Development and Implementation of Facility Level Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) Framework for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in ASEAN Member States (AMS): Phase 2

The Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) states the objective to achieve stabilisation of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.¹ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the global temperatures would increase by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in this century unless there are rapid and deep emission cuts, and to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, carbon emissions need to be abated in this decade.²

Effective monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of GHG emissions and emissions reductions is crucial in climate action. The 13th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP13), which took place in 2007, agreed to the principle of applying MRV of emissions and emissions reduction to developing countries in the context of undertaking enhanced national and international actions on mitigation of climate change.³ Consequently, ASEAN Member States need to develop and implement robust MRV approaches to tracking progress towards achieving their respective Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) which are currently at different stages.

Recognising the urgency, the Government of Japan supports the Development and Implementation of Facility Level Monitoring & Reporting (M&R) Framework for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in ASEAN Member States (AMS): Phase 2 to establish facility-level M&R guidelines that are applicable for the region and examine these guidelines through pilot projects.