ICAT also organized events during the 2023 Bonn Subsidiary Bodies/Climate Change Conference (SB58), emphasizing the critical importance of transparency in climate action. Besides hosting and participating in a variety of events and meetings, ICAT released the new guides on adaptation, loss and damage, and Article 6, and met with representatives of many of its partner countries.
A highlight of SB58 was the official side event on transparency for effective climate policies in agriculture, hosted by Fiji, UNOPS and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute. It highlighted key issues related to transparency in the sector, including the importance of capacity building and long-term sustainability, as well as the development of indicators and monitoring and evaluation frameworks. To a packed room, participants spoke about how collaboration between ministries could be used to ensure data flow and improve buy-in; and explained how transparency played an important role in finding synergies between adaptation and mitigation, as well as well synergies with the Sustainable Development Goals..
All the highlights of ICAT’s participation at SB58 can be found here: https://climateactiontransparency.org/icat-at-the-2023-bonn-climate-change-conference-sb58-highlights/
Other high-level events where ICAT’s presence served as an opportunity to underline the vital importance of transparency in the global climate efforts include the Regional Climate Weeks for the regions of Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean; the World Sustainable Development Summit; the Mexico Carbon Forum; and the Central Asia Climate Change Conference.
“Transparency is not only a reporting exercise, but it is actually something that helps to collect and manage data for effective climate policies,” said ICAT Director, Dr. Henning Wuester at the 2023 Bonn Climate Change Conference.
Ministers, opinion leaders and high-level representatives from developing countries and the international community shared their experiences and practical examples to illustrate the effectiveness of transparency in the fight against climate change. Many of these events received media coverage and positive feedback from the participants. Through ICAT’s engagement at events, transparency emerged as a shining example and a powerful resource for propelling climate action forward.
