This presentation was made by Ronnie Downes, OECD, at the Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting - Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools held at the OECD, Paris, on 22 May 2018

1. INTRODUCTION:
THE PARIS COLLABORATIVE
ON GREEN BUDGETING
Ronnie Downes
Public Governance Directorate,
Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division
Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting
Introductory Workshop on Green Budgeting Tools
22 May 2018, OECD Headquarters, Paris

2. Domestic and international action on
environment:
– Biodiversity, water, air pollution, and climate
– International agreements
• Paris Agreement
• Aichi Biodiversity Targets
• related Sustainable Development Goals (eg. #6, #7,
#13, #14, #15. #17)
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“National and international commitments”
But action is needed

3. ….using the tools and processes of
budgetary policy-making
- by evaluating and improving the
environmental impact of
budgetary policies
- assessing their coherence with
national and international
commitments
 help achieve environmental goals
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“Green Budgeting”

4. The Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting
• launched at One Planet Summit,
12 Dec 2017 in Paris
• convened by OECD, working in
close partnership with
governments, OECD working
groups and experts
• to develop and refine new
methodological approaches and
pragmatic green budgeting tools

5. • Budgeting for inclusive and sustainable
growth
• Long-term fiscal sustainability
• Environmental cost-benefit
assessments
• Environmental fiscal reform
• Carbon pricing and reform of
potentially harmful subsidies
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Building on existing OECD work streams

6. Office of the
Secretary General
Public Governance
Committee
WP of Senior
Budget Officials
(SBO)
SBO Performance
and Results
SBO Financial
Reporting and
Accounting
Environment
Policy Committee
Joint Meeting, Tax
and Environment
Experts
WP on Climate,
Investment &
Development
WP on
Biodiversity, Water
& Ecosystems
Committee on
Fiscal Affairs
Joint Meeting, Tax
and Environment
Experts
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Work with broader OECD networks

7. • balance between simple, clear information and
providing technical information
• build upon existing reporting structures and
avoid duplication
• be complementary in the design, prioritisation
and resourcing of budgetary aspects of
environmental policies
• mutually consistent and cross-referable
• within the capability of national authorities
and international organisations
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Proposed working method

8. Launch at One
Planet Summit, 12
Dec 2017 in Paris
22 May 2018
Introductory
workshop
20 June 2018
Experts
Workshop
September:
One Planet
Summit progress
report
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A roadmap for the Paris Collaborative
• Elaborate on green
budgeting
definition
• Scope potential
green budgeting
tools
• Engage working group for
further scoping
• Develop new methodological
approaches
• Pilot and refine new green
budgeting tools

9. Background note on:
• Definition of Green Budgeting
• Proposed working method
• Initial examples of how countries examine
environmental impacts of budget measures
• Progress on deliverables and next steps
(Discussed at Working Lunch of delegates from the
Joint Meetings of Tax and Environment Experts on
May 18 )
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Draft output :
Green Budget Primer

10. A voluntary reporting tool with annual budget
to highlight:-
• the environmental impact of key budget
measures
• the contribution of the annual budget to
reaching environmental objectives
• the level of resources associated with these
policy measures
• consistency of policies in these areas
• areas for future action
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Draft output :
Green Budget Statement

11. • Green Budget Baseline Analysis to provide a “heat-map” of the
environmental impact of various areas of the expenditure and tax-policy baseline
• Sectoral Policy Profile preparing an analytical profile of past policy measures
adopted via the annual budget in a country’s specific sector.
• Green Balance Sheet valuing environmental assets and liabilities.
• Green Budget Benchmarks to provide cross-national indicators of progress
against various international environmental goals
• Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis, a major update of OECD reference
publication
• Green Budget Sustainability Report highlighting long-term budgetary
implications of environmental transitions and pathways.
• Tax Decarbonisation Country Scan to gauge the impact of carbon pricing
and decarbonisation on fossil fuel use and on tax revenues
• Green Budgeting Toolkit providing core reference and guidance
on applying analytical tools and techniques.
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Future deliverables

12. • Comments on agenda-setting/ future
deliverables?
• What notable examples of good practice exist in
your country?
• Are there national initiatives that can be advanced
under the PCGB umbrella?
• Getting engaged in the Green Budgeting working
group  Expert workshop 20 June 2018
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Discussion: How can you contribute?

13. Contacts:
Ronnie.DOWNES@oecd.org
Juliane.JANSEN@oecd.org
Simon.BUCKLE@oecd.org
Nathalie.GIROUARD@oecd.org
Kurt.VANDENDER@oecd.org
David.BRADBURY@oecd.org
Thank you