This project was carried out in close collaboration with the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment. For their constant and active support, the project team would like to thank Vilija Augutaviciene, Marilė Kosaitė, Judita Liukaitytė-Kukienė, Giedrius Uselis and Jurga Valainytė. The project was further undertaken in close partnership with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM), whose mission is to promote the European Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by supporting Member States’ efforts to implement reforms. Lithuania has requested support from the European Commission under Regulation (EU) 2021/240 establishing a Technical Support Instrument ("TSI Regulation"). This fruitful collaboration was made possible through the clear and impactful coordination by NiccoIo Costantini.
The project was led by Kilian Raiser under the responsibility of Kumi Kitamori at the OECD’s Environment Directorate (ENV) and in collaboration with the OECD’s Economics Departments (ECO), Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA) and Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate (ELS). Kilian Raiser (ENV) conducted the stocktake of climate policies in Lithuania informing Chapter 2. Kilian Raiser (ENV) and Assia Elgouacem (ECO) coordinated the modelling informing Chapters 3 and 7 and co-authored these chapters. Anasuya Raj (CTPA) conducted the assessment of carbon pricing in Lithuania informing Chapter 4. Assia Elgouacem (ECO) conducted the assessment of financial needs informing Chapter 5. Herwig Immervoll (ELS) coordinated the analysis of distributional outcomes of carbon pricing informing Chapter 6. The modelling underpinning Chapters 3 and 7 was carried out by Maksym Chepeliev and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe at the Center for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University. The modelling underpinning Chapter 6 was carried out by Cathal O’Donoghue at University of Galway, and Jules Linden and Denisa Sologon at Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.
The authors would like to thank OECD colleagues Ruben Bibas, Hansjörg Bloechliger, Beth Del Bourgo, Stéphane Carcillo, Jean Foure, Elisa Lanzi, Mark Pearson, Mauro Pisu, Andrew Prag, Dirk Röttgers, Douglas Sutherland, Konstantinos Theodoropoulos, Kumi Kitamori, Kurt Van Dender and Dimitra Xynou for their feedback, input and advice at different stages of the production of the report. Special thanks to Amelia Smith for editing, proofreading and report formatting.
The authors would also like to thank colleagues from the Lithuanian government, in particular Mantas Butrimavičius, Rūta Pašiškevičiūtė and Stasile Znutienė, for their careful review and assistance. The authors are further grateful for all the participants of the sectoral decarbonization working groups who participated in the sectoral workshops providing invaluable context to the analysis and impeccable comments on the project’s emerging findings.