Enhancing and bridging knowledge gaps in Sri Lanka's NDC implementation of AFOLU sector for enhanced transparency framework

By 2020, Sri Lanka is preparing reports to the UNFCCC under the Paris Agreement Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) covering all components identified in Sri Lanka’s Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC), including strengthened agriculture and land use sector components, inventories of emissions sources and sinks and information necessary to track progress against priority actions in the NDC.
Institutional arrangements coordinating information and data collection from the agriculture and land use sectors into enhanced transparency framework processes and reports enhanced
Best practices on enhanced transparency framework reporting processes, information gathering, system infrastructure, methodologies in the agriculture and land use sectors disseminated to relevant priority sectors (energy, industry and trade, transportation)
Reporting on inventories of emissions sources and sinks and mitigation activities from agriculture and land use sectors strengthened
Monitoring and reporting of NDC priority adaptation actions in the agriculture and land use sectors strengthened
Climate Change Secretariat under the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Forest Department under Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Department of Wildlife Conservation under the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Land and Parliamentary Reforms
Department of Census and Statistics
Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management
Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development
Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy
Dissemination and maintenance of online based database and learning forums
Promotion of knowledge sharing culture and coordination
Employ a national communication specialist to produce key knowledge products in locally acceptable formats
Knowledge products will be fully translated into local languages for better dissemination and integration
Design an integrated sector roadmap for transparency and peer-to-peer exchanges
Use online trainings and e-learning platforms for long-term educational purposes
Institutional capacity for transparency-related activities | Target (1 - 4) | Baseline (1 - 4) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 4) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 4) |
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>to be provided upon approval of project document< | pending | pending | pending | pending |
Quality of MRV Systems | Target (1 - 10) | Baseline (1 - 10) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 10) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 10) |
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>to be provided upon approval of project document< | pending | pending | pending | pending |
Indicator | Target | Baseline | Source of verification |
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>to be provided upon approval of project document< |
12-2018 | |
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Reporting national greenhouse gas inventory | |
Reporting progress made in implementing NDCs | |
Reporting on climate change impacts and adaptation | |
Reporting financial, technology transfer, and capacity-building support needed and received |

The focus of the ICAT support in Sri Lanka is the transport sector. The project's work will focus on:
- Review of existing MRV and M&E policies on national level within the transport sector
- Establishing institutional arrangements, including legal frameworks, data-related methodologies and procedures between different stakeholders to facilitate a robust and sustainable national MRV system