Climate Budget Training Course

Participation in all events is free, but you need to register to them separately.

MODULE 1: Getting started with climate budgeting

Conference (1 October 2025) & Webinar (2 December 2025)

How can climate budgeting support cities’ directions for climate neutrality, what are different approaches to it, and where to begin? In the Module 1, we opened the discussion on urban climate governance and explored various approaches to climate budgeting through practical examples from Copenhagen, Bergen, Turku, Kraków, and Espoo. The Module 1 was organised as the Climate Budget Summit #1 and it was followed further with the recorded UBC TALKS webinar.

Catch up with the materials from the Climate Budget Summit #1 on 1 October 2025 in Malmö

Presentations:

• 0. Climate Budget Summit
• 1. Arfwidsson_Malmö climate transition
• 2. Knieling_Climate urban governance
• 3. Huttunen_NetZeroCities Climate budgeting
• 4. Copenhagen_Naesvang Ottsen
• 5. Bergen_Søgnen_2
• 6. Turku_von Zweygbergk
• 7. Krakow_Szpak_2
• 8. Mechenich_CADS Tool
• 9. Meriläinen_Tampere CADS tool application
• 10. Zinchuk_Climate training course 2

Video:

• Recording of the UBC TALKS webinar about climate budget (1:34:01)

MODULE 2: Obtaining mandate and setting cooperation (ready)

FORMAT: Online training

DATE: 29 January 2026 at 9.00-11.30 CET / 10.00-12.30 EET

This module introduces how cities can begin climate budgeting in ways that reflect their local mandate and context – while meeting key prerequisites for success. Participants explore how to lay strong foundations, build internal capacity and foster cross-departmental cooperation. Practical examples from the cities Riga, Vienna and Norderstedt illustrate how different sectors can contribute climate actions and how collaboration enables tailored yet effective climate budgeting approaches.

Presentations:

• 1. Welcome to the Climate Budgeting Training Course
• 2. C40 Climate Budgeting Programme and advice to the cities
• 3. How to start Climate Budgeting process
• 4. Building understanding and capacity across departments in Riga

Video:

• Recording of the Module 2 (1:57:40) on 29 January 2026

MODULE 3: Climate actions portfolio and emissions data inventory

FORMAT: Online training

DATE: 31 March 2026, 9.00-12.00 CEST / 10.00-13.00 EEST

This module focuses on building a robust climate actions portfolio grounded in existing strategies and supported by credible emissions data with an example from a national level climate inventory from Denmark. Participants learn how emissions baselines and action-level calculations are developed, including data sources and emissions factors, and how challenges are addressed in practice, with examples from Östersund, Riga and Bytom.

• Agenda Module 3
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MODULE 4: Analysing costs & benefits, building scenario and interpreting results

FORMAT: Online training

DATE: 7 May 2026, 9.00-12.00 CEST / 10.00-13.00 EEST

This module deepens climate budgeting by examining how to assess the financial costs and benefits of climate actions compared with business-as-usual scenarios. Participants explore different impact assessment methods used by cities, including cost-efficiency and cost–benefit analyses, and learn how these calculations inform scenario-building. The module also demonstrates how results can be visualized and explained in an accessible way – ensuring that complex financial insights effectively support informed decision-making.

• Event page
• Registration

MODULE 5: Hands-on practical CADS tool training

FORMAT: Hands-on workshop

DATE: Summer/early autumn 2026, tbc

This hands-on training will provide practical guidance how to set-up the CADS tool, developed in the Climate-4-CAST project. It will be based on a simulation case and involve a walk-through the tool, explanation of key charts and their meaning, and mini-scenarios.

MODULE 6: Climate budget for communicating with your Mayor and your Citizens

FORMAT: Conference

DATE: Autumn 2026, tbc

This module explores how cities use climate budgeting tools in real-life contexts to support effective communication and decision-making. Participants learn how to translate technical results into compelling narratives for mayors, political leaders and the public – both within formal budgeting processes and more informal settings. Drawing on city experiences, this closing module highlights the role of the CADS tool at different stages of climate budgeting maturity and reflects on future potentials and development needs for climate budgeting practices across Europe.

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