Ireland Biennial Transparency Report. BTR1
Category: UNFCCC
Document Type: Biennial Transparency Report
Role: Main
Ireland's First Biennial Transparency Report under the Paris Agreement, December 2024
This document, Ireland's First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) under the Paris Agreement, produced by The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and dated December 2024, serves as Ireland's submission to fulfill its reporting obligations under the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement. The report's purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of Ireland's actions and progress related to climate change. Its scope includes several key components: a National Inventory Report detailing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals and their trends; information to track progress towards achieving Ireland's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), including national circumstances, institutional arrangements, a description of the NDC, indicators, methodologies, mitigation policies and measures across various sectors, and projections of future GHG emissions and removals; and information on climate change impacts, risks, vulnerabilities, adaptation priorities, barriers, strategies, and progress on implementation. The report structure indicates coverage of all relevant sectors contributing to emissions and affected by climate change. Key obligations include transparently reporting on emissions, mitigation efforts, progress towards the NDC, and adaptation actions on a biennial basis. The report itself represents the compliance submission for the first BTR cycle, due in December 2024. While specific national statutes are not detailed in the table of contents provided, the report is prepared under the mandate derived from the Paris Agreement and relevant national climate legislation.
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Ireland’s First Biennial Transparency Report under the Paris Agreement Produced by The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications December 2024 Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... i 1 Overview ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 1.2 National Inventory Report ....................................................................................... 4 1.3 Information to track progress .................................................................................. 4 1.4 Climate change impacts and adaptation ................................................................. 4 1.5 Support Provided and Mobilised ............................................................................. 5 1.6 Improvements in Reporting ..................................................................................... 6 2 National Inventory Report .............................................................................................. 7 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Summary of National Emission and Removal – related Trends ............................... 7 3 Background Information and Tracking Progress............................................................. 9 3.1 National Circumstances and institutional arrangements .......................................... 9 3.2 Institutional arrangements ..................................................................................... 60 3.3 Description of NDC ............................................................................................... 64 3.4 Indicators, Definitions, Methodologies, and Structured Summary .......................... 66 3.5 Mitigation policies and measures .......................................................................... 69 3.6 Projections of GHG emissions and removals ........................................................ 74 3.7 Other Information .................................................................................................. 96 4 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation ..................................................................... 98 4.1 National Circumstances, Institutional Arrangements, and Legal Frameworks ....... 98 4.2 Impacts, Risks and Vulnerabilities ....................................................................... 104 4.3 Adaptation Priorities and Barriers ........................................................................ 106 4.4 Adaptation Strategies .......................................................................................... 108 4.5 Progress on implementation of Adaptation .......................................................... 113 4.6 Monitoring and evaluation of adaptation actions ................................................. 116 i 4.7 Info related to averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage ................. 119 4.8 Cooperation, Good Practices, and Lessons Learned .......................................... 121 5 Support Provided and Mobilised ................................................................................ 124 5.1 National Circumstances and institutional arrangements ...................................... 124 5.2 Underlying assumptions, definitions, and methodologies .................................... 128 5.3 Support provided and mobilised under article 9 .................................................. 132 5.4 Support for technology development and transfer under Article 10 ..................... 135 5.5 Information on capacity-building support provided under Article 11 ..................... 135 6 Improvements in Reporting ........................................................................................ 137 7 Annexes ..................................................................................................................... 138 Annex 1: Ireland’s Climate and Environmental Finance Report 2022 ............................ 138 Annex 2: Ireland’s Climate and Environmental Finance Report 2021 ............................ 138 Annex 3: Common tabular formats on information necessary to track progress .......... 139 Annex 4: Methodology applied for the identification of GHG emissions from international
Tags: Adaptation, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Compliance, Disclosure, Ghg, Governance, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Lulucf, Methodology, Mitigation, National Energy And Climate Plans, Paris Agreement, Report, Reporting, Unfccc, Update