Aligning Regional and Local Budgets with Green Objectives
Subnational Green Budgeting Practices and Guidelines
Green budgeting is emerging at subnational levels as an important tool for regions
and cities to use to align their expenditure and revenues with their green objectives,
and enhance the transparency and accountability of their climate and environmental
action. It is also a tool that subnational governments can use to prioritise low-carbon
investments and identify funding gaps, as well as to mobilise additional sources of
both private and public climate finance. In order for subnational governments to make
full use of green budgeting however, more methodological, technical, and financial
support is needed. This report presents a first stocktake of subnational green budgeting
practices in OECD and EU countries as well as a set of guidelines for subnational
governments to use in developing and launching a green budgeting practice. It is accompanied
by two green budgeting case studies – one with the Region of Brittany (France) and
one with the City of Venice (Italy) – and a self-assessment tool. The self-assessment
tool allows regions and cities to measure their capacity to launch a green budgeting
practice or strengthen an existing one, and is available on the OECD Subnational Government
Climate Finance Hub as a downloadable Excel file.
Available from June 22, 2022
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