Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) Phase 2

Expansion of the National GHG Inventory Management System and data institutionalization for NDC tracking and policymaking.
Building upon the success of the initial phase, the second phase of the ICAT project will concentrate on enhancing the capabilities of Agricultural Extension Officers. The primary objective is to implement effective activity data collection procedures within the agriculture sector, addressing gaps identified in Phase I’s data collection.
Expanding its scope, the project will encompass two additional sectors within Fiji’s national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions:
• Industrial Process and Product Use Sector: The project aims to devise an overarching institutional framework and recommendations for the responsible use of refrigerants in refrigeration and air-conditioning. This sector is a significant contributor to hydrofluorocarbons, a key greenhouse gas.
• Waste Sector: Focused on reinforcing Fiji’s mitigation efforts in municipal and industrial waste treatment and utilization. This will involve mapping activity data flows in the solid waste disposal on land category and estimating the GHG impact of existing and potential biogas projects. These efforts align with the waste sector data in the national GHG inventory.
The second phase of the ICAT project underscores the commitment of the Climate Change Division to drive actionable measures for reporting under the Paris Agreement.

Strengthen the climate MRV framework in Fiji by extending the methodology and good practices developed in the first ICAT project to increase coverage of sectors and gases and provide a strong linkage of the GHG inventory data with the prioritized aspects of Fiji’s climate policy and national obligations under the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Components: MRC frameworks, Policy assessment

Inception meeting, Guidance for estimating HFC emissions, Training, Data collection template, Livestock survey draft, Instruction manual, Report on GHG mitigation poential for biogas projects, Outreach materials.
Build capacity to apply the activity data collection procedures in the agriculture sector and to address the gaps in activity data collection identified in Phase I of the ICAT project, with a focus on livestock data.
Design overarching institutional arrangements and recommendation for national reporting system and design for Fijian national GHG inventory for the use of refrigerants in refrigeration and air-conditioning (i.e . HFC emission s).
Enhance mitigation efforts of Fiji in relation to municipal and industrial waste treatment and utilization through: (i) mapping the activity data flows in the solid waste disposal on land category, and (ii) estimating the GHG impact of the currently running and identified new biogas projects in consistency with the waste sector data in the national GHG inventory.

The ICAT project in Fiji, is building on the results of the first project to increase the coverage of sectors and gases in the next NDC. Additionally, it aims to provide a strong link between the data in Fiji’s greenhouse gas inventory with the prioritized aspects of Fiji’s climate policy and international reporting obligations. To do so, the project is working to build capacity for data collection procedures in the agriculture sector, with a focus on livestock data.
Additionally, the project covers the design of the MRV framework for estimations of greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons, used in refrigeration and air conditioning. Overarching institutional arrangements are being designed, including a recommendation for a national reporting system.
Finally, municipal and industrial waste treatment was also being covered. Activity data flows in solid waste disposal were mapped; and the greenhouse gas impact of current and potential new biogas projects assessed.
All this work contributed to enabling the Fijian government to move forward in an informed way. This includes identification of data needs at the level of detail required to track and further refine policies. It opens up the way for the necessary transformation of the three sectors, while maintaining their profitability and contribution to sustainable development.
Highlights:
- National Guidance Document for F-gases (Category 2F) under the IPPU Sector
- Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of biogas projects
Project reports:
- National Guidance Document for F-gases (Category 2F) under the IPPU Sector
- Agriculture data collection – extension to the Agriculture Production Survey
- Activity data collection for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from livestock-User Manual
- Greenhouse gas mitigation potential of biogas projects
- Solid waste sector emissions calculation
- Guidance document on solid waste disposal emissions calculation