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Inclusive and Equitable Framework for a Just Low-Carbon Transition in Resource-Rich Developing Countries

Steering Committee

Draft terms of Reference

Participants

Countries

Brazil	Mr. Alex Garcia de Almeida	General Manager of Coastal and Maritime Environmental Licencing, Environmental and Renewable Resources Agency (IBAMA)
	Ms. Marina Costa Pittella	Deputy Head, Division of Mineral Resources and Infrastructure, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Mr. Joaquim De Morais	Head of Governance and Energy, Delegation of Brazil to International Economic Organizations in Paris
Canada	Ms. Claire Niedbala	Deputy Director, Natural Resources Canada
	Ms. Alexandra Polak	Advisor to the Director General, Natural Resources Canada
	Ms. Shae Doyle	Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada
Colombia	Ms. Katherine Leal Guayambuco	Economist Advisor, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit at DNP, Department National Planning
Czech Republic	Ms. Gabriela Boiteux Pilná	First Secretary, Development Cooperation, External Relations, Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to the OECD
Ecuador	Mr. Oswaldo Sáenz	Undersecretary of Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Finance
	Mr. Mauricio Falcón	Undersecretary of Fiscal Relations, Ministry of Finance
	Ms. Alexandra Lastra Andrade	Head of Subsidies Unit, Ministry of Finance
	Ms. Verónica Giler	Director of International Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
	Mr. Paúl Melo	Specialist, Directorate of Adaptation to Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment
	Mr. Santiago Salazar	Specialist, Directorate of Adaptation to Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment
	Ms. Ana María Guevara	Political, Social and Development of Hydrocarbons and Mines Analyst and Technical Delegate, Ministry of the Environment
Finland	Ms. Anu Hassinen	Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
France	Ms. Anne Kmety	Chargé de Mission, Permanent Delegation of France to the DAC
Japan	Ms. Akane Nozawa	Adviser, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD
Nigeria	Mr. Kelechi Ofoegbu	Senior Technical Adviser to the Honourable Minister, Ministry of Petroleum Resources
Uganda	Ms. Irene Batebe	Commissioner in charge of Midstream Department, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development
United Arab Emirates	Mr. Qais Bader Al Suwaidi	Assistant Expert, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
Uruguay	Ms Cecilia Jones	Unit of Sustainability and Climate Change, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries
	Mr Felipe García	Unit of Sustainability and Climate Change, Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries

 

Industry

Amalgamated Banks of South Africa (ABSA)	Ms. Simi Siwisa	Group Head of Public Policy
BP	Mr. Michael Cohen	Head of Oil Analysis and Chief US Economist
Enel	Mr Maurizio Bezzeccheri	Head of Latin America
	Mr. Mariano Morazzo	Head of Energy Transition Policies, Latin America
Eni	Mr. Renato De Filippo	Head of Climate Policy and Market Mechanisms
	Ms. Arianna Checchi	Manager of Relations with International Organizations, Public Affairs Department
ExxonMobil	Ms. Antonella Sopranzetti	Public & Government Affairs Manager
Houston International Business Corp.	Mr. George Chamot	Executive Vice President and Lead Consultant Energy & Mining Policy
NNPC	Mr. Abubakar Mudi	Technical Assistant to COO, Ventures & Business Development
Petrobras	Ms. Viviana Coelho	Executive Manager for Climate Change
Petroecuador	Ing. Jorge Loor Quevedo	Transport Manager
Petrosen	Ms. Aissatou Sy	Legal Counsel
Saipem S.p.A.	Mr Giovanni Castino	Public Affairs Manager, Sustainability, Identity and Corporate Communication
Snam S.p.A.	Mr. Marco Lazzaroni	Senior Vice President Global Solutions Energy Transition Services
	Ms Carlotta Demofonti	International Relations Manager & CEO Diplomatic Advisory
Uganda National Oil Company	Mr. Peter Muliisa	Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer
	Ms. Barbara D. Nabuweke	Head of Contracts and Negotiations

 

International Organisations and Institutions

Commonwealth Secretariat	Ms. Naadira Ogeer	Economic Adviser Natural Resources
	Ms. Alache Fisho	Legal Adviser Natural Resources
European Commission	Mr. Brendan Devlin	Counsellor , Strategy and Foresight, Directorate General for Energy
	Mr. Matthieu Ballu	Policy Officer, Directorate General for Energy
	Mr. Ruud Kempener	Policy Officer, Directorate General for Energy
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)	Ms. Ines Schjolberg Marques	Policy Director, International Secretariat
	Ms. Fatma Nyambura	Policy Officer, International Secretariat
International Labour Organization	Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye	Global Coordinator, Green Jobs Division
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)	Mr. Jim Herbertson	Technical Director, Climate and Energy
	Ms. Ulrike Schopp	Senior Manager Sustainable Development

 

 Civil Society

American Bar Association/ Artus Wise	Ms. Salli Anne Swartz	Attorney at Law
Carbon Tracker Initiative	Mr. Andrew Grant	Head of Climate, Energy and Industry Research
Chatham House	Ms. Glada Lahn	Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Department
Climate Transparency	Prof. Peter Eigen	Co-Chairman
Natural Resource Governnace Institute	Mr David Manley	Senior Economist
Stockholm Environment Institute	Ms. Gökçe Mete	Head of Secretariat, Leadership Group for Industry Transition

 

 Management of the initiative

• The Steering Committee will serve as the management body of the initiative in coordination with the Secretariat.

• The Steering Committee will be made up of interested representatives from governments (OECD, DEV, non-OECD non-DEV), industry, including extractives, and civil society, each of which understands the perspectives of his/her constituency and is able to largely represent that constituency. The Steering Committee should have a size which would allow the easy scheduling of conference calls and working efficiently.

• The Steering Committee will be tasked with preparing the issues for consideration at the meetings; liaising with the Secretariat and other international bodies; providing guidance and support to the Secretariat for operational aspects of the work, including the prioritisation of focus areas and liaising with other major international processes.

• The Steering Committee may meet in person at the biannual meetings of the initiative or via video-conference at any desired time. The Secretariat will attend every meeting in an ex-officio capacity.

• The Steering Committeewill also serve as the drafting body of the initiative in coordination with the Secretariat, to develop Inclusive and Equitable Framework for a Just Low Carbon Transition in Resource-Rich Developing Countries.

   

 Objective of the Framework

The Framework will provide action-oriented recommendations addressed to resource-rich developing economies, industry and eventually financial institutions to enable a just transition to a low-carbon economy, while seeking to minimise the risk of high carbon lock-in in the medium to long-term, stranding assets and competitiveness losses.

The Framework is intended to support resource-rich developing and emerging economies manage uncertainties and increased vulnerability, build their resilience to external shocks,  and embrace the challenge of making unprecendented structural changes to their economies, including by planning for the risks and transformational opportunities of global decarbonisation.

Considering the specific challenges faced by resource-rich countries and their reliance on revenues from fossil fuels exports, the Framework will be structured around two main pillars:

1) the decarbonisation of extractives through the deployment of low-carbon technologies, as well as the identification of strategic trade-offs, enabling measures and incentives, exit strategies, and financing options;

2) the shift away from fossil fuels to build decarbonised economies, by exploiting cross-sectors synergies, diversifying portfolios and skills, and by increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix.  The Framework is intended to provide a blueprint for action to assist policy makers in designing comprehensive strategies to advance the low-carbon transition, while accounting for potential adverse impacts on workers and communities. Rather than an array of isolated responses, the objective is to offer a well-coordinated policy package, with the combination of policies, instruments and mechanisms to scale-up investment in low-carbon solutions, while addressing the environmental challenges, distributional impacts and socio-economic divides at the national and transnational level.

The process towards the Framework will seek to take into account and coordinate with relevant international interacting and complementary initiatives and processes, avoiding  duplication, and building on  available knowledge, analysis and expertise.

 

The drafting function and process for the development of the Framework

• The Steering Committee will produce, with the support of the Secretariat, a draft of the Inclusive and Equitable Framework for a Just Low Carbon Transition in Resource-Rich Developing Countries, for consideration in plenary. The draft Framework will take into account, with the support of the Secretariat, all inputs provided by participating stakeholders and by the IOCs/NOCs working group, to ensure the inclusiveness, legitimacy and wide ownership of the drafting process.

• The Steering Committee will reach out to experts on a consultative basis on particular issues where the Group agrees that greater expertise is desirable.  In such cases, the Group may choose to invite experts to join a meeting or to review draft text, as appropriate.

• The Steering Committee’s calls will be chaired by the Co-Chair/s, selected amongst the country representatives. The Co-Chair/s will help direct the meetings and summarise conclusions.  The Secretariat will provide assistance and keep track of any textual changes.

• Each proposed change needs to be made in track changes and include the name of the proposer. The Steering Group will consider proposed changes.  Every member will have an opportunity to explain why s/he is proposing certain changes and the rationale behind the suggested change.  If members are able to agree on changes, the new text will be included and square brackets removed.

• The Steering Committee will highlight the major issues and offer concrete solutions, in particular as they relate to the text of the draft. Discrete issue(s) may be parcelled out for each conference call. At the end of each call, the Group will aim to have discussed and agreed at a “high-level” to some of the solutions offered. Where necessary, the Steering Group will task one or more of its members, experts and/or the OECD Secretariat to work on revising the relevant sections in the text of the draft itself, to be presented at the following call.

• The Steering Committee should always have enough time to consult other members of its constituency in between calls to discuss outstanding issues if this is desirable.  To increase efficiency members would try to consolidate views to the greatest extent possible before proposing changes to the Framework.

• Members of the Committee and participants in the Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development should recognise that multistakeholder consensus-based decision-making can take time, and may exceed previously anticipated schedules for the finalisation of the draft Inclusive Framework.  However, it has proved very successful in other initiatives, and leads typically to a solid text with significant “ownership” and commitment by all stakeholders.

• The final negotiated draft should reflect a multi-stakeholder consensus reached through discussion and compromise.  The Steering Group should present the text to the plenary as a group and be able to explain how certain textual decisions were made.  Final endorsement would be required by participants in the Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development.

 

Proposed Calendar of the conference calls

	Date	Time
1st Conference Call	16 February 2021	12:00 pm – 02:00 pm (CET)
2nd Conference Call	16 March 2021	01:00 pm – 03:00pm (CET)
3rd Conference Call	27 April 2021	01:00 pm – 03:00pm (CET)
4th Conference Call	1 June 2021	01:00 pm – 03:00pm (CET)