Edinburgh has to move "at least twice as fast" to reduce its emissions compared to the last decade, according to the council's chief executive.
But with funding pressures of around £380 million over the next five years, Andrew Kerr said achieving the capital's ambitious goal of being a net zero city by 2030 will mean 'deprioritising other things' in the council.
"We've approved a balanced budget for this financial year but we've got significant financial pressures coming from 2023/24 onwards," Mr Kerr said, adding: "There's going to have to be some decisions made quite early on in the term to allow us to start make savings."
