This presentation was made by Murray Petrie, New Zealand, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 2019
Applying a green lens -- Katia Karousakis, OECDOECD Governance
Potentially environmentally harmful subsidies far exceed finance for biodiversity conservation, and progress toward reducing them has been limited. The objective is to develop guidance for identifying and assessing subsidies harmful to biodiversity by drawing on existing national assessments. These vary in scope, sector coverage, and methodology. A proposed framework includes scoping subsidies, assessing impacts on biodiversity, and prioritizing reforms. Next steps are to expand the comparative analysis of assessments and update guidance for national identification of harmful biodiversity subsidies.
Calculating the environmental impacts of public action -- Monique Fasol, Neth...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Monique Fasol, Netherlands, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 2019
Calculating the environmental impacts of public action - Ian Thom, United Kin...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ian Thom, United Kingdom, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 2019
This document summarizes the provisional findings of the OECD's 2020 survey on green budgeting practices across member countries. The key findings include:
1) Green budgeting is more widely used than expected, with over half of responding countries having some form of green budgeting in place.
2) Strategic frameworks and accountability measures are common, while tools and methods vary more between countries.
3) Lack of methodologies and resources hold some countries back from further developing green budgeting.
4) Measuring the impact of green budgeting is a challenge for most countries.
5) Responding countries expect green perspectives to feature in upcoming economic recovery packages from COVID-19.
Towards green budgeting: a roadmap -- Alexandre Godzinksi, FranceOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Alexandre Godzinksi, France, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 20
Applying a green lens -- Katia Karousakis, OECDOECD Governance
Potentially environmentally harmful subsidies far exceed finance for biodiversity conservation, and progress toward reducing them has been limited. The objective is to develop guidance for identifying and assessing subsidies harmful to biodiversity by drawing on existing national assessments. These vary in scope, sector coverage, and methodology. A proposed framework includes scoping subsidies, assessing impacts on biodiversity, and prioritizing reforms. Next steps are to expand the comparative analysis of assessments and update guidance for national identification of harmful biodiversity subsidies.
Calculating the environmental impacts of public action -- Monique Fasol, Neth...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Monique Fasol, Netherlands, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 2019
Calculating the environmental impacts of public action - Ian Thom, United Kin...OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ian Thom, United Kingdom, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 2019
This document summarizes the provisional findings of the OECD's 2020 survey on green budgeting practices across member countries. The key findings include:
1) Green budgeting is more widely used than expected, with over half of responding countries having some form of green budgeting in place.
2) Strategic frameworks and accountability measures are common, while tools and methods vary more between countries.
3) Lack of methodologies and resources hold some countries back from further developing green budgeting.
4) Measuring the impact of green budgeting is a challenge for most countries.
5) Responding countries expect green perspectives to feature in upcoming economic recovery packages from COVID-19.
Towards green budgeting: a roadmap -- Alexandre Godzinksi, FranceOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Alexandre Godzinksi, France, at the Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 29 April 20
Session 1 - Ken Cleary Green Budgeting in IrelandOECD Governance
The document discusses Ireland's implementation of green budgeting practices to increase transparency around climate-related public spending and meet emissions targets, including tagging over €1.6 billion in direct climate spending in 2019, setting metrics to monitor spending of new carbon tax revenue, and identifying challenges around capturing all relevant spending and evaluating impact.
The document outlines the OECD's Green Budgeting Framework which consists of 4 building blocks:
1) Strategic planning to define environmental priorities and link them to targets and indicators.
2) Evidence generation and policy coherence tools to assess budget impacts and identify harmful spending.
3) Accountability and transparency measures like green budget statements and environmental audits.
4) An enabling governance framework with fiscal rules, multi-annual budgets, and participation. The framework is meant to help governments achieve environmental goals through budgetary and financial policy decisions.
This document discusses Ireland's plans to green its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes that Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions slightly decreased in 2018 but that more substantial reductions are needed to meet EU targets. The government has committed to a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. Several upcoming budgets and investment plans could allocate funding to green initiatives, but balancing economic recovery with climate goals will be challenging. Significant investment will be required to transition sectors like agriculture, transport and energy.
Green budgeting: what and why? - Ronnie Downes, OECDOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ronnie Downes, OECD, at the Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting Experts Workshop held at the OECD, Paris, on 20 June 2018
This document discusses climate change tagging, which is used to track climate-related expenditures in government budgets. It outlines key applications of climate tagging like development finance and green bonds. The main elements of climate tagging involve defining positive lists and measuring expenditures that are related to climate change mitigation, adaptation or reducing adverse impacts. Climate tagging can cover various types of government spending and financing. The document also evaluates the impacts and critiques of climate tagging, and proposes next steps to strengthen the approach.
This document provides introductory guidance on green budget tagging. It discusses the growing political support for green budgeting approaches and outlines key considerations for developing a green budget tagging system, including deciding what to tag, developing a classification system, defining what is "green", and identifying information needs. It also discusses country examples that take different approaches and key challenges in implementation. The guidance aims to support effective green budget tagging that aligns with national priorities and climate/environmental goals in order to inform policy and budget decisions.
- France has committed to ambitious climate and environmental goals including carbon neutrality by 2050 and reducing emissions 30% by 2030.
- The document outlines France's steps towards implementing "green budgeting" to ensure fiscal policy is consistent with its climate commitments, including launching methodological works in 2019 and releasing a first comprehensive Green Budget in October 2020.
- An assessment of France's COVID-19 economic recovery plan found that 27% of the €32 billion allocated was favorable for the environment and 68% exhibited co-benefits across multiple climate and environmental objectives.
Long-term fiscal sustainability... -- Sandra Batten, United KingdomOECD Governance
This document summarizes a presentation by Sandra Batten from the Bank of England on climate change risks, macroeconomic effects, and implications for fiscal sustainability. It defines physical and transition risks from climate change and provides a framework for how these risks can transmit through the macroeconomy. Physical risks like extreme weather and global warming can impact aggregate supply and demand through effects on factors like investment, consumption, trade and government budgets. Transition risks from climate policies can also impact supply and demand. Both types of risks threaten long-term economic growth and fiscal sustainability by diverting resources from productive uses.
Session 3 Martin Baur and Pierre Alain Bruchez- SwtizerlandOECD Governance
This document summarizes Pierre-Alain Bruchez's presentation on "Climate Change and Long-term Fiscal Sustainability" given at a video conference organized by the OECD. The presentation discusses how different countries are accounting for the long-term fiscal impacts of climate change in fiscal reports and analyses. It provides an overview of qualitative and quantitative studies conducted in various countries, noting the challenges posed by uncertainties. The presentation concludes with connected areas of study and questions to prompt discussion among participants.
Learning from emerging approaches - Benjamin DEQUIEDT, FranceOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Benjamin Dequiedt, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition, France, at the 1st Workshop on Green Budgeting held at the OECD, Paris, on 20 June 2018
This document summarizes France's efforts in green budgeting. It describes France's commitment to assessing the environmental impacts of its public finances and budget. The methodology classifies budget expenditures on a scale from very favorable to unfavorable based on their impacts on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and other environmental objectives. Results show most expenditures are neutral, while around €35 billion are favorable and €25 billion are unfavorable. Favorable expenditures include investments in renewable energy, rail infrastructure, and research. Unfavorable expenditures include tax exemptions on fuels and some new transport infrastructure projects. Challenges ahead include improving impact assessments, evaluating efficiency of spending, and enabling international comparisons of fiscal expenditures.
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation -...OECD Environment
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation - Overview of the Horizontal Project on Climate and Economic Resilience, Andrew Prag OECD
Tracking climate-related finance in Zambia, Mr. David Kaluba, National Climate Change Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Zambia (joining by video conference)
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation -...OECD Environment
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation - Measuring progress in implementing, National Adaptation Policies - Willem Jan Goossen, EU
Integrating green into the budget cycle: A primerOECD Governance
This paper considers how green budgeting can be integrated into budget processes. It is a primer for the
development of a paper based on the presentations and discussions at the OECD Paris Collaborative on
Green Budgeting meeting the 17 and 18 April 2023.
Green budgeting - Andrew Blazey, OECD Secretariat,OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Andrew Blazey, OECD Secretariat, at the 14th OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 13-14 December 2018
Session 1 - Ken Cleary Green Budgeting in IrelandOECD Governance
The document discusses Ireland's implementation of green budgeting practices to increase transparency around climate-related public spending and meet emissions targets, including tagging over €1.6 billion in direct climate spending in 2019, setting metrics to monitor spending of new carbon tax revenue, and identifying challenges around capturing all relevant spending and evaluating impact.
The document outlines the OECD's Green Budgeting Framework which consists of 4 building blocks:
1) Strategic planning to define environmental priorities and link them to targets and indicators.
2) Evidence generation and policy coherence tools to assess budget impacts and identify harmful spending.
3) Accountability and transparency measures like green budget statements and environmental audits.
4) An enabling governance framework with fiscal rules, multi-annual budgets, and participation. The framework is meant to help governments achieve environmental goals through budgetary and financial policy decisions.
This document discusses Ireland's plans to green its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes that Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions slightly decreased in 2018 but that more substantial reductions are needed to meet EU targets. The government has committed to a 51% reduction in emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. Several upcoming budgets and investment plans could allocate funding to green initiatives, but balancing economic recovery with climate goals will be challenging. Significant investment will be required to transition sectors like agriculture, transport and energy.
Green budgeting: what and why? - Ronnie Downes, OECDOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Ronnie Downes, OECD, at the Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting Experts Workshop held at the OECD, Paris, on 20 June 2018
This document discusses climate change tagging, which is used to track climate-related expenditures in government budgets. It outlines key applications of climate tagging like development finance and green bonds. The main elements of climate tagging involve defining positive lists and measuring expenditures that are related to climate change mitigation, adaptation or reducing adverse impacts. Climate tagging can cover various types of government spending and financing. The document also evaluates the impacts and critiques of climate tagging, and proposes next steps to strengthen the approach.
This document provides introductory guidance on green budget tagging. It discusses the growing political support for green budgeting approaches and outlines key considerations for developing a green budget tagging system, including deciding what to tag, developing a classification system, defining what is "green", and identifying information needs. It also discusses country examples that take different approaches and key challenges in implementation. The guidance aims to support effective green budget tagging that aligns with national priorities and climate/environmental goals in order to inform policy and budget decisions.
- France has committed to ambitious climate and environmental goals including carbon neutrality by 2050 and reducing emissions 30% by 2030.
- The document outlines France's steps towards implementing "green budgeting" to ensure fiscal policy is consistent with its climate commitments, including launching methodological works in 2019 and releasing a first comprehensive Green Budget in October 2020.
- An assessment of France's COVID-19 economic recovery plan found that 27% of the €32 billion allocated was favorable for the environment and 68% exhibited co-benefits across multiple climate and environmental objectives.
Long-term fiscal sustainability... -- Sandra Batten, United KingdomOECD Governance
This document summarizes a presentation by Sandra Batten from the Bank of England on climate change risks, macroeconomic effects, and implications for fiscal sustainability. It defines physical and transition risks from climate change and provides a framework for how these risks can transmit through the macroeconomy. Physical risks like extreme weather and global warming can impact aggregate supply and demand through effects on factors like investment, consumption, trade and government budgets. Transition risks from climate policies can also impact supply and demand. Both types of risks threaten long-term economic growth and fiscal sustainability by diverting resources from productive uses.
Session 3 Martin Baur and Pierre Alain Bruchez- SwtizerlandOECD Governance
This document summarizes Pierre-Alain Bruchez's presentation on "Climate Change and Long-term Fiscal Sustainability" given at a video conference organized by the OECD. The presentation discusses how different countries are accounting for the long-term fiscal impacts of climate change in fiscal reports and analyses. It provides an overview of qualitative and quantitative studies conducted in various countries, noting the challenges posed by uncertainties. The presentation concludes with connected areas of study and questions to prompt discussion among participants.
Learning from emerging approaches - Benjamin DEQUIEDT, FranceOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Benjamin Dequiedt, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition, France, at the 1st Workshop on Green Budgeting held at the OECD, Paris, on 20 June 2018
This document summarizes France's efforts in green budgeting. It describes France's commitment to assessing the environmental impacts of its public finances and budget. The methodology classifies budget expenditures on a scale from very favorable to unfavorable based on their impacts on climate change mitigation, adaptation, and other environmental objectives. Results show most expenditures are neutral, while around €35 billion are favorable and €25 billion are unfavorable. Favorable expenditures include investments in renewable energy, rail infrastructure, and research. Unfavorable expenditures include tax exemptions on fuels and some new transport infrastructure projects. Challenges ahead include improving impact assessments, evaluating efficiency of spending, and enabling international comparisons of fiscal expenditures.
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation -...OECD Environment
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation - Overview of the Horizontal Project on Climate and Economic Resilience, Andrew Prag OECD
Tracking climate-related finance in Zambia, Mr. David Kaluba, National Climate Change Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Zambia (joining by video conference)
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation -...OECD Environment
Presentation- Fourth meeting of the Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation - Measuring progress in implementing, National Adaptation Policies - Willem Jan Goossen, EU
Integrating green into the budget cycle: A primerOECD Governance
This paper considers how green budgeting can be integrated into budget processes. It is a primer for the
development of a paper based on the presentations and discussions at the OECD Paris Collaborative on
Green Budgeting meeting the 17 and 18 April 2023.
Green budgeting - Andrew Blazey, OECD Secretariat,OECD Governance
This presentation was made by Andrew Blazey, OECD Secretariat, at the 14th OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 13-14 December 2018
Mosuoe Letuma, Ministry of Energy, Meteorology and water affairs: Capacity de...NAPExpo 2014
Mosuoe Letuma, Ministry of Energy, Meteorology and water affairs: Capacity development plan for adaptation to climate variability and change in Lesotho
NAP-Ag Webinar - Integrating Climate Change Risks into Planning and BudgetingUNDP Climate
Integrating Climate Change Risks into Planning and Budgeting
Rohini Kohli and Glenn Hodes, UNDP
Climate change adaptation should be integrated into the full planning and budgeting cycles, at national and subnational levels
· Integration maximizes use of existing systems
· Institutional arrangements and capacity development are important aspects of risk informed planning, budgeting and monitoring systems and processes
· A range of tools and approaches are available for integrating adaptation
· Important to pick the right tools that can be used in a sustainable way
· Embedding adaptation into budget systems enables moving towards multi-year budget plans that can generate more sustained and predictable resources to implement medium- to long-term adaptation strategies
· The National Adaptation Plan process is on the opportunities for countries to strengthen risk management
Integrating climate change risks into planning and budgetingExternalEvents
This document discusses integrating climate change adaptation into national planning and budgeting processes. It begins by outlining the national adaptation plan (NAP) process established by the UNFCCC to help countries reduce climate change vulnerability and integrate adaptation into relevant policies and activities. The document then discusses opportunities to align NAPs with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It provides examples of how countries have integrated adaptation into different stages of the planning process, from formulation to implementation to monitoring and review. The document also discusses integrating adaptation into budgeting, including through climate budget tagging and financing frameworks. It emphasizes the importance of institutional arrangements and capacity building to support integrated adaptation planning and budgeting.
The document discusses New Zealand's approach to sustainable economic recovery from COVID-19. It outlines New Zealand's whole-of-government climate change policy framework focused on leadership, a sustainable economy, and social inclusion. New Zealand's $12.1 billion COVID-19 recovery package and $12 billion infrastructure package aim to stimulate the economy while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon future through job-rich green projects. Examples of initiatives include $3 billion for climate resilience projects creating over 20,000 jobs, and $1.3 billion for nature-based jobs through a "Jobs for Nature" program creating up to 11,000 jobs. Decision-making processes integrate sustainability criteria to ensure recovery investment aligns with long-term
OECD-UNDP Conference on Biodiversity Finance - Session 1 Jeremy Eppel, CBDOECD Environment
The panel of experts completed three reports reviewing progress in resourcing the CBD's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity. The first report found mixed progress in meeting resource mobilization targets, with international financial flows doubling but domestic reporting and finance plans lagging. Priorities for the post-2020 framework include redirecting harmful resources, boosting efficiency, mainstreaming biodiversity across sectors, and addressing business impacts through improved measurement and reporting. Capacity development is also needed to scale up domestic resource mobilization efforts.
NAP Training Viet Nam - Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Planning...UNDP Climate
Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into planning and budgeting processes is supported by the UNDP. Mainstreaming involves integrally reflecting climate risks and adaptation options in decision-making at various policy levels and stages. The core elements of the mainstreaming process include integrating adaptation strategies into policies, costing priority adaptation actions, establishing institutional arrangements, integrating adaptation actions into planning and budgeting systems, and establishing monitoring and evaluation systems. Effective climate budgeting can help implement adaptation plans by translating policy into action through national and local budgets. Challenges to mainstreaming include limited understanding of climate impacts, lack of incentives, and weak institutional coordination.
Ethiopia's updated Nationally Determined Contributions JULY 2021 Submission_.pdfAbraham Lebeza
This document presents Ethiopia's updated nationally determined contribution (NDC) for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change impacts from 2020-2030. Key points include:
- Ethiopia commits to an ambitious 68.8% reduction in emissions below the business-as-usual scenario by 2030 through unconditional and conditional contributions across sectors like agriculture, energy, and waste.
- Adaptation contributions include over 40 priority interventions across sectors through 2030 with progress measured by indicators.
- The update is informed by extensive economic modeling and stakeholder engagement, and builds on Ethiopia's Climate Resilience Green Economy Strategy and development plans.
- Implementation will require domestic and international support for financing, capacity
The document discusses public policies for mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) at large scales. It asks (A) if existing policies support CSA, (B) how to motivate policymakers to integrate CSA, and (C) constraints in integrating research into policy. For A, there is no specific CSA policy and it needs to be included in agriculture policies. For B, building consensus with research evidence and awareness at global and local levels can motivate policymakers. For C, constraints include lack of communication between researchers and policymakers, insufficient resources, and research not aligned with government priorities.
Budgeting for societal goals: Putting it all together - Andrew BLAZEY, OECDOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Andrew BLAZEY, OECD, at the OECD-MENA meeting dedicated to Budgeting for Societal Outcomes: Gender, Youth and Sustainable Development Goals Budgeting, held in Caserta, Italy, on 18-19 July 2019
This document provides information on EU funding opportunities for environmental NGOs in Northern Ireland. It discusses budget cuts affecting the environmental sector in Northern Ireland. To help environmental NGOs access alternative funding, the document researches eight relevant EU funding programs, including the LIFE Program and INTERREG programs. It establishes criteria for presenting program information and provides sample factsheets summarizing the LIFE Program, outlining its objectives, funding available, eligible projects and regions, and application process. The factsheets were created to promote EU funding opportunities to environmental NGOs.
Integrating Climate Risk Management into Planning and Policy ProcessesNAP Global Network
Presentation by Anila Cili (Financial Expert and Trainer, International Institute for Sustainable Development) given at the workshop "Jamaica’s National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets" in July 2017.
The document summarizes the findings of Bangladesh's Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review. It finds that Bangladesh spends 6-7% of its annual budget on climate-sensitive activities, totaling around $1 billion or 1% of GDP. Most spending is on adaptation and comes from domestic resources. There is a need for better coordination between the 37 relevant ministries and other stakeholders to balance sector policies with the overall climate strategy. The review recommends developing a climate budget code, strengthening institutions to implement climate programs, and focusing adaptation efforts on vulnerable hot spots.
This document discusses aligning COVID-19 response plans with nationally determined contributions (NDCs). It provides the following key points:
1. COVID-19 responses have reduced climate spending and increased debt burdens for many countries. This puts NDCs at risk of lower quality, ambition, and delayed revision timelines.
2. Stimulus packages present an opportunity to promote green growth in developing countries by including NDCs. However, countries request technical assistance to assess the macroeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on climate ambition and adjust NDC cost estimates.
3. A majority of surveyed countries are interested in deploying economic advisors to help align stimulus packages with green growth and NDC goals. The document outlines a
The document outlines Japan's efforts to mainstream climate change adaptation into Vietnamese development policy through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It discusses JICA's Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC) launched in 2009 to support Vietnam's National Target Programme to Respond to Climate Change (NTP-RCC). The document also analyzes Vietnam's development policy actors and measures mainstreaming across discourse, actors, rules, and resources dimensions at the macro, meso, and micro levels. Mainstreaming efforts have faced challenges due to institutional fragmentation in Vietnam and lack of cooperation between government ministries.
Presentation "Integrating Green in the Budget Cycle: A primer" by Margaux Lelong during the 3rd session of the 9th Meeting of the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting held on 17 and 18 of April 2023 in Paris
"Policy Development, Implementation, & Review", presented by Ms Jihei Song (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy) at the 2022 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme, 6 December, 2022.
Similar to Towards green budgeting: a roadmap -- Murray Petrie, New Zealand (20)
The document discusses transparency and oversight of political party financing. It finds that financial contributions to political parties are not fully transparent and are still vulnerable to political and foreign influence. Additionally, financial reports from political parties are not always publicly available or submitted on time according to regulations.
Summary of the OECD expert meeting: Construction Risk Management in Infrastru...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Using AI led assurance to deliver projects on time and on budget - D. Amratia...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
ECI in Sweden - A. Kadefors, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (SE)OECD Governance
This document discusses different construction project delivery and payment models. It begins by outlining common delivery models like design-bid-build and design-build. It then explains different payment methods that can be used like fixed price, unit prices, and cost-reimbursable. The document also discusses pricing strategies and how they relate to risk transfer between parties. It provides details on collaborative models like early contractor involvement and discusses selecting the optimal contract based on a client's project risks, desired influence, and market conditions.
Building Client Capability to Deliver Megaprojects - J. Denicol, professor at...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Procurement strategy in major infrastructure: The AS-IS and STEPS - D. Makovš...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Procurement of major infrastructure projects 2017-22 - B. Hasselgren, Senior ...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
ECI Dutch Experience - A. Chao, Partner, Bird&Bird & J. de Koning, Head of Co...OECD Governance
This document discusses ECI Dutch experience with collaborative contracting. It mentions a McKinsey report from 2018 on collaborative contracting and recent developments in the field. Finally, it provides lessons learned from a project in Amsterdam called Bouwteam De Nieuwe Zijde Noord.
ECI in Sweden - A. Kadefors, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, StockholmOECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
EPEC's perception of market developments - E. Farquharson, Principal Adviser,...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Geographical scope of the lines in Design and Build - B.Dupuis, Executive Dir...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Executive Agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management...OECD Governance
Presented at the OECD expert meeting "Construction Risk Management in Infrastructure Procurement: The Loss of Appetite for Fixed-Price Contracts", held on 17 May 2023 at the OECD, Paris and online.
Presentation of OECD Government at a Glance 2023OECD Governance
Paris, 30 June, 2023
Presentation by Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, OECD.
The 2023 edition of Government at a Glance provides a comprehensive overview of public governance and public administration practices in OECD Member and partner countries. It includes indicators on trust in public institutions and satisfaction with public services, as well as evidence on good governance practices in areas such as the policy cycle, budgeting, procurement, infrastructure planning and delivery, regulatory governance, digital government and open government data. Finally, it provides information on what resources public institutions use and how they are managed, including public finances, public employment, and human resources management. Government at a Glance allows for cross-country comparisons and helps identify trends, best practices, and areas for improvement in the public sector.
See: https://www.oecd.org/publication/government-at-a-glance/2023/
The Protection and Promotion of Civic Space: Strengthening Alignment with Int...OECD Governance
Infographics from the OECD report "The Protection and Promotion of Civic Space Strengthening Alignment with International Standards and Guidance".
See: https://www.oecd.org/gov/the-protection-and-promotion-of-civic-space-d234e975-en.htm
OECD Publication "Building Financial Resilience
to Climate Impacts. A Framework for Governments to manage the risks of Losses and Damages.
Governments are facing significant climate-related risks from the expected increase in frequency and intensity of cyclones, floods, fires, and other climate-related extreme events. The report Building Financial Resilience to Climate Impacts: A Framework for Governments to Manage the Risks of Losses and Damages provides a strategic framework to help governments, particularly those in emerging market and developing economies, strengthen their capacity to manage the financial implications of climate-related risks. Published in December 2022.
OECD presentation "Strengthening climate and environmental considerations in infrastructure and budget appraisal tools"
by Margaux Lelong and Ana Maria Ruiz during the 9th Meeting of the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting held on 17 and 18 of April 2023 in Paris.
OECD presentation "Building Financial Resilience to Climate Impacts. A Framework to Manage the Risks of Losses and Damages" by Andrew Blazey, Stéphane Jacobzone and Titouan Chassagne. Presented during the 9th Meeting of the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting held on 17 and 18 of April 2023 in Paris
OECD Presentation "Financial reporting, sustainability information and assurance" by Peter Welch during the 5th Session during the 9th Meeting of the OECD Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting held on 17 and 18 of April 2023 in Paris
This document summarizes developments in sovereign green bond markets. It discusses approaches to incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into public debt management. Sovereign green bond issuance has grown significantly in both advanced and emerging economies since 2016. Green bonds make up the largest share of the labeled bond market. Major benefits of sovereign green bonds include their positive impact on creditworthiness and alignment with ESG policies. However, issuers also face challenges such as additional costs and complexity of the issuance process. Common leading practices emphasize transparency, collaboration, and commitment to reporting.
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Good morning and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you from New York, where the city swelters in its first heatwave of the season.
Nearly 80 million people were under alerts in the US north-east and midwest yesterday as temperatures in some municipalities reached record highs in a test to the country’s rickety power grid.
In other news, the Financial Times has a new Big Read this morning on Russia’s grip on nuclear power. Despite sanctions on its economy, the Kremlin continues to be an unrivalled exporter of nuclear power plants, building more than half of all reactors under construction globally. Read how Moscow is using these projects to wield global influence.
Today’s Energy Source dives into the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, the industry’s annual stocktake of global energy consumption. The report was published for more than 70 years by BP before it was passed over to the Energy Institute last year. The oil major remains a contributor.
Data Drill looks at a new analysis from the World Bank showing gas flaring is at a four-year high.
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New report offers sobering view of the energy transition
Every year the Statistical Review of World Energy offers a behemoth of data on the state of the global energy market. This year’s findings highlight the world’s insatiable demand for energy and the need to speed up the pace of decarbonisation.
Here are our four main takeaways from this year’s report:
Fossil fuel consumption — and emissions — are at record highs
Countries burnt record amounts of oil and coal last year, sending global fossil fuel consumption and emissions to all-time highs, the Energy Institute reported. Oil demand grew 2.6 per cent, surpassing 100mn barrels per day for the first time.
Meanwhile, the share of fossil fuels in the energy mix declined slightly by half a percentage point, but still made up more than 81 per cent of consumption.
Presentation by Rebecca Sachs and Joshua Varcie, analysts in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, at the 13th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists.
Presentation by Julie Topoleski, CBO’s Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis, at the 16th Annual Meeting of the OECD Working Party of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
Towards green budgeting: a roadmap -- Murray Petrie, New Zealand
1. Environmental outcomes and
fiscal policy in NZ:
need for increased transparency
and accountability
Murray Petrie
IGPS Senior Research Associate
Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting,
2nd Green Budgeting Experts Meeting
OECD, Monday 29 April, 2019
2. Overview
I. Problem definition
II. Environmental reporting
III. Comparative policy governance
IV. Integrating environmental stewardship into
fiscal strategy and the budget process.
V. Concluding observations
2
3. I. Problem definition
i. Degradation of natural capital
ii. Limits to economic growth model
iii. Policy weaknesses: environmental
externalities; setting and
implementation of environmental
regulations
iv. Weak policy governance:
• Weaknesses in national environmental
reporting.
• Lack of requirements for government to set ex
ante environmental targets and to report
progress ex post
• Weak integration in fiscal strategy and budget
3
4. II. Environmental Reporting
in NZ and Australia
i. NZ: Environmental Reporting Act 2015:
i. A domain report every 6 months, synthesis report every 3
years
ii. Published by MfE and Stats NZ
iii. Pressure/State/Impact (PSI) framework
iv. National data lacking geographic breakdowns
v. Parliamentary Commissioner for Environment prepares
independent commentaries
vi. No formal government response to the reports
ii. Australia:
i. One comprehensive report every 5 years
ii. Drivers and Responses in addition to PSI (DPSIR)
iii. Also forward-looking: resilience, risks, outlooks 4
5. II. Proposed changes to the
Environmental Reporting Act 2015
i. Review report design, timing: better balance of frequency, effectiveness.
ii. Introduce full DPSIR framework.
iii. Require geographical breakdowns for indicators.
iv. Require forward-looking information on resilience, emerging risks,
and environmental outlooks.
v. Require formal government response within specified time to each
Synthesis Report stating government’s assessment, its medium and
long-term strategies, priority environmental outcomes with interim targets
and milestones, and reports on progress in previous period.
vi. Change the timing of Synthesis Reports so that each report is published,
in the normal course of events, a specific number of months
prior to each general election.
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6. III. Comparative policy governance
Parameter
NZ Public
Finance Act
NZ Reserve
Bank Act
NZ
environmental
governance
Swedish
environmental
governance
Legislated outcome
targets
No Yes No [Yes]
Targets required Yes Yes No Yes
Milestones required Yes Yes No Yes
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7. III. Comparing governance frameworks
i. Compared to fiscal and monetary policy, for environmental
policy there is a lack of legislative requirements for
transparency of goals and targets and independent reporting
against them.
ii. Recognize that environmental outcomes extremely complex,
not under government control; central, regional and local
governments all play roles; there are formidable measurement
difficulties.
iii. However, a good case for requiring government to respond to
3-yearly Environment Reports, stating its assessment,
strategies, priority outcome targets in short, medium and long
term, and to report regularly on progress.
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8. IV. Embedding environmental stewardship
in fiscal strategy and the budget process
Why use the annual budget cycle to achieve better integration of
environmental stewardship with government strategy setting?
i. No regulatory policy cycle.
ii. The budget is government’s key policy instrument.
iii. Important interactions between fiscal policy and the
environment.
iv. Important interactions between fiscal policy and regulation in
achieving environmental goals
e.g. the adequacy of funding of environmental regulatory functions,
and of environmental data collection, monitoring, evaluation and research;
- revenue potential of cap and trade schemes, foregone revenues
from differential treatment of sectors
- interactions between fiscal and regulatory instruments
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9. IV. Embedding environmental stewardship
in fiscal strategy
Incorporate in the strategic phase of the budget:
i. Latest data on trends in key environmental indicators,
resilience and risks, and policy implications.
ii. Current government environmental strategies, targets, recent
performance, focusing on critical environmental outcomes.
iii. The consistency of government’s environmental targets and
announced targets in other policy domains.
iv. A discussion of the levels of short to medium term risks around
environmental outcomes in the context of fiscal strategy.
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10. IV. Outline of proposed new budget document:
Fiscal Policy and the Environment
i. Evidence on environmental impacts of fiscal policies, potential
for fiscal policies to improve environmental outcomes.
ii. The anticipated positive and negative environmental impacts of
the forthcoming budget.
iii. An assessment and, to extent feasible, quantification of
economic impact of recent degradation of ecosystem services
at the margin in selected priority sector, and estimated cost of
restoration.
iv. The interactions between fiscal and regulatory policies in terms
of environmental outcomes.
v. A performance budget report on the environmental sector
(outputs, programs, short term and intermediate outcomes).
vi. Priorities for addressing gaps in data and monitoring systems.
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11. IV Framework for environmental accountability
and green budgeting
Domestic Accountability Framework
Legal requirement to state top priority environmental goals,
strategy, targets, report progress
Environmental
Reporting
• Regular technically
independent
reporting (DPSIR
framework)
• Outlooks and risk
assessment
• Mandated
government
response
• Timing aligned with
electoral cycle
Medium-Term Government
Strategy Statement
Covers economic, fiscal, social, environmental
outcomes, complementarties and trade-offs
Periodic Supplementary
Reports
• Green Fiscal Sustainability Report
• Green Balance Sheet
• Green M + E Report
Annual Budget Documents
• Green Budget Statement
• Green Budget Benchmarks
• Green Performance Budget Report
• Green Budget Baseline Analysis
• Tax Decarbonisation Scan
• Fiscal/environmental regulation interface
13. V. Concluding observations
i. Proposals draw on the full array of budgetary governance
tools
to lay out a long term framework.
ii. Would require long period of phased implementation.
iii. Importance of environmental outcomes data.
iv. Significant resource and institutional implications.
v. Analytical challenges.
vi. Proposed approach based on transparency to increase
accountability and change incentives on decision makers, an
approach that has proven durable in other domains.
vii. Is intended to be an evolution of the approach to fiscal
transparency over last two decades.
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