This document contains the programme budget for the biennium 2020–2021 proposed
by the Executive Secretary.
As the coming biennium is a key period for the rapid implementation of the provisions
agreed by all Parties in Paris and Katowice, the secretariat has undertaken a thorough and
intense review of all aspects of its operations, structure and activities. This review has
highlighted that it is critical and necessary to strengthen the core resources, resulting in a
proposed increase in the core budget for the 2020–2021 biennium. Consequently, the
proposed core budget for the Convention, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol is
estimated at EUR 68.7 million, which would provide predictable and adequate resources to
allow the secretariat to respond to the mandates and expectations of Parties.
As mandated, a zero nominal growth scenario, which maintains the total core budget
at the approved 2018–2019 level of EUR 56.9 million, is also presented.
In addition to the detailed justifications and rationale for the proposed budget
contained in this document, the two addenda to this document provide further details on the
work programme of the secretariat and the corresponding resource requirements, and the
budget of the international transaction log, respectively.
Additional supporting data and information on the 2020–2021 programme budget is
available on the UNFCCC website at https://unfccc.int/about-us/budget.