Announcements

California’s Climate Assessments are a multi-year research effort, bringing together government, academic, tribal, and community partners. By mid-2026, the reports, data, and key findings from the Fifth Assessment will be available to the public at California’s Climate Assessment website. To mark the “halfway point” in this research, the Fifth Assessment team has created a new…

The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) voted today to award $789,799,519 in grant funding to build more than 2,400 affordable homes and multiple green transportation improvement projects across the state, with more than two-thirds of housing units dedicated to lower-income communities. Funding is part of the latest grant awards (Round 8) for the Affordable Housing…

Due to California’s budget constraints, funding for Round 2 of the Adaptation Planning Grant Program (APGP) has unfortunately been canceled. This decision impacts the planned $9.5 million investment in climate adaptation and resilience efforts across the state. We understand this news may be disappointing for our Round 2 applicants and apologize for the disruption this…

California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment team is pleased to announce the second round of tribal grant funding through the California Energy Commission’s Tribal Research Grant Program. Through the Fifth Assessment’s Tribal Research Program and Tribal Research Grant Program, the State is investing in tribally led climate change research initiatives. Funding through the Tribal Research Grant…

We’re pleased to invite you to apply for a grant through the second round of Adaptation Planning Grant Program funding by May 20, 2023. To start the application process, fill out a Pre-Application Interest Form. Adaptation Planning Grants help fund tribal, local, and regional planning, provide communities the resources to identify climate resilience priorities, and…

The Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP) team is excited to invite public comment on draft guidelines for the second round of funding through the Adaptation Planning Grant. Please provide public comment by 5 p.m. on February 2, 2024. ICARP staff will host and record public workshops to gather feedback on the draft guidelines:…

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) team is pleased to invite public comment on the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP) Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Round 1 Draft Guidelines. The public comment period will close December 7, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. The Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Grant Round 1…

OPR staff have released a draft Evacuation Planning Technical Advisory to guide cities and counties updating the safety element of their general plans pursuant to the evacuation requirements mandated by SB 99 (2019), AB 747 (2019), and AB 1409 (2021), and subsequently codified in GC § 65302(g) and 65302.15. In general, these laws require local…