Technical Paper Benefits of Climate TransparencyOctober 20232Disclaimer This technical paper explores potential benefits that countries can gain from implementing climate transparency arrangements and products from it, including operationalizing information systems to track and report progress in adaptation and mitigation action, as well as progress in means of implementation. It does not aim to provide any standardized guidelines to the current and future reporting requirements under the UNFCCC. This technical paper is an update of the 2018 discussion paper “National benefits of climate reporting” published by the Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA). The original authors were Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz, Jessica Wade-Murphy, Emelie Öhlander, Morten Pedersen and Luis de la Torre, and the original editors were Matthias Daun, Rocio Lichte, Hanna Reuter, Verena Schauss, Catarina Tarpo, Klaus Wenzel and Oscar Zarzo Fuertes.The technical paper was developed by PATPA and the UNFCCC secretariat, with the support of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the International Institute for En-vironment and Development (IIED), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).The update to the 2018 discussion paper was possible through the inputs and contributions of the following authors, collaborators and editors.AuthorsFernanda Alcobé, Richemond Assié, Jasmin Blessing, Moussa Diop, Lorenzo Eguren, Carlos Essus, Oscar Zarzo Fuertes, Helena Heuckmann, Carine Ingabire, Temuulen Murun, Mijako Nierenkoether, Illari Zulema Aragon Noriega, James Lwa-sa Fredrick Ouma, Eleni Patra, Mirell...
