Background
Since 2017, several municipalities have chosen to implement climate budgets as part of their climate initiatives and as a concrete tool to achieve emission targets set by the municipality. Despite the increasing use of climate budgets at all levels of governance in Norway, there is thin knowledge about how it is implemented and executed.
About the Project
The aim of this research project is to study how Norwegian municipalities implement and work with climate budgets as tools for climate transition. It aims to contribute knowledge about how climate budgets function as management tools and how they are adapted and translated to the municipality's local context.
To investigate this, an initial document study will be conducted on the climate budgets of the following eight municipalities: Arendal, Fredrikstad, Oslo, Bodø, Tromsø, Trondheim, Bergen, and Stavanger. This study will examine the extent to which these climate budgets resemble management tools. Furthermore, studies will be conducted in a selection of four to five municipalities, with data collection through interviews, observations, and documents. Here, we will examine how the climate budget is translated to function in the local context and investigate how it influences, or is influenced by, the municipality's work related to climate transition.
This is a doctoral research project conducted by Julie Høie Nygård and supervised by Associate Professor Elin Anita Nilsen and Senior Researcher Hege Westskog. It constitutes part of the research project "Implementation of Climate Budget - Does it contribute to municipalities' transition to a low-emission society?"
Duration
2022-2025