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 25-26 January in Dhaka.

This event aimed to enhance national capacity for effective climate action tracking and reporting, bringing together 30 stakeholders from government, academia, the private sector, and civil society, read a press release.

The Paris Agreement's Article 13 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.

The workshop, facilitated by Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), C3ER at BRAC University is supported by UNDP's Climate Promise – From Pledge to Impact initiative, focused on building skills for transparency systems, enabling better implementation of the ETF.

MoEFCC Secretary Farhina Ahmed was the chief guest at the workshop.

Emphasising the importance of the ETF, she 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 govt, and private sector and blend it 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 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 GHG mitigation modeling and GHG inventory accounting.

Ainun Nishat from C3ER, SM Munjurul Hannan Khan from NACOM, Dharitri Kumar Sarkar from MoEFCC,  Md Ziaul Haque and Mirza Shawkat Ali from DoE, Shoeb Ahmed and MAA Shoukat Choudhury from BUET attended the workshop.

Through building individual and institutional capacity on the ETF, Bangladesh reaffirms its commitment to the Paris Agreement, advancing its ambitious NDC targets and inspiring global climate action.