Synopsis

This working paper summarizes the results of scoping research conducted by WRI and its partners to assess capacity needs in six countries—Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, South Africa, and Thailand—related to greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and performance tracking. The paper also identifies common capacity challenges—as well as opportunities to overcome them—that are relevant to multiple countries.

这项工作是WRI的一部分Measurement and Performance Tracking（MAPT）项目，有助于提高发展中国家的民族能力，以衡量温室气体排放和追踪低碳发展目标的绩效。

Executive Summary

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is working through theMeasurement and Performance Tracking（MAPT）项目有助于提高发展中国家的民族能力，以衡量温室气体（GHG）的排放，并在需要的情况下跟踪低碳发展目标的绩效。温室气体测量和性能跟踪是测量温室气体排放和减少排放的过程，并定期评估朝着缓解目标的进展。这样的系统可以支持国内决策和国际报告要求。

为了执行MAPT项​​目，WRI正在与包括政府机构，商业社区和民间社会组织在内的各种利益相关者合作。在MAPT项​​目的早期阶段，WRI及其合作伙伴进行了范围的研究，以评估六个国家（巴西，哥伦比亚，埃塞俄比亚，印度，南非和泰国）的容量需求，与温室气体测量和性能跟踪有关。本文总结了结果，并在可能的情况下确定了与多个国家有关的共同能力挑战（摘要请参见表1.1）以及克服它们的机会。但是，能力建设工作还需要考虑当地情况，利益相关者的偏好和过去的成功。

Supporting capacity building for measurement and tracking systems in a timely and targeted way is critical, as many countries are already developing such systems to meet a variety of objectives, such as enhancing GHG inventories, measuring GHG impacts of mitigation actions and policies, tracking progress toward national mitigation goals, facilitating climate finance, generating carbon credits, and preparing to meet international reporting requirements.

Our hope is that the research findings inform the work of those involved in capacity building for measurement and performance tracking, as they will continue to guide the activities of the MAPT project.