FAQ’s on the operationalization of the Enhanced Transparency Framework

Aiming to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, Parties adopted the Paris Agreement in 2015, and through it established an enhanced transparency framework (ETF). Countries are now actively engaged in establishing the necessary arrangements to implement the ETF. As these efforts advance, questions are arising related to the operationalization of the ETF, and enhancing the current measurement, reporting and verification system under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, to the ETF. These FAQs strive to highlight some of the key questions that stakeholders are asking. The answers provided are an attempt to assist Parties and other stakeholders in enhancing their understanding of the ETF.