Resource Guide for NDC Finance

Selecting effective financial instruments to support action on climate change

This guide presents a curated selection of resources on finance for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-term Strategies (LTS). It is designed to help Global Climate Action Partnership practitioners find high-quality resources that meet their specific needs, avoiding time-consuming searches on the internet. It will be useful to individuals working on, or interested in, NDC and LTS finance in both developed and developing countries.

6.4 Measuring, reporting and verification

Good projects will be designed with consideration of how their impact can be monitored and evaluated, to provide information on how to improve project performance, to check whether the desired results are being achieved, and to provide lessons for future project development. In the international arena of climate negotiations and international climate finance, this has additional significance in the form of measuring, reporting, and verification (MRV), now referred to under the Paris Agreement as ‘transparency’. MRV is relevant at the project level as well as at national and international levels, and many providers of international climate finance require MRV to be built into project design from the outset and for information to be provided on this in project proposals. The resources in this section provide some introductory guidance on how to incorporate MRV into project design.

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The Policy and Action Standard provides a standardized approach for estimating and reporting the change in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from policies and actions. The primary intended users are analysts and policymakers considering or designing government policies and actions at any level: national, state, provincial, or municipal. The Standard was designed to help users estimate the greenhouse gas effects of planned policies and actions to inform decision making, monitor progress of implemented policies and actions, and retrospectively evaluate greenhouse gas effects to learn from experience.

This introductory paper aims to clarify the different types of MRV relevant to climate mitigation. It covers three types—MRV of emissions; of mitigation actions; and of support. MRV of mitigation actions, covered in section 2.2 of the paper, is most relevant here. The publication is aimed at national decision makers and practitioners from environmental and development organizations with no or little prior knowledge. It does not provide detailed guidance on implementing each type of MRV, nor does it cover monitoring and evaluation of adaptation efforts. The aim is that this paper will enhance understanding of the landscape of MRV, the ways in which different types of MRV fulfill particular needs and utilize respective methodologies, and the synergies among them.

This guide, updated in 2016, aims to support developing countries in the NAMA development and implementation process by providing guidance and good practices on the key aspects of NAMAs, and provide insights on how NAMAs may support NDCs. For further information on this tool see Featured resources in section 6 .