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Would you like to introduce climate budgeting practices in your city, exchange with peers to build professional contacts, and boost local climate actions? Welcome to the training on climate budget, a set of hands-on online trainings with a concluding conference organised for local authorities!
This versatile climate budget training course is aimed at regional and national public authorities, decision-makers, and sustainability and climate experts, as well as financial staff in local administrations. Make sure to invite relevant colleagues!
The Climate Budget Training Course was officially launched during the Climate Budget Summit #1, which took place in Malmö on the 1st of October 2025.
Participation in all events is free, but you need to register to them separately.
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 Espoo and Aarhus. The Module 1 was organised as the Climate Budget Summit #1 and it was followed further with the recorded UBC TALKS webinar.
FORMAT:Â Online training
DATE:Â 2 December 2025
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FORMAT:Â Online training
DATE:Â 29 January 2026 at 9.00-11.30 CET / 10.00-12.30 EET
This module introduced how cities can begin climate budgeting in ways that reflect their local mandate and context – while meeting key prerequisites for success. Participants explored how to lay strong foundations, build internal capacity and foster cross-departmental cooperation. Practical examples from the cities Riga, Vienna and Norderstedt illustrated how different sectors can contribute climate actions and how collaboration enables tailored yet effective climate budgeting approaches.
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Video:
FORMAT:Â 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.
FORMAT:Â Online training
DATE: 7 May 2026, 9.00-12.00 CEST / 10.00-13.00 EEST
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 like Tampere and Aarhus, including cost-efficiency and cost–benefit analyses, and learn how these calculations are impacted by different scenarios. 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, with the Climate Action Decision Support (CADS) Tool developed in the Climate-4-CAST project.
FORMAT: Hands-on workshop in Turku, Finland
DATE: 1-2 September
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.
FORMAT:Â Conference
DATE:Â 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.
