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Recalling paragraphs 4 and 7(a) of the financial procedures for the Conference of the Parties, its subsidiary bodies and the secretariat,1
Having considered the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 submitted by the Executive Secretary,2
1.Approves the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019, amounting to EUR 56,889,092 for the purposes specified in table 1;
2.Notes with appreciation the annual contribution of EUR 766,938 of the Host Government, which offsets planned expenditures;
4.Notes that the programme budget contains elements relating to the Convention and the Paris Agreement as well as to the Kyoto Protocol;
5.Adopts the indicative scale of contributions for 2018 and 2019 contained in the annex, covering 85 per cent of the indicative contributions specified in table 1;
6.Invites the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, at its thirteenth session, to endorse the elements of the recommended budget as it applies to the Kyoto Protocol;
7.Also invites the United Nations General Assembly to decide, at its seventy-second session, on the issue of meeting the conference services expenses from its regular budget as a continuation of existing practice;
8.Approves a contingency budget for conference services, amounting to EUR 9,651,400, to be added to the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 in the event that the United Nations General Assembly decides not to provide resources for these activities in the United Nations regular budget (see table 3);
9.Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Subsidiary Body for Implementation on the implementation of matters referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8 above, as necessary;
10.Authorizes the Executive Secretary to make transfers between each of the appropriation lines set out in table 1, up to an aggregate limit of 15 per cent of total estimated expenditure for those appropriation lines, provided that a further limitation of up to minus 25 per cent of each such appropriation line shall apply, while ensuring no negative impacts on the activities under each programme;
11.Decides to maintain the level of the working capital reserve at 8.3 per cent of the estimated expenditure;
12.Invites all Parties to the Convention to note that contributions to the core budget are due on 1 January of each year in accordance with paragraph 8(b) of the financial procedures3 and to pay promptly and in full, for each of the years 2018 and 2019, the contributions required to finance expenditures approved in paragraph 1 above and any contributions required to finance the expenditures arising from the decision referred to in paragraph 8 above;
13.Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC Process specified by the Executive Secretary (see table 4);
15.Takes note of the funding estimates for the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities specified by the Executive Secretary (EUR 53,484,419 for the biennium 2018–2019) (see table 5);
16.Invites Parties to make contributions to the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities with a view to enabling the implementation of mandated activities envisaged under the fund;
17.Requests the secretariat to continue to seek efficiencies, streamline administrative services, absorb work in order to save costs in the biennium 2018–2019 and to report thereon at the session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to be held in June 2019;
18.Also requests the secretariat to prepare and make available an annual report as outlined in document FCCC/SBI/2016/INF.14, paragraph 37, to be considered at each session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation following the closure of the preceding financial year, providing information on the secretariat’s activities in the preceding year, programme delivery highlights and financial performance;
19.Further requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-fourth session (December 2018) on income and budget performance, taking into account guidance from Parties, and to propose any adjustments that might be needed to the programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;
20.Requests, recalling paragraph 22 of decision 22/CP.21, in which the Executive Secretary was requested to include a zero nominal growth scenario in preparing future programme budget proposals, that such zero nominal growth budget scenarios be presented in the official budget documents in the same format and at the same level of detail as any other budget scenarios that the secretariat might provide.
Table 1 - Core budget for 2018–2019 by programme
a The appropriation for the Executive Direction and Management programme includes a provision for an annual grant of EUR 244,755 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.b Administrative Services is funded from programme support costs (overheads).c Secretariat-wide operating costs are managed by Administrative Services.d Standard 13 per cent applied for administrative support.e In accordance with the financial procedures (decision 15/CP.1), the core budget is required to maintain a working capital reserve of 8.3 per cent (one month of operating requirements), amounting to EUR 2,372,575 in 2018, which will be maintained at that level in 2019.
| 2018(EUR) | 2019(EUR) | Total(EUR) | |
| A. Appropriations | |||
| Executive Direction and Managementa | 2 353 745 | 2 353 745 | 4 707 490 |
| Implementation and climate action cluster | |||
| Mitigation, Data and Analysis | 7 956 080 | 7 670 780 | 15 626 860 |
| Finance, Technology and Capacity-Building | 3 010 180 | 3 010 180 | 6 020 360 |
| Adaptation | 2 677 500 | 2 684 600 | 5 362 100 |
| Sustainable Development Mechanism | 439 740 | 439 740 | 879 480 |
| Subtotal implementation and climate action cluster | 14 083 500 | 13 805 300 | 27 888 800 |
| Intergovernmental affairs and secretariat operations cluster | |||
| Legal Affairs | 1 076 800 | 1 076 800 | 2 153 600 |
| Conference Affairs Services | 1 699 035 | 1 696 620 | 3 395 655 |
| Communications and Outreach | 1 715 660 | 1 715 660 | 3 431 320 |
| Information and Communication Technology | 2 723 900 | 2 723 900 | 5 447 800 |
| Administrative Servicesb | – | – | – |
| Secretariat-wide operating costsc | 1 644 030 | 1 584 433 | 3 228 463 |
| Subtotal intergovernmental affairs and secretariat operations cluster | 8 859 425 | 8 797 413 | 17 656 838 |
| Total appropriations | 25 296 670 | 24 956 458 | 50 253 128 |
| B. Programme support costs (overheads)d | 3 288 567 | 3 244 340 | 6 532 907 |
| C. Adjustment to working capital reservee | 103 057 | – | 103 057 |
| Total (A + B + C) | 28 688 294 | 28 200 798 | 56 889 092 |
| Income | |||
| Contribution from the Host Government | 766 938 | 766 938 | 1 533 876 |
| Indicative contributions | 27 921 356 | 27 433 860 | 55 355 216 |
| Total income | 28 688 294 | 28 200 798 | 56 889 092 |
Table 2 - Secretariat-wide staffing from the core budget
Abbreviations: USG = Under-Secretary-General, ASG = Assistant Secretary-General, D = Director, P = Professional.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Professional category and above | |||
| USG | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ASG | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| D-1 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| P-5 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| P-4 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| P-3 | 43 | 43 | 43 |
| P-2 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Subtotal Professional category and above | 120 | 120 | 120 |
| Subtotal General Service category | 53.5 | 53.5 | 53.5 |
| Total | 173.5 | 173.5 | 173.5 |
Table 3 - Resource requirements for the conference services contingency
a Includes salaries, travel and daily subsistence allowance for interpreters.b Includes all costs related to the processing of pre-, inand post-session documentation; translation costs include revision and typing of documents.c Includes salaries, travel and daily subsistence allowance for meetings services support staff and costs of shipment and telecommunications.
| 2018 (EUR) | 2019 (EUR) | 2018–2019 (EUR) | |
| Object of expenditure | |||
| Interpretationa | 1 175 300 | 1 210 600 | 2 385 900 |
| Documentationb | |||
| Translation | 1 944 800 | 2 003 100 | 3 947 900 |
| Reproduction and distribution | 668 300 | 668 400 | 1 336 700 |
| Meetings services supportc | 249 000 | 276 400 | 525 400 |
| Subtotal | 4 037 400 | 4 158 500 | 8 195 900 |
| Programme support costs | 524 900 | 540 600 | 1 065 500 |
| Working capital reserve | 378 700 | 11 300 | 390 000 |
| Total | 4 941 000 | 4 710 400 | 9 651 400 |
Table 4 - Resource requirements for the Trust Fund for Participation in the UNFCCC process in the biennium 2018–2019
Note: Report of the Conference of the Parties on its nineteenth session, paragraph 145 (FCCC/CP/2013/10): "At the resumed 10th meeting, the Executive Secretary requested that the following statement be reflected in the report of the session: ‘Since its inception, the secretariat has applied a consistent policy for the funding of representatives from developing country Parties across all relevant trust funds. In light of decisions taken in Cancun and Doha, it has been decided to adjust the policy as follows: representatives from developing country Parties designated by their respective regional groups to participate in meetings of the constituted bodies established under the Convention, and elected by parent bodies, will be eligible for funding under the Trust Fund for the UNFCCC Core Budget and the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities’".
| Sessional options | Estimated cost (EUR) |
| Option 1: Support for one delegate from each eligible Party to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn, Germany | 1 017 582 |
| Option 2: Support for one delegate from each eligible Party plus a second delegate from each of the least developed countries and each small island developing State to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn | 1 561 042 |
| Option 3: Support for two delegates from each eligible Party to participate in a two-week session organized in Bonn | 2 035 164 |
| Option 4: Support for two delegates from each eligible Party plus a third delegate from each of the least developed countries and each small island developing State to participate in a two-week session organized in Poland | 2 880 338 |
Table 5 - Resource requirements for the Trust Fund for Supplementary Activities in the biennium 2018–2019
Abbreviations: AC = Adaptation Committee, CGE = Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention, GHG = greenhouse gas, ICA = international consultation and analysis, IAR = international assessment and review, INDC = intended nationally determined contribution, LULUCF = land use, land-use change and forestry, MRV = measurement, reporting and verification, NDC = nationally determined contribution, NWP = Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, PCCB = Paris Committee on Capacity-building, SCF = Standing Committee on Finance, TEC = Technology Executive Committee.a This project is being implemented under the NDC Partnership for the period 2017–2018. Funding to cover the project’s activities in that period has already been made available to the secretariat.b A project for which approximately 75 per cent of funding will be sought from non-Party stakeholders.c A project for which up to 100 per cent of funding will be sought from non-Party stakeholders.
| Project No. | Activities to be undertaken by the secretariat | Supplementary requirements EUR |
| Support to implementation | ||
| Adaptation | ||
| 1 | Promoting transparency and assessment of adaptation action, stakeholder engagement and outreach | 1 680 647 |
| 2 | Supporting national adaptation planning | 4 132 975 |
| 3 | Facilitating coherent adaptation action through the AC and the NWP | 2 391 607 |
| 4 | Addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts | 1 853 299 |
| Nationally determined contributions/supporting implementation by Parties | ||
| 5 | Supporting the implementation of activities relating to INDCs and NDCs | 2 358 089 |
| 6 | Organizing the technical dialogue on NDCs | 2 798 219 |
| 7 | Supporting and facilitating the work of the TEC and the implementation of the Paris Agreement on technology-related matters | 987 982 |
| 8 | Supporting the work of the PCCB and other capacity-building mandated activities, including the collaboration with relevant stakeholders within and outside the Convention | 388 833 |
| 9 | Providing support upon request to Parties to strengthen national climate change legislation | 90 400 |
| 10 | Supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement through regional collaboration centres | – |
| 11 | Supporting and catalysing climate finance implementation | – |
| 12 | Implementing activities of the Support Unit of the NDC Partnershipa | 1 000 000 |
| Measurement, reporting and verification/transparency regime | ||
| 13 | Supporting activities relating to LULUCF: reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, enhancement of forest carbon sinks, and the role of sinks in future mitigation actions | 865 603 |
| 14 | Maintaining and enhancing UNFCCC reporting and information systems to enable Party submissions, delivery of data-based reports, operation of tools used in the MRV process, and the warehousing and management of GHG data | 2 446 347 |
| 15 | Strengthening the capacity of developing countries to participate in the MRV arrangements under the Convention and the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement | 733 442 |
| 16 | Supporting activities relating to training of experts for technical reviews of developed country Parties’ submissions and technical analysis of developing country Parties’ submissions, roster of experts and meeting of lead reviewers | 2 006 000 |
| 17 | Supporting the implementation of technical reviews of GHG inventories from Annex I Parties | 1 095 580 |
| 18 | Supporting the implementation of the work programme of the SCF and climate finance mandated activities | 1 516 799 |
| 19 | Supporting the tracking and transparency of support, including the preparation of the biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows | 192 100 |
| 20 | Supporting the implementation of the IAR process for developed country Parties and the ICA process for developing country Parties | 2 400 295 |
| 21 | Supporting the work of the CGE in assisting developing countries with the implementation of the MRV/transparency frameworks | 3 018 050 |
| Infrastructure support to implementation | ||
| 22 | Connecting stakeholders | 390 980 |
| 23 | Enhancing the value of UNFCCC data and reports for use by Parties | 846 370 |
| Kyoto Protocol | ||
| 24 | Supporting the activities of the Compliance Committee | 447 480 |
| 25 | Maintaining and enhancing the compilation and accounting database under the Kyoto Protocol | 238 859 |
| 26 | Supporting and optimizing the operation of joint implementation | 1 549 794 |
| Catalysing climate action (Party and non-Party stakeholders) | ||
| 27 | Boosting climate engagement via online media servicesb | 2 464 638 |
| 28 | Cross-cutting communications and events management of non-Party stakeholder/climate action agenda | 867 185 |
| 29 | Education and youth engagement – Action for Climate Empowerment | 538 106 |
| 30 | Momentum for Change – global awards for accelerated climate ambitionc | 2 753 833 |
| 31 | Strengthening the technical examination process on mitigation: supporting the implementation of pre-2020 mitigation-related activities stemming from decision 1/CP.21 | 920 064 |
| 32 | Supporting climate actionb | 2 879 059 |
| 33 | Supporting stakeholder engagement in the UNFCCC process | 1 127 833 |
| Supporting the UNFCCC process | ||
| 34 | Supporting activities relating to the impact of the implementation of response measures | 909 300 |
| 35 | Assessing progress towards achieving the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement | 633 137 |
| 36 | Strengthening gender mainstreaming in climate change action and the UNFCCC process and the secretariat through coordination, collaboration, advocacy and capacity-building | 797 916 |
| 37 | Strengthening the science–policy interface | 323 180 |
| 38 | Supporting the intergovernmental negotiation processes on the development of modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement | 450 870 |
| Modernizing information and communication technology infrastructure | ||
| 39 | Strengthening UNFCCC cyber security | 359 905 |
| 40 | Streamlining the production of UNFCCC documents | 678 000 |
| 41 | Providing virtual meeting/workshop participation to UNFCCC stakeholders | 787 610 |
| 42 | Providing a scalable, robust and secure cloud infrastructure for UNFCCC systems and data | 751 450 |
| 43 | Empowering stakeholders to work remotely | 570 650 |
| 44 | Developing internal communication tools | 241 933 |
| Total | 53 484 419 | |