Each year, hundreds of Californians work to improve the health and wellbeing of their communities by spearheading California Climate Investments projects, which are designed to support a more sustainable, more resilient future. Learn what these projects have accomplished in San Diego and Imperial counties.

 

Cumulative Investments in San Diego/Imperial

As of November 30, 2023

$824 million total implemented funds

7% of statewide California Climate Investments funding

36,382 projects

$606 million benefiting priority populations

73% of funds benefiting priority populations

4,809,455 MTCO2e estimated GHG emissions reductions

2,889 tons estimated criteria air pollutant reductions

2023 Achievements

Reporting period: Dec 1, 2022 – Nov 30, 2023

$85 million in newly implemented funds

797 new projects

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What does this mean for you?

Here is some of what our 2023 grantees are bringing to the region:

  • More than 3,500 acres of land conservation or restoration

  • Over 750 projects in the transit, affordable housing and other sectors will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over
    1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent

  • 103 million gallons of fuel reductions through transit, affordable housing, and agricultural projects

San Diego/Imperial Climate Investments in Action

Partnership Helps Protect San Diego County Forests

 

  • The Resource Conservation District (RCD) of Greater San Diego County was awarded a $1.4 million grant from the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity program

  • Collaborative effort between RCD, California Native American Tribes, the Cleveland National Forest, a private cattle company, and the Palomar Observatory

  • The project will restore the health of its forests, including the last mixed conifer forest in San Diego County, and protect them from severe wildfires in the future

 

  • The Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians are addressing the effects of climate change by scaling up their carbon farming operations on Pauma Tribal Farms

  • Funded on-farm practices include cropping, compost application, hedgerow installation, no-till, and a transition from row crops to trees for 35 acres of farmland

  • Carbon farming builds resilience, conserves water, and sequesters GHGs in support of both climate adaptation and mitigation

Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians Scales Up Carbon Farming

Discover more projects in your region

Read San Diego/Imperial project profiles

Interested in bringing more projects to San Diego/Imperial?

Apply! Your first stop to learn more is to explore programs.

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A number of implemented California Climate Investments projects span multiple geographic boundaries (e.g., a transit bus line or large forestry project crossing county lines). While most projects can be tied to one project address, where it is not feasible to associate a project with a single region, district, or county, the same project data is included in each area that benefits from the investment. This method of attribution tends to increase the implemented project totals reported here. See the Project List for a more detailed explanation of the methodology the California Air Resources Board uses to evaluate projects that cross geographic boundaries.

About Us

California Climate Investments is a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment - particularly in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

Contact Us

1-800-757-2907 | info@caclimateinvestments.ca.gov | @CAClimateInvest

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