DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2017.1366891
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85028742123
论文题名: Budgeting for climate change: obstacles and opportunities at the US state level
作者: Gilmore E ; A ; , St ; Clair T
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2017
起始页码: 1
结束页码: 13
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climate change policies
; Climate finance
; financial management
; state budgeting
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: State governments in the United States are well placed to identify opportunities for mitigation and the needs for adaptation to climate change. However, the cost of these efforts can have important implications for budgets that already face pressures from diverse areas such as unfunded pensions and growing health care costs. In this work, the current level of spending on climate-related activities at the state level are evaluated and policy recommendations are developed to improve financial management practices as they relate to climate risk. An examination of state budgets reveals that climate mitigation and adaptation activities represent less than 1% of spending in most states. The data collection highlights the obstacles to collecting accurate spending data and the lack of budgetary and accounting procedures in place. More importantly, the difficulty in benchmarking these activities poses challenges for the analysis of state-level policies as well as planning and modelling future climate-related spending. Other policy contexts, including public pensions and infrastructure, can provide guidance on budgetary and accounting tools that may help states prepare for and more efficiently manage climate-related expenditures. Key policy insightsClimate change mitigation and adaptation will require substantial investments across many levels of government on a wide range of activities.Currently, US states are not clearly demarcating climate expenditures, hindering the identification of climate-related budgetary risks.In the absence of guidelines, these longer term fiscal outlays may remain chronically underfunded in favour of more near-term spending priorities.Establishing appropriate financial management and data collection practices is important for more sophisticated cost-effectiveness and policy analyses. © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80257
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作者单位: Department of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA; School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Recommended Citation:
Gilmore E,A,, St,et al. Budgeting for climate change: obstacles and opportunities at the US state level[J]. Climate Policy,2017-01-01