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2020 Cities Q2.2 - Budgetary Capacity as a Barrier to Adaptation

Row numberQuestionnaire NameAccount NumberAccount NameCountryCDP RegionParentSectionSectionRowNumberRowNameFactors that affect ability to adaptIndicate if this factor either supports or challenges the ability to adaptLevel of degree to which factor challenges/supports the adaptive capacity of your cityPlease describe how the factor supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city
51Cities 202050368Municipalidad de Provincial de ArequipaPeruLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesGuide the financing mechanisms to the public or private sectors, generating pacts or public-private partnerships; resorting to the chains of budgets for results in the case of accessing the public fund among others.
52Cities 202050370Municipalidad de TampicoMexicoLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards5Budgetary capacityChallengesLocal governments do not have direct access to federal funding for projects on climate change.
53Cities 202050383Prefeitura de SorocabaBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesa implantação de obras para adaptação e mitigação às mudanças climáticas exigem investimentos que não são completamente cobertos com recursos municipais e dependem da captação de recursos externos
54Cities 202050392Prefeitura de VitóriaBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallenges
55Cities 202050549City of Fort WorthUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards8Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesMany environmental programs in the city are funded through the Environmental Protection Fund. The fees that supply this funding have not been raised since their implementation in 1995.
56Cities 202050550City of BuffaloUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards10Budgetary capacityChallenges
57Cities 202050555City of HamiltonCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesHazards such as flooding and severe storms may damage water, wastewater and/or storm water infrastructure. There may be high costs to repair damage.
58Cities 202050558City of London, ONCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesFinancial resources to bolster infrastructure in short supply and upper level government funds are sparse.
59Cities 202050559City of St Catharines, ONCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesModerately challengesThere are limited monetary resources to address many issues e.g. poverty, opioids/addiction, crime, recreation, infrastructure investments etc. There are more demands than available resources generally.
60Cities 202050560City of OaklandUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards6Budgetary capacityChallengesFunding caps and debt management are components of budgetary capacity that limit the City's ability to make strong efforts on its climate change mitigation and adaptation needs.
61Cities 202050568City of SaskatoonCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesThe City of Saskatoon has a number of priority projects underway at this time and budgetary capacity will impact the implementation speed and effectiveness for all projects including those supporting improved adaptive capacity within our civic government.
62Cities 202050572City of Saint Paul, MNUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards5Budgetary capacityChallengesModerately challengesBudgetary capacity is a perennial issue. Countless opportunities and finite resources. Like all cities, Saint Paul must prioritize options, with public safety and health receiving highest priority.
63Cities 202050650City of GibraltarGibraltarEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesAlthough Gibraltar is a prosperous City, mitigation and adaptation measures can be costly and they vie against other budgetary demands such as health, housing and education - and perhaps not considered as urgent or vital as Gibraltar is not impacted as strongly by climate change as perhaps other nations.
64Cities 202051079Guatemala CityGuatemalaLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards5Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesIn Decree 7-2013 Framework Law to regulate the reduction of vulnerability, the mandatory adaptation to the effects of climate change and the mitigation of greenhouse gases in its article 24 dictates the creation at the national level of the National Climate Change Fund ( FONCC) in order to finance plans, programs and projects for risk management, vulnerability reduction, forced adaptation and forced mitigation, as well as the improvement of national capacities in the face of climate change.
65Cities 202052894City of Winston-SalemUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesIf our budget decreases, this would likely take priority and focus away from projects and initiatives that could enhance our ability to adapt to climate change.
66Cities 202053879City of Jersey CityUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesDue to COVID-19-related shutdowns, budgets for state and local governments across the nation, including Jersey City, have been severely constrained.
67Cities 202053959City of Fayetteville, ARUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards8Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesThe City of Fayetteville relies on a strong economy and steady production of sales tax in order to secure a healthy budget. However, as more residents face unemployment and decrease their spending, the city faces deep cuts to its revenue. These significant losses in funding has limited the amount of energy and money dedicated to adaptation and mitigation initiatives.
68Cities 202054037City of Des MoinesUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSomewhat challengesThe current patterns demonstrated by localized climate change make it difficult to budget and identify key financial resources to make targeted and impactful improvements. Near term planning efforts will help identify budget needs and prioritize investments.
69Cities 202054060City of Greater Sudbury / Grand SudburyCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallenges
70Cities 202054075City of LakewoodUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards6Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesLakewood has not had the financial resources to develop a thorough adaptation plan.
71Cities 202054078City of HaywardUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesThe limited budget affects the number of staff available to plan for adaptation projects. In addition, the infrastructure needed to prevent and protect from sea level rise will be costly.
72Cities 202054082City of Hollywood, FLUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSomewhat challengesThe City of Hollywood recently experienced a period of financial urgency. While the City is now on more secure financial footing, the budget currently does not allow for expansive resiliency projects. Additional funding would have to be sought from outside sources.
73Cities 202054085City of SavannahUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallengesMost municipalities are very fiscally limited and can struggle to adequately satisfy core services. Savannah is no exception. It is often challenging to identify the significant funding necessary for large adaptation projects.
74Cities 202054092City of Ann ArborUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards10Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesWhile Ann Arbor has funded an Office of Sustainability and Innovation addressing climate change mitigation and adaption, the task at hand is monumental, requiring accelerated action at a large scale, and a large amount of financial resources to do so.
75Cities 202054110City of Santa MonicaUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards5Budgetary capacityChallengesThe City of Santa Monica is projecting a net loss of income as its pension obligations will soon exceed its revenue and ability to pay. This may limit the staff and funding that is available.
76Cities 202054113City of FlagstaffUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallengesThe budget provided towards climate change adaptation measures is limited.
77Cities 202054114City of AshevilleUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesAsheville is a small City of 90,000 but population increases to 150,000+ during the day; however, there is not the ability to capture tourism dollars on a municipal level. Hotel and motel taxes are utilized for tourism.
78Cities 202054116City of DubuqueUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesCOVID-19 has impacted our city government's budget and budgets are a) unknown and b)slashed for sustainability and climate action and adaptation work
79Cities 202054119City of Palo AltoUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesPalo Alto, like most cities in California, is experiencing a pension crisis and must reduce it's budget significantly to address rising pension costs. This affects how much funding can be allocated towards climate change efforts.
80Cities 202054274Rotorua Lakes CouncilNew ZealandSoutheast Asia and OceaniaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesLocal government funding constraints limit the ability of the district to invest in long term planning projects.
81Cities 202054360Shah Alam City CouncilMalaysiaSoutheast Asia and OceaniaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesFinancial support for the implementation of adequate mitigation and adaptation measures is a problem for most local governments
82Cities 202054459City of ReykjavíkIcelandEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesFunding for all adaptation measure are not fully completed.
83Cities 202054513Municipality of UppsalaSwedenEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards5Budgetary capacityChallengesUppsala has had a strained economy for several years, which still shows and need to be accounted for.
84Cities 202054521BCP CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesLocal government funding has been, and will continue to be, reduced significantly. This makes funding climate change adaptation measures increasing difficult.
85Cities 202054529City of LeicesterUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesBudget cuts resulted in merging of the climate change adaptation and mitigation processes so no longer have reviews of climate change impacts/vulnerability. Ongoing budget cuts in UK local government continue to affect capacity.
86Cities 202054538Bath and North East SomersetUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesThe LCLIP work that was carried out and updated in 2015 was not able to quantify costs due to the lack of available data about climate impacts locally. This meant that a business case was not able to be made to allocate any resources to work on adaptation. There has not been the capacity within the Sustainability Team to update this study or focus on Adaptation in recent years.
87Cities 202054611Alcaldia de ManizalesColombiaLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesNot all the economic resources are available for the attention of all the environmental problems that climate change contracts
88Cities 202054623Prefeitura de BetimBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesAtualmente o Município de Betim passa por uma situação de dificuldade financeira, o que dificulta a execução de ações de adaptação às mudanças climáticas.
89Cities 202054650Prefeitura de PalmasBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesHá grande necessidade de investimento para a realização das mudanças.
90Cities 202054670Prefeitura Municipal de CapivariBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesA arrecadação municipal ainda é muito baixa para arcar com os serviços públicos necessários para uma boa gestão.
91Cities 202054696XIV Ayuntamiento de La PazMexicoLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesUna situación recurrente en la administración pública es el tema presupuestal debido a que las problemáticas a resolver son muy diversas y el recurso económico escaso, debido a ello la ciudad de La Paz debe encontrar los mecanismos adecuados de financiamiento para la realización de planes, proyectos y programas que orienten el desarrollo integral de la ciudad. Actualmente el desafío consiste en la búsqueda de esquemas efectivos de financiamiento que permitan la realización de acciones sustanciales para la ciudad.
92Cities 202054700Prefeitura Municipal de SumaréBrazilLatin AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesA crise econômica de 2016, e atualmente com a crise causada pela pandemia do novo coronavírus, o orçamento do município teve drástica redução, o que faz com que gastos não considerados essenciais sejam cortados, o que inclui gastos com melhoria do meio ambiente e demais projetos diversos de melhoria que serão postergados para após a recuperação econômica.
93Cities 202055801City of West Palm BeachUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesThe City's budget ultimately determines the funding for sustainable initiatives. If there were to be budget cuts throughout the City, sustainability programming and marketing may be effected. As of June 2020, the City's general fund budget is temporarily frozen due COVID-19 related constraints.
94Cities 202058346Plymouth City CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesLocal Authority budgets are already severely stretched - Covid 19 has increased this pressure. Any additional pressures on these will not be easy to divert resource to.
95Cities 202058357City of West HollywoodUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesWest Hollywood is a fairly wealthy small city, but amidst the pandemic, our economic future is uncertain. It remains to be seen what impact the coronavirus will have on our economic future, but it will likely mean our resources will be strained to pay for adaptation needs over the next few years, perhaps longer.
96Cities 202058483City of SurreyCanadaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards6Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesRestricted budgets lead to reduced capacity to opt for projects aimed at adaptation activities.
97Cities 202058485Abington TownshipUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesThe Township has not had the resources or expertise to develop a thorough adaptation plan, in order to obtain reliable data in regard to adaptation.measures. In addition, the sars-cov-2 has significantly decreased our resources and collected taxes, particularly from businesses within our jurisdiction.
98Cities 202058489Hoeje-Taastrup KommuneDenmarkEuropeClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards1Budgetary capacityChallengesSignificantly challengesWith several other issues in the municipality and a tight budget the climate change agenda often has a low priority.
99Cities 202058513City of MedfordUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards4Budgetary capacityChallengesWhile the City of Medford is very committed to working on climate change mitigation and adaptation activities as seen through Mayor Stephanie Burke's participation in the Metro Mayor's climate commitments, funding has to compete with operational funds for pressing and urgent activities such as police, fire, schools, and road infrastructure.
100Cities 202058531City of Somerville, MAUnited States of AmericaNorth AmericaClimate Hazards and VulnerabilityClimate Hazards3Budgetary capacityChallengesSomerville has limited budgetary capacity to make necessary infrastructure upgrades to increase community climate resilience.

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This dataset contains public responses to the 2020 Cities Questionnaire for cities that cited 'budgetary capacity' as a barrier to adaptation in question 2.2 - 'Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.'

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