About Us

ICAT’s Mission

The Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) aims to help countries better assess the impacts of their climate policies and actions, and fulfil their transparency commitments. It does this by increasing the overall transparency capacities of countries, including the capacity to assess the contribution of climate policies and actions on countries' development objectives, and providing appropriate methodological information and tools to support evidence-based policy-making. ICAT's innovative approach is to integrate these two aspects. ICAT focuses on countries that can highlight the benefits of increased transparency to demonstrate policy impact and evidence- based action. ICAT's vision is to become an integral component of the delivery mechanisms of the Paris Agreement, and supporting capacity for the effectiveness and ambition of climate action through enhanced transparency tools.

ICAT Strategy

ICAT’s strategy lays out the overall ambition of ICAT and its long-term implementation plan.

VIEW THE ICAT STRATEGY

GOVERNANCE

ICAT was created as a multi-stakeholder partnership steered by a Donor Steering Committee (DSC), conformed by its donors and the UNFCCC Secretariat as the dedicated UN body with a climate change policy mandate, and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as an ex-officio member. The Initiative is hosted by UNOPS on behalf of the DSC. Within UNOPS, the ICAT Secretariat manages ICAT’s day-to-day activities, coordinating and guiding the work of the implementing partners. Also part of the ICAT Governance structure is an Advisory Committee (AC), selected by the DSC, and the Initiative Coordination Team (ICT) composed of ICAT's implementing partners.

Donor Steering Committee

The Donor Steering Committee (DSC) is the central governance body of ICAT and provides its strategic direction.

Cornelia Jäger

Senior Advisor

Marc-André Lafrance (Chair)

Gestionnaire, International Climate Mitigation and Negotiations

Joseph (Joe) Tyrell

Manager - Climate

Ursula Fuentes

Head of Division - UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, International Negotiations

Megan Skelly

Deputy Director, EU and International Section

Alessandro Guerri

Director General, European and International Affairs and Sustainable Finance

Jigme

Manager, Transparency Division

Andrew Kirkwood

Director of the Geneva Office

Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee helps steer ICAT by providing strategic advice on its overall vision, direction, and growth.

Davor Vesligaj | Programme Officer, Transparency Division | UNFCCC Secretariat | Germany

Edmond Totin | Lecturer | National University of Agriculture | Benin

Espen Ronneberg | Senior Advisor | Climate Change Multilateral Agreements, The Pacific Community (SPC)

Fredrick Ochieng Ouma | National Project Manager | ETF Reporting Project Climate Change Directorate State Department for Environment and Climate Change Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry | Kenya

Hans Kolshus | Senior Adviser | Norwegian Environment Agency | Norway

Joseph Badevokila | Independent Consultant | SUSTA | Congo

Katia Simeonova | former Manager of the Transparency Framework Sub-Programme | UNFCCC Secretariat | Germany

Kishan Kumarsingh | Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements | Ministry of Planning and Development | Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Lisa Hanle | Independent Consultant | LisajHanle Consulting | USA

Marcio Alvarenga Junior | Climate Change Specialist in the Climate Change Division | Inter-American Development Bank

Nguyen Thi Minh Hue | Project Director | Climate Innovation Consulting & Services KLINOVA JSC | Viet Nam

Oscar Zarzo | Head of Secretariat | PATPA | Germany

Sandra Guzman Luna | Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean

Siri Ellen Hallstrøm Eriksen | Professor | Department of Public Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Norway

Initiative Coordination Team

The Initiative Coordination Team, comprised of leaders from across ICAT’s implementing partners, manages the country, regional and capacity building work.