Colombia's Contraloría General de la República reported that Decree 0150 of 2026, declaring an economic emergency in February due to the climate crisis, lacks solid calculation bases for requesting between $8.26 and $8.68 trillion pesos. The oversight body identified discrepancies in damage estimates, such as flooded areas, and the absence of a national articulated plan. This review responds to a request from the Constitutional Court.
The Contraloría conducted a thorough review of the decree at the Constitutional Court's request and concluded there are no detailed bases for the global resource estimate. The National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd) acknowledged its figures are dynamic and subject to field adjustments, preventing current auditing.
Key findings include, in Córdoba, Ungrd reporting 113,641 flooded hectares versus Contraloría's Diari estimating 66,276 hectares using Sentinel 1 radar images—a 47,365-hectare difference suggesting overestimation.
The report notes the lack of a unified national plan, only aggregated sectoral responses, and weaknesses such as no territorial prioritization, calculation duplications, and overlooked ordinary resources. In housing, the largest item at $4.45 trillion pesos requested, calculations differ by over $23.5 billion.
The Contraloría questioned not first using mechanisms from Law 1523 of 2012 and recommended a public policy for disaster risk financing, given low 2026 disaster budget programming. It issued no findings on mining, energy, and defense due to insufficient detailed information.
