This report was prepared by Elliot Smith, Legal Analyst, Natural Resources for Development Unit, OECD Development Centre, and Lahra Liberti, Head of Unit. Lahra Liberti provided overall direction, guidance, and careful review during the drafting process. This report was developed within the framework of the Centre’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development, as an implementing tool of the OECD Equitable Framework and Finance for Extractive-based Countries in Transition (EFFECT).
The authors wish to express their deep gratitude to Brendan Devlin, former Strategy and Foresight Counsellor, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission and Dr Kelechi O. Ofoegbu, Senior Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Federal Republic of Nigeria, for their leadership and guidance as co-chairs of the EFFECT Community of Practice on Just Transition Pathways for Oil & Gas Producing Developing Countries and for their continuous support over two years. The authors are also grateful to Ambassador Tibor Stelbaczky, Principal Adviser on Energy Diplomacy, European External Action Service (EEAS) for his leadership and overall strategic guidance as the chair of the Advisory Group on EFFECT implementation.
The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable inputs received during targeted consultation periods in November 2023, and July and October 2024, including representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB); Asian Development Bank (ADB); Clean Air Task Force (CATF); Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC); Directorate General for Energy, European Commission; Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Egypt; Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership (GFMR); Matesco & Partners; Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI); and Shell plc. In addition, the authors are grateful for the active engagement and insights from Cheikh Brahim Haiballa, Conseiller à la Direction générale, Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH); Manfredi Caltagirone, Head, International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Meghan Demeter, Engagement & Communications Lead and Government Engagement Manager, IMEO, UNEP; Antonio Hill, Advisor, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI); Dr Valerie Marcel, Executive Director, New Producers for Sustainable Energy; Christian Schwarck, Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor Upstream, Shell; and for the expert contributions from Gergely Molnar, Energy Analyst, Natural Gas, Directorate of Energy Markets and Security, of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The authors are also grateful for the insightful comments and valuable input received from colleagues in the OECD’s Environment Directorate, in particular Joseph Cordonnier, Deger Saygin and Cécile Seguineaud.
The authors also wish to express their appreciation and gratitude to all the members of the EFFECT Community of Practice on Just Transition Pathways for Oil & Gas Producing Developing Countries, in particular for the contributions received during the Third call (24 October 2023), Fourth call (19 March 2024), as well as input received during the Second call of the Advisory Group on EFFECT implementation (29 November 2023), the combined teleconference of the Community of Practice and the Advisory Group (25 June 2024), and the sixth call of the Community of Practice on 2 October 2024.
The authors wish to thank the high-level panellists who participated in the AfDB/OECD COP28 Virtual Panel Renewables and Natural Gas: Friends or Foes of a Just Transition in Developing Countries?, and whose contributions informed the development of the report: Dr Rashid Ali Abdallah, Director, African Union's Africa Energy Commission (AFREC); H.E. Cristina Duarte, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa; Christophe McGlade, Head of the Energy Supply Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA); Jarredine Morris, Co-Head at Carbon Trust Africa; and Charles Nyirahuku, Chief Gas Regulatory Officer, African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre (ANRC), African Development Bank (AfDB).
Lastly, the authors are grateful to the Development Centre’s Communications team, Aida Buendía, Delphine Grandrieux, Elizabeth Nash, and Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte for their support in the preparation of the report.