5 Improvements in reporting over time

5.1 Areas of improvement identified by the Party and technical expert review team

One of the guiding principles of the MPGs is the importance of facilitating improved reporting and transparency over time. Norway has followed this principle for many years for its reporting under the Convention. A very important source of identifying areas of improvement has been the technical expert review teams.

This BTR is Norway’s first under the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency system and therefore there has not yet been any technical review. There are therefore no previous areas of improvement identified for the reporting under the Paris Agreement. However, recommendations and encouragements from the reviews under the Convention of National Communications and Biennial Reports have, if relevant, together with improvements identified by Norway, been considered in the preparation if this BTR.

Some examples where we consider that this BTR reflects areas of improvements are:

• For PaMs, more information is included on the methods used to estimate quantitative impacts.
• The BTR addresses to a larger extent information related to costs and non-GHG mitigation benefits of PaMs.
• The BTR provides explanations of why particular PaMs are no longer in place.
• Relevant information for projections on factors and activities for the industrial processes and agriculture sectors. This is in order to provide the reader with a clearer understanding of emission trends.
• A «with additional measures» projections scenario has been reported for the first time.
• More information is provided on projection method and assumptions, and references to detailed technical documentation.
• The reported information on projections includes the main differences in the projections compared with the previous report.
• The reported information on projections includes sensitivity analysis.
• An improvement from the previous reporting is that Chapter 4 provides a more comprehensive overview of provided and mobilised climate finance, such as by type of support, sector, and region.

5.2 How the Party is addressing or intends to address areas of improvement

The Ministry of Environment and Climate co-ordinates the reporting of the BTR and is responsible for considering how the reporting can be improved. Findings from the review process under the enhanced transparency framework will together with the improvements recognized domestically be included in an improvement plan. The issues will be considered in terms of responsibility, priority and timeframe for implementation. The prioritization will be based on the recommendations from the ERT and available human and financial resources. Future BTRs will include a table with the status of implementation of any recommendations from the ERT.

5.3 Parties’ domestic plans and priorities

Norway strives to continuously improve its reporting over time. The improvement plan referred to in chapter 5.2 will also reflect domestic plans and priorities for improved reporting.