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Subjects: Economy and Finance | Environment and Energy

Climate Governance of the Scottish Budget

Author(s): Iain Thom, Alasdair Reid, Andrew Feeney-Seale

This briefing provides a guide to the tools and approaches available to Members and Committees to scrutinise public expenditure and taxation policy from a climate change perspective. It summarises past examples of climate-focused financial scrutiny in sessions four and five of the Scottish Parliament, including the relevant changes to the Scottish budget process, and international examples and frameworks.

Summary

This briefing provides a guide to the tools and approaches available to Members and Committees to scrutinise public expenditure and taxation policy from a climate change perspective. It summarises past examples of climate-focused financial scrutiny in sessions four and five of the Scottish Parliament, including the relevant changes to the Scottish budget process, and international examples and frameworks.

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While we work to resolve this, the briefing is available in PDF format. You can download the PDF by clicking on the PDF button at the top of this page. Please contact SPICe, [email protected], if you cannot access the PDF.