“Climate Scanner will enable the identification of potential environmental audit topics.”
Oku.Az informs that this was announced today within the framework of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) organized by the Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Azerbaijan and INTOSAI, the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions Vugar Gulmammadov, head of the Accounts Chamber, explained at the event “Results of the evaluation of the climate scanner.”
He noted that one of the most important steps to contribute to climate action by the highest audit bodies is the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil, which currently chairs INTOSAI, together with the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Audit, experts and international organizations (UN). Climate Scanner Economic and Development Initiative with the support of the Department of Social Affairs (UNDESA), the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP, etc.).
The president said that through the Climate Scanner tool, the Supreme Audit Institutions of 141 countries that joined this initiative are evaluating the work carried out by governments to prevent climate change, including the implementation of the obligations accepted at the national and international level. international.
The main challenges that arose during the audits in the field of climate action were made known.
In his speech, the president of the Accounting Chamber, Vugar Gulmammadov, referred to the challenges that arose during audits in the field of climate action.
He said that some of them are related to the audit institution and others to the environment in which the audit is carried out, and most of them are relevant to OAAs of all countries.
Among the president’s main appeals:
– problems in the variety and timely presentation of information related to climate activity;
– the small number of practices that would be considered good in relation to climate finance;
– observe the differences between the theory and practical application of the green budget;
– that climate-related auditing standards are being developed;
– the need for auditors to acquire special knowledge and skills in this area;
– in the conditions of inclusion of the Sustainable Development Goals in audit processes, the need to increase the number of government audits was especially highlighted.
Maharram Aliyev
