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Annex C. UNFCCC experiences with reviews of reported information by Parties
This annex complements section 4. of this paper by providing a technical and detailed description of a selection of experiences with reviews of reported information by Parties under the UNFCCC. Insights and lessons from these experiences can usefully inform current and future work on A6.2 reporting and review guidance.
Technical assessment of REDD+ results that are being organised in conjunction with the technical analysis of BUR COP19 agreed that for countries who have engaged in REDD+ activities, a technical assessment of the results of these activities is carried out in conjunction with the technical analysis of the BUR. There are explicit provisions included on what information is to be provided and where, who is to review it, and what the outcome of the review is to be. Per the Warsaw Framework on REDD+,40 the following reporting and review activities are envisaged regarding REDD+ results:
Data and information on REDD+ results should be provided through a technical annex to the BURs, with the understanding that the submission of the technical annex is voluntary and in the context of results-based payments;
Two additional LULUCF experts should be included in the technical team of experts (TTE) for the international consultation and analysis to conduct technical analysis of information on results-based actions reported in a technical annex to the BURs;
The technical report developed by these LULUCF experts under their collective responsibility should contain the technical annex with the submitted REDD+ information, analysis of this information, areas for technical improvement, and any comments and/or responses by the Party concerned, including areas for further improvement and capacitybuilding need;
The results-based actions that may be eligible to appropriate market-based approaches that the COP could develop may also become subject to any further specific modalities for verification.
Following decision 2/CP.17, the mandates for the technical analysis of the BUR by the TTE, to which the two additional LULUCF experts are part, is consistent and yet different from that of the LULUCF experts
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COP19, held in November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, adopted 7 decisions of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+, namely decision 9/CP.19, 10/CP.19, 11/CP.19, 12/CP19, 13/CP.19, 14/CP.19 and 15/CP.19. These decisions provided clarity on a number of important issues related to REDD+ implementation. The most relevant for the review process is decision 14/CP.19. For more information see Warsaw Framework for REDD+ - REDD+ (unfccc.int)
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