Annex H: Proposed Environmental Services COFOG classification for Natural Resource Management, and Climate Change
Table 9 outlines the existing COFOG categories which are proposed for inclusion into Natural Resource Management (referred to as E.2). This covers activities related to the use and provision of farming, forestry, fisheries, food, animals and plants.
Table 9: Proposed COFOG for Natural Resource Management (referred to as E.2)
| E.2: Natural Resource Management | % of category likely aligned to E.2 activities | |
|---|---|---|
| COFOG | Share of lines of spend within this category to be brought into E.2 | Share of Total Spend to be brought into E.2 |
| 1.6.0 General public services n.e.c. | 11.6% | 0.0% |
| 4.2.1 Market support under CAP | 97.7% | 69.4% |
| 4.2.2 Other agriculture, food and fisheries policy | 11.2% | 10.4% |
| 4.2.3 Forestry | 5.9% | -4.9%* |
| 4.3.0 Fuel and energy | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| 4.5.3 Local public transport | 21.1% | 5.7% |
| 4.5.4 Railway | 3.2% | 2.3% |
| 6.5.0 R&D housing and community amenities | 60.0% | 60.4% |
| 8.2.0 Cultural services | 10.6% | 0.9% |
Table 10 outlines the existing COFOG categories which are proposed for inclusion into Climate Change (referred to as E.3). This covers activities relating to climate change including adaptation, mitigation, net zero and impacts.
Table 10: Proposed COFOG for Natural Resource Management (referred to as E.3)
| E.3 Climate Change | % of category likely aligned to climate change activities | |
|---|---|---|
| COFOG | Share of lines of spend within this category to be brought into E.2 | Share of Total Spend to be brought into E.2 |
| 4.2.2 Other agriculture, food and fisheries policy | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| 4.3.0 Fuel and energy | 24.7% | 75.1% |
| 4.5.3 Local public transport | 21.1% | 5.7% |
| 4.5.5 Other transport | 4.4% | 24.8% |
| 4.8.0 R&D economic affairs | 1.3% | 11.9% |
| 5.3.0 Pollution abatement | 27.3% | 13.3% |
| 5.5.0 R&D environment protection | 1.4% | 0.6% |
| 5.6.0 Environment protection n.e.c. | 29.2% | 50.0% |
| 6.6.0 Housing and community amenities n.e.c. | 6.9% | 0.7% |
| 9.2.0 Secondary education | 0.6% | 0.1% |
The COFOGs captured in all three proposed categories (E.1, E.2 and E.3) are not currently captured by other productivity service areas, and (apart from COFOG 9.2.0) are currently included in the ‘Other’ grouping. There would therefore be no impact to the other services. This could also be a potential route to improving coverage of productivity calculations across a wider proportion of government spend.
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