This report was developed by the OECD Environment Directorate, directed by Jo Tyndall, under the guidance of Walid Oueslati, Head of the Climate, Water and Biodiversity Division. This report was co-ordinated by Mikaela Rambali, under the guidance of Catherine Gamper. Chapter 1 was authored by Mikaela Rambali and Maike Kirsch, with substantive contributions from Catherine Gamper and Simon Touboul. Chapter 2 was authored by Mikaela Rambali and Maike Kirsch. Chapter 3 was authored by Gladys Santis, Maritza Jadrijevic, and Micaela Jara from the Ministry of the Environment of Chile and Camilo Prats, consultant for the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency Project of Chile. A preliminary version of Chapter 4 was authored by Young-Il Song, Je-Woo Hong, Huicheul Jung, Songmi Park (Korea Environment Institute). The full version of chapter 5 was authored by Katarína Nánásiová, Ján Dráb, Martin Gális, Hana Arnold, Veronika Tóth and Karin Hrnčiarová (Institute for Environmental Policy (IEP) of Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic). Research input was provided by Nathan Rueche and Johanne Trotin.
In addition to the case study authors, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following colleagues who provided invaluable support and insights: Megan Bickle, Andrew Carr, Ashley Diggins and James Ward (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), Brendan Freeman, Miriam Kennedy and Cara Labuschagne (UK Climate Change Committee). The OECD Secretariat is also grateful for receiving substantive inputs from a number of institutions across devolved administrations and local authorities for the case study on the United Kingdom.
This report is an output of the OECD Environmental Policy Committee (EPOC) and its Working Party on Climate Change (WPCC). The Secretariat would like to thank the EPOC and WPCC delegates for their feedback on the earlier drafts of this report. The extensive responses to the OECD survey from delegates from the OECD member and partner countries are also gratefully acknowledged.
Camilo Jimenez and Elodie Prata Leal (OECD Environment Directorate) provided administrative support. The report also benefited from support with communication and outreach aspects from Sama Al Taher-Cucci and Beth Del Bourgo (OECD Environment Directorate). The report also received editorial support from Fiona Hinchcliffe (independent editor).