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The Commission shall prepare an annual report to accompany the general budget of the Union, bringing together available non-confidential information relating to: (a) the assets and liabilities of the Union, including those arising from borrowing and lending operations carried out by the Union in accordance with its powers under the Treaties; (b) the revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the European Development Fund (6), the European Financial Stability Facility, the European Stability Mechanism, and other possible future mechanisms; (c) the expenditure incurred by Member States in the framework of enhanced cooperation, to the extent that it is not included in the general budget of the Union; (d) climate expenditure, on the basis of an effective methodology set out by the Commission and, where relevant, in accordance with sectoral legislation, for monitoring climate spending and its performance with a view to achieving an overall target of at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures supporting climate objectives, taking into consideration the effects of the phasing out of the funding under the European Union Recovery Instrument and differentiating between climate change mitigation and adaptation, where feasible. Where there is insufficient progress towards the climate spending target in one or more of the relevant programmes, the Institutions, in accordance with their responsibilities and the relevant legislation, will consult each other on appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that Union spending on climate objectives over the entire MFF 2021-2027 corresponds to at least 30 % of the total amount of the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures; (e) expenditure contributing to halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity, on the basis of an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology set out by the Commission, in cooperation with the European Parliament and with the Council, and, where relevant, in accordance with sectoral legislation, with a view to working towards the ambition of providing 7,5 % in 2024 and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of annual spending under the MFF to biodiversity objectives, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals; (f) the promotion of equality between women and men as well as rights and equal opportunities for all throughout the implementation and monitoring of the relevant programmes, and the mainstreaming of those objectives as well as gender mainstreaming, including by strengthening the assessment of gender impact in impact assessments and evaluations under the Better Law-Making framework. The Commission will examine how to develop a methodology to measure the relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027. The Commission will use that methodology as soon as it is available. No later than 1 January 2023, the Commission will implement that methodology for certain centrally managed programmes to test its feasibility. At mid-term, it will be explored whether the methodology can be extended to other programmes for the remainder of the MFF 2021-2027; (g) the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in all relevant Union programmes of the MFF 2021-2027. The effective methodologies referred to in points (d) and (e) of the first paragraph will, as far as possible include a reference to the contribution of the Union budget to the European Green Deal, which includes the "do no harm" principle. The effective methodology referred to in point (d) of the first paragraph will be transparent, comprehensive, result-oriented and performance-based, will include annual consultation by the Commission of the European Parliament and of the Council, and will identify relevant measures to be taken in case of insufficient progress towards achieving applicable targets. None of the methodologies referred to in this point should lead to an excessive administrative burden on project holders or on beneficiaries.