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N-ZAP has released a new Climate Budgeting Guide designed to support Canadian municipalities and local governments in incorporating climate commitments into decision-making and budget allocation. The guide was created as part of theÌýÌýand is based on data collected via six focus groups and 48 interviews with key people who are actively engaged in the climate budgeting process.

It identifies key steps in the process, best practices in this emerging area, and resources that can be leveraged to make the implementation of climate budgeting easier, more efficient and more effective. These resources include numerous examples of the varied steps and approaches already in use by Canadian municipalities.

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N-ZAP is a research partnership funded, in part, by the  through the Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) and jointly led by the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, t³ó±ð ’ (FCM)  (GMF) and , working with 11 other academic institutions, and 8 national organizations and 15 municipal partners.