This publication was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, and the OECD Environment Directorate (ENV), led by Jo Tyndall, Director, as part of the Programme of Work and Budget of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and the Environment policy Committee (EPOC). The report was developed as part of the OECD Programme on A Territorial Approach to Climate Action and Resilience, jointly conducted by CFE and ENV, with the financial support of the Ministry of Environment of Japan.
The publication was co-ordinated by Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of the National Urban Policy and Climate Resilience Unit, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division, in the CFE. It was drafted by a team of policy analysts and experts:
Chapter 1: Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez and Tadashi Matsumoto (CFE); Catherine Gamper (ENV)
Chapter 2: Alexandre Banquet, Isabelle Chatry, Claire Hoffmann, Charlotte Lafitte, Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez and Tadashi Matsumoto (CFE)
Chapter 3: Alexandre Banquet, Claire Hoffmann, Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez and Tadashi Matsumoto (CFE)
Chapter 4: Alexandre Banquet, Isabelle Chatry, Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Claire Hoffmann, Charlotte Lafitte, Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez and Tadashi Matsumoto (CFE); Catherine Gamper, Dávid Munka, Mikaela Rambali and Simon Touboul (ENV).
The OECD Secretariat is grateful for the co-operation and support of the Ministry of Environment of Japan, with special thanks to: Tatsuya Abe, Yuka Inoue, Ayu Kamimura, Kotaro Kawamata, Shunsuke Kudo, Kotoe Kuroda, Hiroyuki Matsubara, Yoshihiro Mizutani, Sho Nakamura, Junko Nishikawa, Michihiro Oi, Tatsuro Sagawa, Yoshinori Suga, Ryuzo Sugimoto, and Satoshi Watanabe. Thanks are also conveyed to CFE and ENV colleagues who provided comments and guidance throughout the preparation of the report: Nadim Ahmad, Claudia Baranzelli, David Burgalassi, Soo-Jin Kim, Kumi Kitamori, Stefano Marta, Takeshi Miyamori, Walid Oueslati, Oriana Romano, Camille Viros and Ji-Soo Yoon. Albert Alonso-Villar, Stefan Jankowski, Nina Pedersen, and Maki Saso are also acknowledged for their support in desk-research. The guidance and support from delegates to the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and its Working Parties on Territorial Indicators, on Urban Policy and on Rural Policy, as well as the delegates of the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) and relevant Working Parties are gratefully acknowledged.
The final draft of the report was approved by written procedure by the RDPC on 13 November 2023 under cote [CFE/RDPC(2023)26], and circulated to the EPOC and the OECD Working Party on Climate Change for comments. The publication process was led by Pilar Philip, and the final version of the report was edited and formatted by Eleonore Morena.