Mainstreaming decarbonization through local climate budgets in Norwegian municipalities

Baggio,Guilherme and Tozer, Laura, (2024). Mainstreaming decarbonization through local climate budgets in Norwegian municipalities. Climate Policy, 1-15

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    Author Baggio,Guilherme
    Tozer, Laura
    Title Mainstreaming decarbonization through local climate budgets in Norwegian municipalities
    Appearing in Climate Policy
    Publication Date 2024-09-17
    Place of Publication London
    Publisher Taylor & Francis
    Start page 1
    End page 15
    Language eng
    Abstract Climate budgets are increasingly being used in local climate governance, but it is not clear whether they have the potential to drive systemic change toward decarbonization. This study uses a political dynamics of decarbonization framework to assess the transformative potential of municipal climate budgets to catalyze changes across cultural, economic, political, and technological systems to overcome carbon lock-in. Document analysis and interviews with climate budget experts from Oslo, Fredrikstad, Hamar, Bergen, Arendal, Bærum, Asker and the county of Agder in Norway were employed in this study to identify and discuss transformative conditions for decarbonization. Climate budgets are used to integrate climate change mitigation as a core element of municipal governance. This approach aims to integrate climate change mitigation into existing decision-making mechanisms and expand the mandates of municipal departments and agencies in executing and overseeing climate actions. Local climate budgets are also being used to catalyze changes across cultural, economic, political, and technological systems through the alignment of new laws, regulations, financial and institutional capacities, inter-municipal coalitions, and cooperation with the private sector. However, climate budgeting in cities and local governments faces multiple barriers. These include a lack of jurisdiction over emissions accounted for in climate budgets; inadequate legal frameworks to support municipal climate actions; and competition for financial and institutional resources with other public services expected by city residents. These findings deepen our understanding of the transformative change potential in local climate action experiments by emphasizing the role of political dynamics in overcoming carbon lock-in.
    Keyword Decarbonization
    mitigation
    climate budget
    local government
    urban climate governance
    Copyright Holder Informa UK Limited
    Copyright Year 2024
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2403563
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