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Funding Guidelines

California Air Resources Board

CARB developed the Funding Guidelines to provide direction for agencies that administer California Climate Investments so they design and implement their programs in a way that facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions, meets statutory requirements, maximizes and benefits to disadvantaged communities, targets investments to disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households to help ensure statutory investment minimums are met or exceeded, provides accountability and transparency; and supports consistency across programs.

Funding Guidelines

Nonprofits

Resource Portal

Resource Portal

California Air Resources Board

Whether you are applying for funds, designing a new program, or are interested in understanding the foundational elements of California Climate Investments, the Resource Portal is designed to support participants, policymakers, and program administrators in incorporating lessons learned, promising practices, and other insights into all stages of California Climate Investments. Explore foundational elements of California Climate Investments and to help you in developing a funding application or designing a program, understand reporting requirements and how California Climate Investments provides transparency and accountability, and more.

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Funding and Public Participation Calendar

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Funding and Public Participation Calendar

California Air Resources Board

View upcoming California Climate Investments funding timelines, public participation opportunities such as workshops, public comment periods, listening sessions, and more.

Fondos Disponibles Para Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro

Fondos Disponibles Para Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro

California Air Resources Board

Organizaciones sin fines de lucro pueden recibir fondos para reducir la contaminación climática y beneficiar a las poblaciones de prioridad a través del transporte limpio, la prevención de desechos, programas para aire limpio y más.

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Community Connections

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Community Connections

California Air Resources Board

Community Connections is a tool to help organizations and agencies find partners interested in California Climate Investments. Partnerships ensure that project proposals reflect the perspectives needed to build resilient communities and implement meaningful investment.

Racial Equity Resource Hub

Racial Equity Resource Hub

California Strategic Growth Council

The Hub is designed to enable practitioners, policymakers, and communities at any point in their racial equity journey to increase access and understanding to relevant resources and best practices.

Moving California: Projects in Action

Moving California: Projects in Action

California Air Resources Board

California Climate Investments light duty, heavy duty, and clean mobility project snapshots and lessons learned.

Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Guidance

Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Guidance

California Air Resources Board

Example guidance from the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) where applicants are encouraged to consider how projects can increase adaptability and build resilience to the specific impacts of climate change on the STEP Community over each project’s lifetime.

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Ecosystem Service Benefits of Projects Funded by California Climate Investments

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Ecosystem Service Benefits of Projects Funded by California Climate Investments

Industrial Economics, Inc.

An analysis and evaluation of ecosystem service benefits California Climate Investments projects provide by funding nature-based climate solutions. The resulting report explores how carbon mitigation projects can generate ecological and environmental improvements that enhance the health, wealth, and well-being of California residents.

California Climate Investments | Cap-and-Trade Dollars at Work