Initiative for Climate Action Transparency
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 to climate change; building or enhancing frameworks to track progress in implementing NDCs. The supported projects also work to assess the impacts of climate policies; estimate or enhance projections of greenhouse gases and to establish or enhance a climate data system. 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.
- IKI funding
- 45,696,653.73 €
- Duration
- 12/2015 till 06/2031
- Status
- open
- Implementing organisation
- United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- Political Partner
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- Diverse climate change relevant institutions in the respective partner countries/Diverse klimarelevante Institutionen in den entsprechenden Partnerländern
- Implementing Partner
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- Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
- Climate Smart Initiatives (ClimateSI)
- Gauss International
- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) - USA
- Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
- Libelula - Peru
- Ricardo AEA
- UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
- United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
State of implementation/results
- As of December 2025, ICAT has supported 80 countries through 112 country projects and 3 Regional Climate Action Transparency Hubs.
- 28 countries have put in place a new/ refined framework for national GHG inventories.
- 30 countries have completed an NDC tracking framework with ICAT support.
- 48 countries have worked on putting in place a new/refined MRV framework.
- More than 5,000 people have been trained through ICAT projects. In particular, in 2025, ICAT launched a new blended training course on the IPCC Inventory Software, delivered in cooperation with the Technical Support Unit of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
- 44 countries confirmed the ICAT project resulted in improved reporting to the UNFCCC or mentioned ICAT in the submission.
- 39 countries confirmed ICAT support for their NDC submission or referenced ICAT in the submission.
- 55 countries have applied ICAT tools or methodologies.
Latest Update:
04/2026
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