This paper explores the extent to which participatory budgeting (PB) contributes to climate change adaptation and mitigation, based on an analysis of initiatives from 15 cities and regions in the global South and North. PB contributions are far from marginal, with significant investments decided by local people. The paper highlights some of the numerous innovations introduced to integrate PB into climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. Through a scrutiny of 4,400 PB projects, the research identified six categories of climate-related projects encompassing hardware as well as software approaches, such as awareness-raising activities, community-based early warning projects and research. The paper advocates for solidarity PBs for climate justice, and raises awareness of the huge (and as yet largely untapped) potential for this to help address the dramatic impacts that climate change has on millions of people’s lives. It also points to questions for future research.

本文基于对全球南方和北方 15 个城市和地区的举措的分析，探讨了参与式预算 (PB) 对气候变化适应和缓解的贡献程度。PB 贡献远非微不足道，大量投资由当地人民决定。本文重点介绍了为将 PB 纳入气候适应和减缓工作而引入的众多创新中的一些。通过对 4,400 个 PB 项目的审查，该研究确定了六类气候相关项目，包括硬件和软件方法，例如提高认识活动、基于社区的预警项目和研究。该论文倡导气候正义的团结 PB，并提高人们对这方面的巨大（但尚未开发）潜力的认识，以帮助解决气候变化对数百万人生活的巨大影响。它还指出了未来研究的问题。