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What’s in Store for ‘24

California Climate Investments is undergoing two important public processes this year: the Fifth Triennial Investment Plan and an update to the Funding Guidelines.

Fifth Triennial Investment Plan

The California Climate Investments team is working on drafting the Fifth Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Investment Plan, covering fiscal years 2025-26 through 2027-28. The Investment Plan provides recommendations to the Legislature on potential funding opportunities for Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds.

We recently hosted our first Investment Plan public workshop on February 15 and will host another workshop later this year. If you have insights on community needs and investment priorities, we would like to hear from you. Please visit the Investment Plan website for workshop materials, future public engagement opportunities, and to share your feedback.

Funding Guidelines

The California Climate Investments team is also updating the Funding Guidelines, which provides guidance to administering agencies on developing their own guidelines and solicitations, estimating greenhouse gas emissions reductions and other project benefits, and tracking and reporting benefits, including benefits to priority populations, among other things. The current update will respond to new legislative requirements and incorporate clarifications and updates from lessons learned in implementation since the last Funding Guidelines update in 2018.

A draft version of the document will be shared this spring. Shortly after its release, we will also be hosting a public workshop. Your feedback will directly influence the language included in this guidance document. Please visit the Funding Guidelines website to provide early feedback on possible improvements for consideration and to learn more about future engagement opportunities.

Public Comment Period Open: Draft Health Co-benefit Assessment Methodology

CARB’s Draft Health Co-benefit Assessment Methodology expands quantification of health benefits provided by California Climate Investments projects, including the economic benefits of avoided health incidences.

The updated methodology will quantify additional heart and lung health benefits, including avoided cases of nonfatal heart attack, asthma onset, asthma symptoms, and lung cancer incidences. It will also quantify avoided work loss days and neurological health benefits, including avoided hospitalizations for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

The public comment period will be open through Thursday, March 7th.
Visit our website to review the methodology and send comments to GGRFprogram@arb.ca.gov.

Now Available: Funding Workbook

for All California Tribes

California Climate Investments is excited to announce a new resource: The Funding Workbook for All California Tribes (Funding Workbook).

The Funding Workbook guides Tribal leaders and staff through the funding opportunities available within California Climate Investments and helps assess which programs may work well for your Tribe’s needs and priorities.

The Funding Workbook is available to download, and Tribes can use the Requests and Suggestions form to request free copies or make suggestions about the kind of engagement and support they’d like to see from the California Climate Investments team.

Explore the Funding Workbook

Fill out the Requests and Suggestions Form

Opportunities for Funding

Here is one of our latest funding opportunities. Visit the
California Climate Investments program webpage for a complete list.

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CAL FIRE Accepting Applications for Business and Workforce Development Grants

The Business and Workforce Development Grants solicitation is accepting applications now through March 8, with up to $20 million in funding available for eligible projects. The program seeks to enhance the forest-sector workforce and businesses to promote healthy resilient forests throughout the state. Detailed information about the application process can be found on the program website. View previous grant award offers to learn more about the types of projects this program has funded in the past.

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Visit the Project Profiles Map to see

additional projects underway across the state.

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White Pony Express: Food Recovery for All (Waste Diversion Program)

Thanks to funding from the Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program, White Pony Express works to rescue high-quality surplus food and deliver it to 96 community partners serving food-insecure Californians. Learn more about the organization and its work from Merry Dempsey, White Pony Express’s Chief Operations Officer.

Protection of Shasta County Ranch Provides Agricultural, Educational, Wildlife, and Climate Resiliency Benefits (Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program)

The 854-acre Ross Ranch, in Shasta County, operates under an agricultural conservation easement with funding from the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program. This easement permanently protects the working ranch from development—allowing it to serve instead as space for cattle ranching, beekeeping, prescribed burns, soil health demonstration projects, and more.

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CDFA Awards $9.2M to Projects Seeking to Reduce Livestock Enteric Methane Emission

The California Department of Food and Agriculture announced the first recipients of the innovative Livestock Enteric Methane Emission Reduction Research Program. The $9.2 million in grant funding supports six research teams working with dairy farmers to reduce enteric methane emissions from their livestock. Learn how the program is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the dairy and livestock sector.

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San Pedro Bay Ports Support
Zero-emission Truck Initiatives

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have $60 million in California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) vouchers to support the purchase of eligible zero-emission trucks servicing the port complex. Learn about the up-to $250,000 per truck voucher discount.

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Announcements and Updates

Opportunities for Funding

California ClimateInvestmentsin Action

What’s in Store for ‘24

Fifth Triennial Investment Plan

Funding Guidelines

Public Comment Period Open: Draft Health Co-benefit Assessment Methodology

Now Available: Funding Workbook

for All California Tribes

Opportunities for Funding

CAL FIRE Accepting Applications for Business and Workforce Development Grants

California Climate Investments in Action

White Pony Express: Food Recovery for All (Waste Diversion Program)

CDFA Awards $9.2M to Projects Seeking to Reduce Livestock Enteric Methane Emission

San Pedro Bay Ports SupportZero-emission Truck Initiatives

California Climate
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California Climate Investments
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San Pedro Bay Ports Support
Zero-emission Truck Initiatives