Transparent monitoring in practice: supporting post-Paris land use sector mitigation

The Paris Agreement (PA) Art 4.1 & 5.1 recognize the importance of GHG mitigation and transparency regarding MRV in the land sector. Global tools (i.e. Global Forest Watch) aim to provide underpinning information but remain “top-down”, neglect the issue of “land use” and have failed to build trust with donors and users (countries, private sector) and stimulate mitigation actions at local, national, landscape scales. The project builds a “bottom-up”, practice- and learning-driven ‘transparent monitoring’ frame that is accurate, reliable, legitimate and customizable to build stakeholder confidence and demonstrates how transparency and accuracy in monitoring can be increased and land use mitigation options be assessed to contribute to international negotiations, to support NDCs, and landscape-scale implementation. Case studies targeting different countries and private sector users explore what is ‘good enough’ monitoring tailored to specific needs and potential transfer to other countries. Case study countries are Peru, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Papua New Guinea.