• providing countries a better understanding of the opportunities to cost-effectively transform their economy to a more climate-friendly one;
   
• enabling countries to identify financial, technology development and transfer and capacity building support needs; 
   
• contributing to a greater global understanding of the progress to address climate change; and,


• allowing us collectively to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement faster, by learning from each other and sharing experiences, challenges and solutions.

The momentum towards Universal Participation aims to:

Increase political awareness and buy-in for the importance of evidence-based national decision-making informed by a broad base of stakeholder engagement

Strengthen institutional and individual capacity of developing country Parties and other stakeholders to produce and use robust climate relevant data

Enhance access to financial, technical and capacity building support to developing country Parties by offering a platform for wider-stakeholder engagement, including North-South and South-South cooperation

Build an efficient ETF infrastructure and system, including practices, systems and tools to allow seamless operation of the ETF for all stakeholders

​Preparing for the enhanced transparency framework is a journey, not a destination, and goes beyond the submission of biennial transparency reports (BTRs), the national report is designed to provide a clear understanding of climate action in the country and clarity on support provided and received. It is about establishing the institutions and arrangements in a country to collect the necessary information to understand the potential for ambitious climate action, while identifying and responding to adaptation needs. It is about establishing the necessary channels to ensure adequate financial, technology transfer and development and capacity building support can be targeted and provided in a way that best meets the needs of the country to achieve these mitigation and adaptation goals.

Regular reporting, review and multilateral consideration under the ETF provides a platform for countries to learn from each other and creates opportunities to forge new relationships and collaborations to address the climate challenge. Countries are beginning from different starting points and achieving this universal participation requires many steps, both small and bold, by many actors. The ETF is designed with built-in flexibility that takes into account these different starting points and capacities. The full benefits of participation in the ETF can only be realized by catalyzing engagement from the local to the highest political levels, building domestic capacities and extending support.

Join us to get on track towards universal participation in the ETF