This document on budget performance for the biennium 2020–2021 should be considered in conjunction with document FCCC/SBI/2022/3/Add.1, which provides an assessment of progress against performance indicators and targets as well as details of the outputs planned for and delivered in the biennium. In accordance with the results-based approach, this document informs Parties of the results achieved and budget spent as at 31 December 2021. In addition, it contains a detailed report on programme delivery.

Throughout 2020–2021, in which the pandemic significantly affected the UNFCCC calendar of meetings, the secretariat worked closely with the presiding officers of the governing and subsidiary bodies and the governing bodies Bureau to minimize disruption to and maximize progress in the UNFCCC process.

As at 31 December 2021, total expenditure in the biennium 2020–2021 amounted to EUR 126 million, representing 74 per cent of the total integrated budget for 2020–2021, while core budget expenditure stood at 88 per cent.