Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Green budgeting: the climate tool governments can't afford to ignore.
Budgets are more than financial statements: they are statements of what governments value. Green budgeting can ensure that public spending is aligned with climate goals - transforming budgetary policy into a powerful tool for reducing emissions.
🎥 Our explainer video breaks down green budgeting and its key benefits for state and regional governments. Green budgeting:
â• Ensures that public spending and revenue decisions support regional and international commitments
â• Enables governments to tag and track climate-related expenditures and revenues, facilitating increased investment in green initiatives while helping phase out environmentally harmful spending
â• Improves cross-ministerial collaboration, governance and transparency in climate-related fiscal decisions
💡 Green budget tagging takes this further by identifying which budget items help or harm climate and environmental objectives—empowering states and regions to shift spending toward net-zero outcomes year after year.
⏳ With just a few budget cycles left before 2030, the time to embed climate into public budgets is now.
Green budgeting: the climate tool governments can't afford to ignore.
Budgets are more than financial statements: they are statements of what governments value. Green budgeting can ensure that public spending is aligned with climate goals - transforming budgetary policy into a powerful tool for reducing emissions.
🎥 Our explainer video breaks down green budgeting and its key benefits for state and regional governments. Green budgeting:
â• Ensures that public spending and revenue decisions support regional and international commitments
â• Enables governments to tag and track climate-related expenditures and revenues, facilitating increased investment in green initiatives while helping phase out environmentally harmful spending
â• Improves cross-ministerial collaboration, governance and transparency in climate-related fiscal decisions
💡 Green budget tagging takes this further by identifying which budget items help or harm climate and environmental objectives—empowering states and regions to shift spending toward net-zero outcomes year after year.
⏳ With just a few budget cycles left before 2030, the time to embed climate into public budgets is now.
