Climate change is becoming more noticeable and more frequent, which has an ever-increasing impact on people's lives. Extreme weather events, droughts and floods have already become quite normal in some places, but they require a lot of changes in the public sector as well. Countries must adapt to climate change and mitigate it, which they can achieve through the framework of green budget planning. The purpose of the research is to assess whether the Slovenian methodology, which is one of the key elements of the green budget planning framework, is adequate in relation to the European guidelines covered by the European Green Budget Planning Reference Framework. The inductive method will be used, since the obtained data will be generalized to the entire population, and the analysis method, since an essential part of the budget will be analyzed. The Slovenian methodology was used in selected projects of selected municipalities, thus demonstrating its effectiveness. This methodology will also be compared with the French methodology, as France is known for its tendency towards sustainable development. All selected analyzed projects of the Municipality of Maribor, the Municipality of Izola and the Municipality of Novo Mesto follow at least one environmental objective, while they do not have a negative impact on any environmental objective. The findings showed that Slovenia successfully implements a sustainable budget at the local level and that the Slovenian methodology is adequate, as it contains all the basic and some advanced elements required by the European framework of green budget planning. The Slovenian methodology thus has the potential for further development, with the help of which it will be possible to reach a higher and more developed level of the green budget planning framework. The use and development of it will only contribute to faster, more efficient and more successful achievement of environmental goals and to sustainable development.
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