an action and support framework designed in order to build mutual trust and confidence among the Parties and to promote the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. It is designed with built-in flexibility, which takes into account Parties’ different capacities and builds upon the collective experience of transparency under the Convention (UNFCCC). Its implementation is pursued in a facilitative, non-intrusive, non-punitive manner that is respectful of national sovereignty and is designed to avoid placing an undue burden on the Parties. The purpose of the ETF for transparency of action is to:

• Provide a clear understanding of climate change actions in light of the objective to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C, including clarity and tracking of progress towards achieving Parties’ NDCs (Article 4) and Parties’ adaptation actions (Article 7) in order to inform the global stock take (GdST) (Article 14).By demonstrating that all countries are contributing to the implementation of the Paris Agreement through their NDCs, the ETF will ultimately raise ambitions to meet the Paris Agreement and build trust between the Parties. What are the drivers for climate policies? The main framework and driver for national climate policies are the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of each country. Each Party is called upon to prepare, communicate and maintain successive NDCs, and on this basis establish domestic mitigation actions and adaptation measures to achieve the targets in its NDC. Meanwhile, current NDCs are projected to lead

to global greenhouse gas emissions in the range of 52–58 GtCO₂e by 2030. These emission levels would very likely lead to much more than 1.5°C of warming by mid-century. Revising and raising the ambition of NDCs is the key to reaching the Paris Agreement’s goal. At the same time, accounting for every single effort leading to GHG emissions reductions is crucial and should be monitored. As per the capacity-building report of UNEP-DTU global action: The ETF is designed with built-in flexibility, which takes into account Parties’ different capacities and builds upon the collective experience of transparency under the Convention (UNFCCC).,Its implementation is pursued in a facilitative, non-intrusive, non-punitive manner that is respectful of national sovereignty and is designed to avoid placing an undue burden on the Parties. For global stock take to fruitify once all the intricacies and attributes are fed with all the articles, under aforesaid paragraph per se be mandatory in its action and implementation. ETF be made an integral part of the global stock take and not just remain in the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines framework.