The ICAT Policy Assessment Guides are a set of 10 state-of-the-art methodologies to help countries assess the impacts of climate policies and actions. They support greater transparency, effectiveness, ambition and trust in climate policies. Assessments can cover the impacts on greenhouse gas levels, sustainable development outcomes, transformational change potential, and impacts of actions at subnational level and by non-state actors.

In addition, the following resources in the ICAT toolbox can help countries assess the impact of climate policies and measures:

• Transformational Change Toolkit
• COMPASS Toolbox (CAAT, SCAN, EIM-ES, AIRPOLIM-ES, TRACE, SCREEN, CLIMTRADE, EV policy impact assessment tool, RE policy impact assessment tool)
• Transport Climate Action Data Tool (TraCAD)
• Integrating Air Pollution and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants into Climate Change Transparency Frameworks: A Practical Guide

Discover the following tools, which support countries in tracking their nationally determined contributions:

• GHG Abatement Cost MOdel (GACMO)
• Transport Climate Action Data Tool (TraCAD)
• SINAMECC
• Proposed indicators for domestic MRV purposes and tracking progress of NDCs
• Unfolding the reporting requirements for developing countries under the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework

Discover the following tools, which support countries to collect, manage and report data on climate change, and conduct greenhouse gas emission projections:

• • GHG Abatement Cost MOdel (GACMO)
  • COMPASS Toolbox (PROSPECTS+, CAAT)
  • Transport Climate Action Data Tool (TraCAD)
  • SINAMECC
  • Integrating Air Pollution and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants into Climate Change Transparency Frameworks: A Practical Guide
  • A road map for establishing information systems for climate action and support
  • Moving to the 2006 IPCC guidelines for UNFCCC reporting
  • Unfolding the reporting requirements for developing countries under the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework

Discover the following tools, which support countries to monitor just transition processes and assess transformational change:

• Just Transitions Monitoring Guide
• Transformational Change Methodology
• Transformational Change Toolkit
• Sustainable Development Methodology
• Good Practices for Integrating Gender into Climate Transparency Frameworks

Discover the following tools, which support countries in their transparency efforts related to adaptation, and loss and damage:

• Fostering successful adaptation projects: Assessment Tool & Guide
• Guide for Assessing climate change-driven losses and damages
• Tracking progress on the ground: Guidance and good practices for integrating subnational and non-state actors into M&E systems for national climate change adaptation policies
• Reporting adaptation through the biennial transparency report: A practical explanation of the guidance

Discover the following tools, which support countries in enhancing transparency for climate finance and cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6:

• • Climate Finance Transparency Guide
  • Transformational Change Toolkit (Carbon Market Tool & Investment Tool)
  • Transparency for cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement: A guide to navigating the links between Articles 6 and 13

Discover the following tools, which support countries in assessing and aggregating subnational and non-state climate action:

• Non-State and Subnational Action Methodology
• Climate Action Aggregation Tool
• Aggregating the Impacts of Non-State and Subnational Climate Actions: An Exploration of Methods
• Tracking progress on the ground: Guidance and good practices for integrating subnational and non-state actors into M&E systems for national climate change adaptation policies