In accordance with decision 18/CMA.1, Parties are required to submit their first biennial transparency report (BTR) in accordance with the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (MPGs), by latest 31 December 2024. BTRs are to be submitted every two years thereafter. The contents of the BTRs are outlined in decision 18/CMA.1 and include:
- A national inventory report of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of GHGs;
- Information necessary to track progress made in implementing and achieving nationally determined contributions under Article 4 of the Paris Agreement; and
- Information on financial, technology development and transfer and capacity building (FTC) support provided and mobilized (for developed countries) or FTC support needed and received (for developing countries).
The Parties requested the secretariat to incorporate the agreed formats and approaches in electronic reporting tools to enable Parties’ reporting of the CRT and CTF. For this purpose, the secretariat developed three electronic reporting tools for the reporting of the CRT and CTFs:
- ETF GHG Inventory Reporting Tool
- ETF Progress Reporting Tool
- ETF Support Reporting Tool
A separate user manual has been prepared for each electronic reporting tool.
This manual guides the user in preparing the submission of the CTF for Progress.
This manual is organized as follows:
- Section 1: Introduction provides background and general information on the ETF Reporting Tools, focusing on the ETF Progress Reporting Tool
- Section 2: Layout of ETF Progress Reporting Tool describes the features of the header bar, including “CTF Versions”, “Data entry”, “Reporting Tables”, “QA/QC” and the sub-header and footer bars.
- Section 3: Getting Started provides information necessary for the user to initiate a working version of the CTF, including specifying version settings that reflect national circumstances.
- Section 4: Preparing CTF versions describes the steps required for data entry when preparing an official CTF submission.
- Section 5: Submission directs the user on the next steps to submit the official CTF version as part of the BTR submission.
- Section 6: Abbreviations and Acronyms used in the manual are described in this section.
For instructions on how to access the electronic reporting tools directly, please see the user management manual.