Welcome address by the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC secretariat, Mrs. Patricia Espinosa at the Climate Dialogues.

The multilateral assessment (MA) is part of the international assessment and review (IAR) for developed countries where countries are assessed on their progress in meeting their 2020 targets. MA and IAR help to promote the comparability of efforts among all developed countries and this builds confidence that all developed countries are implementing climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The MA of the progress towards achieving the quantified economy-wide emission reduction target for 2020 is undertaken for each developed country Party after the submission and technical review of their biennial reports.

In 2020, the fourth cycle of IAR started with the submission of the fourth biennial reports from Annex I Parties and the technical review of these reports by international expert review teams.

Ten Parties have been multilaterally assessed at the Climate Dialogues on 24 and 30 October and 2 December 2020.

Highlights from Parties' Multilateral Assessment presentations during the 2020 Climate Dialogues

* The order of some countries has been changed due to conflicts in scheduling.

	10 August to 7 September 2020: submission of questions by any Party to the Parties under MA
	8 September to 3 November 2020: Preparation of answers by Parties under MA and posting of answers
	By 5 November 2020: upload compiled questions and answers by the secretariat onto the individual Party page upon completion of answers by the Party
	During Climate Dialogues 2020:  MA Parties' progress towards emission reduction target