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MALAWI’S EXPERIENCE IN REPORTING UNDER UNFCCC
YAMIKANI J.D IDRISS
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER
TRANSPARENCY CO-COORDINATOR FOR THE LDC GROUP
TECHNICAL EXPERT REVIEWER - UNFCCC

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Presentation Outline
 Status of Reporting
 Motivation for Reporting
 Challenges faced in current MRV
 Lessons learnt
What Malawi has already done

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Malawi’s status of Reporting under the current
MRV System.
Malawi as a Party, is committed to the UNFCCC’s reporting requirements.
National Communications
 Initial National Communication (INC) 2003
Second National Communication (SNC) 2011
Third National Communication (TNC) – Under Preparation
Biennial Update Report
 First Biennial Update Report – Under Preparation
Greenhouse Gas Inventories
 INC, SNC

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Motivation for Reporting
Mandatory requirement per UNFCCC NC and BUR Guidelines
Mandatory national reporting per
 National Climate Change Management Policy &
 National Development Agenda – MGDS II and III
Monitoring climate action at the national level
Show casing our actions to the international community
Green Growth Pathway and Trajectory

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Challenges faced in current MRV
Despite being committed and registering progress in reporting on climate change action, Malawi is still
facing a lot of challenges:
Insufficient financial resources and unsustainable funding for reporting
Inefficient data management and storage system
Limited human resources capacity in terms of numbers and skill range and depth
Inadequate capacity to track
 Climate finances
 Progress in implementation of NDC - Mitigation and Adaptation measures
Preparation of GHG national inventories – Malawi lacks in-country expertise, complete sets of data, and
country-specific emission factors in most sectors.

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Lessons learnt and what needs to be done under ETF
To effectively implement the framework, the following are key lessons learnt; the need to
 Strengthening institutional arrangements and national capacity as key.
 Exploring sustainable funding sources to deal with finance shortfalls
 The need for efficient collection of effective and reliable data
Integration of MRV system into existing national reporting systems
 External Consultancy not sustainable hence need to develop in-country expertise
Need for developing robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks with
measurable indicators for tracking progress in implementation of NDCs(Mitigation and
adaptation actions).
 Raising public awareness

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What Malawi has done in Preparation of
ETF
Malawi is being proactive and taking initial steps to meet reporting requirements under the
Enhanced Transparency Framework. So far it has;
 Instituted GHG Inventory System (GHG-IS) with support from USAID
 Commissioned development of some emission factors i.e. enteric fermentation
 Climate Change Management Information System (MIS) with support from UNDP
 Established a National Climate Change Fund through an act of Parliament
Developed and Conducted a Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Technologies in
the Agriculture and Water (Adaptation) and Forestry and Energy sectors (Mitigation)
Developed and submitted a project proposal for Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency
(CBIT) to GEF.

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Thank you for
Attention
Yamikani J.D Idriss
Environmental Affairs Department
P/Bag 394
Lilongwe,
Malawi
Email: idrissyamikani@gmail.com
Phone: +265884132339
Skype: yamikaniidriss@yahoo.com
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