Translation of ICAT guides on Article 6 and Agriculture into Russian and design and execution of an outreach campaign to increase the accessibility of the guides in Central Asia

The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency was established in 2015 at the COP that adopted the Paris Agreement to support implementation of the Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework. The Initiative works with over 50 developing countries ranging from large countries, like Nigeria, to small islands, such as Antigua & Barbuda.

ICAT provides countries with tailored support and practical tools and methodologies to build robust transparency frameworks needed for effective climate action in sync with national development priorities. The projects ICAT supports relate to: building or enhancing transparency frameworks for mitigation; building a monitoring and evaluation approach for adaptation; building or enhancing frameworks to track progress in implementing nationally determined contributions; assessing the impacts of climate policies;  estimating or enhancing projections of greenhouse gases; integrating and/or aggregating climate actions at the subnational level and by non-State actors; building a tracking system for just transition processes; establishing or enhancing a climate data system; and putting in place a framework to track climate finance.

To support these areas, ICAT offers a suite of practical, open-source tools and methodologies to provide effective support to the transparency efforts of countries around the world.

ICAT is an unincorporated multi-stakeholder partnership steered by the Donor Steering Committee (DSC), conformed by its donors, Austria; Canada; Germany; Italy; the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF); and ClimateWorks Foundation (CWF), and includes the UNFCCC Secretariat as the dedicated UN body with a climate change policy mandate, and UNOPS as an ex-officio member. The Initiative is managed by UNOPS on behalf of the DSC. Within UNOPS, the ICAT Secretariat manages ICAT day-to-day activities, coordinating and guiding the work of the implementing partners.

In early 2023, ICAT launched several new tools and guides, including: Transparency for cooperative approaches under the Paris Agreement: A guide to navigating the links between Articles 6 and 13 and the Agriculture Methodology: Assessing the greenhouse gas impacts of agriculture policies. 

The guide on Navigating the Links Between Articles 6 and 13 aims to support countries exploring opportunities for engaging in activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, integrating Article 6 efforts into the implementation planning of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and, in particular, understanding the related reporting and accounting requirements. The Agriculture Methodology is designed to help with assessing the impact of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector. It is relevant to all countries and regions, and applicable to agricultural policies – whether planned, adopted or implemented – at the national or subnational level. This guide can also support countries to better plan their climate policies and measures, implement NDCs, and prepare reports under the Paris Agreement. 

ICAT is seeking a grantee to translate the two above-mentioned guides and increase the accessibility of these guides inRussian speaking countries, particularly those in  Central Asia. The grantee should have the relevant technical knowledge of the subjects and their terminology, as well as knowledge of the Central Asia region, to be able to accurately convey these guides to the target audience.