Summary of members’ approaches and methodologies for reporting to the UNFCCC and CBD (Ms. Jennifer Calder, OECD ENV Secretariat).

1. 5th Meeting of the Joint ENVIRONET-WP-STAT
Task Team on OECD Rio Markers, Environment
and Development Finance Statistics
Summary of members’
approaches and methodologies
for reporting to the UNFCCC
Jenny Calder, Research assistant
Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division, OECD
Jennifer.Calder@oecd.org
5 November 2015

2. I. Overview of country reporting to
UNFCCC
• Task Team methodological template includes more
detailed, structured information on:
• Status (commitment vs. disbursement)
• Funding sources (ODA, OOF, export credits, etc.)
• Instruments and their valorisation (Grants, loans,
equity, etc.)
• Currency reporting, exchange rates, metrics
• Definitions of climate finance and recipients
• Quantification

3. I. The variety in reporting practices
61%
29%
11%
Disbursement only
Commitment only
Both
Point of
measurement
89%
7%
4%
DAC Rio Markers only
Own approach
Hybrid
Climate finance
definitions
35%
54%
12%
100%
50% or less
Hybrid
Quantification (Rio
marker « significant »)

4. II. Exploring 2011-2 data: Lessons learnt
CTF tables
7 and 7b
Biennial
Reports ≠ ≠
1. Content of reporting not always standardised…
• Currencies (USD vs national currencies)
• Conversion rates (DAC vs national)
• Metrics (millions vs thousands)
• Classification of recipient countries and level of
aggregation.

5. II. Exploring 2011-2 data: Lessons learnt
2. Further scope to provider greater transparency in
reporting:
– Providing activity-level data for CTF table 7b
– Providing detail on the methodology used in both
National Communications and Biennial Reports

6. Jenny Calder
Research Assistant,
Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division
OECD
Jennifer.Calder@oecd.org
Thank you

7. • Did the OECD-CPI report bring clarity on the
reporting to the UNFCCC? How can transparency
and comparability in reporting to the Rio
conventions be further enhanced?
• Does the current template capture all the key
elements of reporting to the UNFCCC, the CBD
and the UNCCD?
• Does the current template format facilitate greater
transparency and sharing of information? Where
can further improvements be made?
Discussion questions