The Accounts Committee took part in a meeting of the EUROSAI Project Future Risks Group on «Climate Adaptation and Resilience»

Representatives of the Accounts Committee took part in online meeting of the EUROSAI Project Group on Future Risks/Climate Change on Climate Adaptation and Resilience.

More than 40 representatives of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Denmark, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Turkey, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Sweden, etc. attended the event. The moderator was the Office of the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom.

During the meeting, presentations were made by representatives of the SAI of Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The representative of the Netherlands Court of Audit informed about the multi-year program to audit climate mitigation policy, in which the focus points were devoted to energy infrastructure, energy transition policy for the Industry, policy for phasing-out natural gas in residential areas, as well as public funds for climate mitigation. Also informed about the planned audits of public funds for climate mitigation, and cybersecurity energy infrastructure.

The representative of the UK National Audit Office presented the results of the report of the progress in adapting to climate change, where he noted not enough progress in majority of areas highlighted in the climate change risk assessments, the gap between future levels of risk and planned adaptation, as well as lagging in policy and action.

Following the meeting of the EUROSAI Project Group, the representatives of the SAIs discussed the prospects of climate change and related risks, exchanged experiences and opinions on actions taken in the countries and the role of the SAIs in climate mitigation.

Press service of the Accounts Committee