The Climate Council is facing the biggest cuts in 2024. According to the proposal for the 2023 Finance Act, which the government has presented today, the Climate Council's budget will be reduced from 24.8 million DKK this year to just 9.3 million DKK in 2024. This means that the council will have to save 15.5 million DKK next year. In other words, almost two-thirds of the current budget.
- It is very glaring, and it will make it very difficult to implement projects that extend beyond this year, says Torsten Hasforth, chief economist at the green think tank Concito.
The Climate Council's primary task is to review the government's policy once a year in relation to achieving the politically agreed climate goals. According to Torsten Hasforth, it will probably also be one of the only tasks the council can retain if the cuts go through.
Fewer studies
- A few weeks ago, the council published a study of the consequences of greenhouse gas taxes on agriculture. Studies like that will probably not be produced again if they are cut by 15 million. DKK, he says.
It is not inconceivable that the budget framework will increase in the upcoming budget negotiations, but the Climate Council's budget must be set according to the prospects that the current budget law sets before them, Torsten Hasforth points out.
- It may well be that more funds will be found for the council in the next budget law, but a responsible management will have to work on the basis that they only have nine million kroner from next year, says Torsten Hasforth.
Since the government is a majority government, it does not need to make compromises in any budget negotiations.
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