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Budgetary constraints emerge through an unwillingness to invest financial resources into climate change mitigation strategies. Many city budgets constrain the flexibility of municipal government officials to invest in GHG reduction projects <ref name="Nijkamp & Perrels, 1994">{{cite book|last=Nijkamp|first=P|title=Sustainable Cities in Europe: a comparative analysis of urban energy-environmental policies|year=1994|publisher=Earthscan|___location=London|author=Perrels, A}}</ref>, viewing the issue as a luxury expenditure <ref name="Press, 1998">{{cite journal|last=Press|first=D|title=Local environmental policy capacity: a framework for research|journal=Natural Resources Journal|year=1998|volume=38|pages=29-52}}</ref>. It is not un-common in response however for CCP municipal governments to convince officials to invest in some GHG reduction technologies, with the argument money saved through mitigation strategies can be used for re-investment in further mitigation strategies <ref name="Betsill, 2001" />.
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