From the below quote, we can determine the following which needs to be considered when making an indicator for aid in support of the environment:
"The figure “Climate and environmental focus by sector” presented in each provider profile nets out the overlaps between Rio and environment markers: it shows climate-related aid as a sub-category of total environmental aid; biodiversity and desertification are also included (either overlapping with climate-related aid or as additional – other – environmental aid) but not separately identified for the sake of readability of the figure. One activity can address several policy objectives at the same time." (source)
There are 4 relevant Rio Markers - biodiversity, desertification, climate adaptation and climate mitigation - alongside an "environment" marker.
There can be overlap between any of these markers, which we need to avoid double counting when creating figures and an overall total.
Looking at the 2021 bulk CRS, the Environment marker counts some activities which are not marked in the 4 rio markers. Need further research into how this works.
Climate relevant ODA is a sub-category of environment relevant ODA, including just adaptation and mitigation marked activities.
Currently, we have created climate indicators which account for overlap between mitigation and adaptation. To replicate this process for the other markers would result in an excessive number of indicators. Instead, it may be best to create a new indicator for Total Environment Relevant ODA, which does the overlap calculations within in the back end. The issue with this is an inability to produce a stacked bar chart analysis like climate ODA, but this would be confusing anyway with the various overlap indicators required (i.e. climate-mitigation, mitigation-biodiversity, biodiversity-desertification-adaptation).
From the below quote, we can determine the following which needs to be considered when making an indicator for aid in support of the environment:
Currently, we have created climate indicators which account for overlap between mitigation and adaptation. To replicate this process for the other markers would result in an excessive number of indicators. Instead, it may be best to create a new indicator for Total Environment Relevant ODA, which does the overlap calculations within in the back end. The issue with this is an inability to produce a stacked bar chart analysis like climate ODA, but this would be confusing anyway with the various overlap indicators required (i.e. climate-mitigation, mitigation-biodiversity, biodiversity-desertification-adaptation).