Bangladesh advances enhanced transparency framework under Paris agreement
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised a two-day workshop on the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement on January 25–26, 2025 in Dhaka.
The event, which brought together 30 government, academia, the private sector, and civil society stakeholders, aimed to enhance national capacity for effective climate action tracking and reporting.
Article 13 of the Paris Agreement establishes the ETF to improve transparency in implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The ETF ensures accurate tracking of climate mitigation, adaptation, and finance efforts, supported by technical expert reviews and peer assessments. While Bangladesh is a global leader in climate resilience, capacity gaps in compiling and analysing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate data pose challenges.
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The workshop, facilitated by Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), C3ER at BRAC University, is supported by UNDP's Climate Promise—From Pledge to Impact initiative. It is focused on building skills for transparency systems, enabling better implementation of the ETF.
The chief guest of the workshop, Dr Farhina Ahmed, Secretary of the MoEFCC, emphasising the importance of ETF, said, "Complying to Enhanced Transparency Framework is not just about reporting—it's about leading with integrity and unlocking new opportunities, including access to global carbon markets under Article 6. Therefore, it is an opportunity to leverage more climate funds from the national government and private sector and blend them with international finance to scale climate action."
The training encompassed a diverse range of presentations, addressing topics such as Climate Change Policies, National Adaptation Plan (NAP) implementation in Bangladesh, financing and resource mobilisation for NAP and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and enhancing transparency in the Energy, Waste, Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU), Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) sector as well as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation modelling, GHG inventory accounting.
Dr Ainun Nishat from C3ER, Dr SM Munjurul Hannan Khan from NACOM, Dharitri Kumar Sarkar from MoEFCC, Md Ziaul Haque and Mirza Shawkat Ali from DoE, Dr Shoeb Ahmed and Dr M A A Shoukat Choudhury from BUET attended the workshop.
Through building individual and institutional capacity on the Enhanced Transparency Framework, Bangladesh reaffirms its commitment to the Paris Agreement, advancing its ambitious NDC targets and inspiring global climate action.
