This document contains the programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 proposed by the Executive Secretary for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its forty-second session, adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-first session and endorsement by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its eleventh session. It should be considered in conjunction with the three addenda to this document, which provide details on the work programme of the secretariat and the corresponding resource requirements, a list of activities to be funded from supplementary sources, and the budget of the international transaction log, respectively.