We welcome your comments and ideas whether you are new to California Climate Investments, have received project funding in the past, or are an interested party. View featured public participation opportunities and open comment periods below.
California Climate Investments Draft Supplemental Guidance to Avoid Substantial Burdens or Harms to Priority Populations
Public comment due August 31, 2026
The Supplemental Guidance to Avoid Substantial Burdens or Harms to Priority Populations (Supplemental Guidance) provides State agencies that administer California Climate Investments with strategies and resources to identify and avoid burden or harm in program design and project selection, where possible. The Supplemental Guidance is open for public comment through August.
Download the Supplemental Guidance.
Submit public comment at ggrfprogram@arb.ca.gov
Technical Review and Community Feedback for California Climate Investments Quantification Methodologies
California Climate Investments in partnership with scholars from the Institute for Social Transformation at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is working to improve the development and update process of quantification methodologies that estimate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and co-benefits from funded projects.
CARB and UCSC-IST are convening technical and community experts on Technical Review Teams and Community Insight Teams, respectively, to help ensure that California Climate Investments quantification methodologies reflect the best methods and latest science, as well as community realities and equity principles.
Solicitation for Technical and Community Experts to guide California Climate Investments Quantification Methodologies
Applications due by August 31, 2026, by 5 P.M. Pacific Standard Time.
We are looking for technical experts to serve on a Technical Review Team and individuals with community leadership, advocacy, or lived experience to serve on a Community Insight Team! Specifically, the Technical Review Team and Community Insight Team will provide guidance on methods that quantify the GHG emissions reduction benefits of biochar application to California croplands to support sustainable agriculture projects.
See the Technical Review Team Solicitation (En Español) and Community Insight Team Solicitation (En Español) for more information and to apply for this paid opportunity.
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Open Comment Periods
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