Calls to declare a climate emergency will be made at Aberdeen’s Town House next week.
Councillors will be urged to recognise the “irreversible climate change” caused by human activity across the world.
Liberal Democrat group leader Ian Yuill has put forward a motion for members to emulate others across the country as the Scottish Government sounds the alarm.
He also wants Aberdeen to turn to its neighbour for inspiration in how local authorities can be more accountable for their environmental impact.
Aberdeenshire Council became the first in Scotland to introduce a carbon budget in 2017. Members agree it alongside capital, revenue and housing spending plans.
Mr Yuill said: “It would give councillors a chance to measure the impact of policies – positive or negative.
“This is not something that can be done overnight but I would like to see the council support that.”
The Airyhall, Broomhill and Garthdee member is asking his colleagues to agree to task council resources director Steve Whyte with preparing a report on how the scheme could be introduced in the city.
Fellow Liberal Democrat and Aberdeenshire’s infrastructure chairman Peter Argyle said: “It has made us more accountable for the carbon we are using.
“It has made councillors more much more aware of the consequences of the decisions being taken because the carbon element of every choice is part of the thinking.
“When it comes to budget day, carbon is front and central to everything we do.”
Mr Yuill also wants more to be done to help communities tackle the consequences of climate change, with increased protection against flooding and drought.
