A presentation on the review process for the third Environmental Performance Review of Ireland to be published in 2021.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE
REVIEW OF
IRELAND
Virtual review mission, 15-18 June 2020
Ivana Capozza
Team Leader, Environmental Performance Reviews
ivana.capozza@oecd.org

2. • Environmental performance reviews
(EPRs) are part of a small OECD
family of systematic peer reviews,
together with the Economic Surveys,
the Development Co-operation
Reviews and the IEA Energy
Reviews.
• EPRs aim to encourage, through
peer pressure, greater accountability
of governments towards each other
and the public and, ultimately,
gradual convergence towards the
best performing countries.
Environmental performance reviews and
OECD peer reviews

3. What will the EPR of Ireland do?
• Provide an independent, evidence-based
assessment of Ireland’s progress towards
its national and international environmental
commitments
• Compare Ireland to other OECD countries
• Identify successes, good practices and
challenges
• Formulate targeted policy
recommendations to help Ireland advance
its environmental policy agenda

4. What will the EPR look at?
Environmental objectives
Have they been clearly defined? Are they based on
an analysis of costs and benefits? Are they
measurable?
Intentions
What are the plans to achieve the objectives? If
results are not satisfactory, what actions are planned
to correct the trajectory?
Results
Do results match expectations? If yes, what are the
drivers of success? If not, what obstacles should be
overcome?
Actions
What has been done to reach the objectives? Was it
the most efficient and effective way to get there?
Within the
context of
Ireland’s historical
environmental
record, natural
resource
endowment,
economic and
social conditions
In comparison
with other OECD
countries
(benchmarking)

5. Structure and content of the review
Assessment and
recommendations
1. Key environmental
trends and
developments
2. Environmental
governance and
management
3. Green growth
4. Sustainable mobility
and freight
Main findings and policy recommendations in each
area covered by the review
Indicator-based analysis of Ireland’s progress in using
energy and natural resources efficiently; reducing the
carbon intensity of its economy; managing its natural
asset base; improving environmental quality
Review of Ireland’s environmental governance system
and legislation framework, and how the country
ensures compliance with environmental regulations
Assessment of Ireland’s efforts to mainstream
environment into the country’s economic and sectoral
policies and to promote the greening of the economy
Analysis of Ireland’s transport sector, its environment-
tal pressures and the policies put in place to
decarbonise and reduce the environmental impact of
mobility in urban areas and freight transport

6. Information
collection
January –
May 2020
Virtual
review
mission
15-18 June
2020
Policy mission to
discuss main
findings and
recommendations
at high level
October 2020
Discussion
at the
OECD
9
December
2020
Publication
February –
March 2021
Key steps and dates

7. • Zoom meetings with central government
representatives
o Departments and agencies in charge of
environmental policy making and implementation
o Other departments and agencies
• Email consultations with local governments
• Email consultations non-government stakeholders
o Environmental NGOs
o Independent experts
o Business organisations and trade unions
Virtual review mission and consultations:
15-18 June

8. Focus of meetings and consultations
Open dialogue and discussion on Ireland’s
environmental performance in the last decade
• What has worked well and why?
• What has not worked that well and why?
• What lessons can be learned for the future?
• What do the national and local governments,
businesses and civil society need to do to
improve Ireland’s environmental
performance?
Success stories, best practices, challenges and
potential recommendations

9. Reviewing countries
Mr. Philippe Ayoun (France)
Email: philippe.ayoun@developpement-
durable.gouv.fr Chapter 4 – Sustainable mobility and
freight
Conseil général de l’environnement
et du développement durable -
Ministère de la transition écologique
et solidaire
Ms. Therese Lundblad (Sweden)
Email: Therese.Lundblad@Naturvardsverket.se
Swedish Environmental Protection
Agency
OECD Secretariat
Ms. Nathalie Girouard
Email: Nathalie.GIROUARD@oecd.org
Head of the EPI division
OECD Environment Directorate,
Environmental Performance and
Information (EPI) Division
Ms. Ivana Capozza
Email: Ivana.CAPOZZA@oecd.org
EPR co-ordinator; Chapter 1 – Key
environmental trends and
development; Chapter 3 – Green
growth
Ms. Carla Bertuzzi
Email: Carla.BERTUZZI@oecd.org
Chapter 1 – Key environmental
trends and development; EPR
statistical support
Mr. Eugene Mazur
Email: Eugene.MAZUR@oecd.org
Chapter 2 – Environmental
governance and management
Mr. Nils Axel Braathen
Email: Nils-Axel.BRAATHEN@oecd.org
Chapter 3 – Green growth (taxes,
charges, other economic instruments
and subsidies)
Ms. Tatiana Samsonova
Email: Tatiana.SAMSONOVA@itf-oecd.org
Chapter 4 – Sustainable mobility and
freight
International Transport Forum
The OECD review team

10. THANK YOU!