The OECD would like to thank the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and the institutional partners working under Helsinki Principle 4 – the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – for their collaboration in the preparation of this introductory guidance. Particular thanks goes to Raúl Delgado (IADB), Manal Fouad and Claude Wendling (IMF), Adrian Fozzard and Xenia Kirchhofer (World Bank), and Thomas Beloe and Asad Maken (UNDP) for all of their support and input.
In preparation for this report, the OECD conducted consultations with Colombia, France, Ireland and Italy. In addition, the OECD participated in roundtable discussions, organised by the UNDP, with countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, including Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Rwanda and Uganda. The Introductory Guidance also includes feedback from independent experts. The authors would like to express their appreciation to all of these stakeholders for their availability and insights.
This report was prepared by Scherie Nicol and Andrew Park of the Public Management and Budgeting Division in the Directorate for Public Governance. The report has also benefited from valuable input from the OECD’s Environment Directorate, with special mention to Mauro Migotto, Mireille Martini, Myriam Linster, Kathleen Dominique, Katia Karousakis and Nicolina Lamhauge for their expertise. The OECD is grateful to all of the parties who provided feedback on the report.