Sweden's budget law requires the government to report to the Swedish parliament (riksdag) on the success of achieving the goals set by the parliament (this was implemented in 1996). Since 1999 this includes an overarching environmental goal (stating that, by the time of the next generation, Sweden should have resolved our major environmental problems) and 16 environmental quality objectives.  To facilitate progress towards the generational goal and the environmental quality objectives, the Government adopts milestone targets in priority areas. Sweden also has a Climate Act (since 2017) that requires the government to report on how it will achieve the Swedish climate goals.   The Swedish Climate act was decided by the parliament as a complement to the environmental quality objectives. The act states that the Government shall ensure that climate policy goals and budget policy goals work together. The Climate act also requires a climate report to be included in each budget bill. The report should include an evaluation of the impact of the most important climate policy decisions, as well as an assessment of the need for additional policies.   The main drivers for the regulation and the goals are to promote environmentally responsive policy-making and to achieve results in this area.   It is important to note that Sweden does not have a specific green budget or a separate budget process for environmental or climate policies. Instead, we work within the regular budget process to assess and evaluate policies from an environmental and climate perspective.  It is also important to note that while the evaluation of environmental policies forms an important base for budgeting decisions there is no set response to a specific outcome. An outcome that differs from the set goal might indicate that a specific program gets additional funds (it efforts need to be increased), less funds (if the program is ineffective) or the same funds (if counterfactual analysis indicates that the outcome can be attributed to outside sources but that the outcome would have been worse without the well balanced program).