Bay Area Regional Climate Action Planning Initiative
Learn about and participate in the Bay Area Regional Climate Action Planning Initiative for the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metropolitan Statistical Area, or MSA.
Overview
To reduce the Bay Area’s contributions to global climate change and create a healthier breathing environment, the Air District is creating a regional climate action plan. The Air District has received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program to lead the process to develop the regional climate action plan for the Northern and Central Bay Area region. This process will leverage this funding and the extensive ongoing climate work being done at the local level across the region to develop a set of feasible, actionable, and broadly supported strategies to respond to a changing climate—and position the Bay Area well for future implementation funding.
This regional planning effort has two phases. The current phase focuses on developing a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) with measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all sectors of the economy in a way that benefits frontline communities. Frontline communities bear the brunt of the impacts from fossil fuel dependence and often experience the most immediate and worst impacts of climate change.
The CCAP will be finalized and submitted to U.S. EPA in Fall 2025. Input from a broad range of perspectives and stakeholders will be an essential part of this climate action planning process. Engagement with stakeholders and community organizations will begin soon - sign up at the link at the bottom of the page to receive project updates and information on engagement opportunities.
The previous phase (Priority Climate Action Plan) identified near-term, implementation-ready climate measures in two high-priority sectors that provide significant GHG reductions and benefit frontline communities. The CCAP will propose additional measures and new ones across multiple other sectors that aim to address gaps and/or accelerate local or state actions already identified or in the process of being implemented now.
What is a climate action plan?
A climate action plan is a plan to reduce a community’s or jurisdiction’s GHG emissions and often prepare people for climate impacts. The CCAP will include GHG emission sources from the region and estimate current and potential future emissions from those sources over the next two decades. The CCAP will then include measures or actions to reduce GHG emissions from these sources to transition to a clean economy and create a wide array of local benefits for Bay Area residents.
What is the planning area?
The CCAP will cover Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County, and the southern portions of Sonoma County and Solano County that are included in the Air District's jurisdiction. Santa Clara County is considered by the EPA as part of a neighboring but separate planning area for the CPRG program and has received its own planning grant. Air District staff coordinate closely with staff from Santa Clara County on the respective regional planning efforts.
What is the Advisory Work Group?
Timeline:
- Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) – Final Plan Submitted to U.S. EPA March 1, 2024
- Funding Implementation Application – Applications due to U.S. EPA by April 1, 2024
- Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) – Final Plan Submitted to U.S. EPA in Fall 2025 (in process)
- Status Report – Submitted to U.S. EPA in June 2027
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan
The Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) will provide a roadmap for meeting regional near- and long-term GHG reduction targets by reducing GHG emissions and enhancing carbon sinks from all sectors of the economy in the Northern and Central Bay Area region. It will build upon the Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) and other important planning work, including local climate action plans and related regional plans (e.g., Plan Bay Area 2050+). The CCAP will identify measures that are cross-jurisdictional and regional in nature and benefit frontline communities.
Engagement for the CCAP will begin in early Fall 2024.
The EPA grant program advances the goals of the Justice40 Initiative set forth in Executive Order 14008, which aims to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of relevant federal investments to disadvantaged communities. Air District staff developed a mapping tool to help identify communities that are considered frontline communities for the purpose of the CPRG planning effort: Bay Area Regional Climate Action Planning Initiative's Frontline Communities Map (arcgis.com). (The U.S. EPA refers to these communities as low-income and disadvantaged communities, or LIDACs.) The map represents the results of different environmental justice screening tools from federal and regional governments.
Events and Resources
Join the Air District as we officially kick off the process of creating a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan for our region. The Air District has an unprecedented opportunity to work with many public agencies, stakeholders, and communities to develop a set of practical and equitable strategies to reduce the region’s contribution to climate change. We want to hear your vision for a carbon neutral Bay Area!
- Bay Area Regional Climate Action Planning Kick-off Virtual Workshop | September 30, 2024, 5:30 – 7:00 PM (Pacific Time) (Register)
Air District staff want to ensure a fair and equitable virtual experience and provide opportunities for all interested parties to participate. Simultaneous language interpretation can be provided upon request. The deadline for requesting is 5 PM by September 25th. Contact Aneesh Rana at arana@baaqmd.gov or 415-749-4914 with questions, interpretation requests, or accommodation needs.
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加入灣區空氣品質管理區 (Bay Area Air Quality Management District)，我們正式啟動了創建地區綜合氣候行動計劃 (Comprehensive Climate Action Plan) 的進程。灣區空氣品質管理區擁有前所未有的機會與眾多公共機構、利益相關者和社區成員合作，制定一系列切實可行和公正的策略，以減少該地區對氣候變化的影響。我們希望聽到您對碳中和灣區的願景！
灣區區域氣候行動規劃啟動遠程公共研討會 | 2024年9月30日，下午5:30 – 7:00（太平洋時間）（註冊）
灣區空氣品質管理區的工作人員希望確保公平和公正的遠程體驗，願為所有感興趣的各方提供參與機會。根據請求,可以提供同聲傳譯服務。請求的截止時間為9月25日下午5點。有關問題、口譯請求、或住宿需求，請聯絡Aneesh Rana，郵箱：arana@baaqmd.gov或電話：415-749-4914。
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Únase al Distrito de Calidad del Aire (Air District) para el lanzamiento oficial del proceso de creación de un Plan Completo de Acción Climática para nuestra región. El Distrito de Calidad del Aire tiene la oportunidad sin precedente de colaborar con diversas agencias públicas, grupos de interés y comunidades en el desarrollo de un conjunto de estrategias prácticas y equitativas para reducir la contribución de la región al cambio climático. ¡Queremos escuchar su visión para un Área de la Bahía con huella de carbon neutral!
Taller Virtual para el Lanzamiento de la Planificación Regional de Acción Climática del Área de la Bahía | 30 de septiembre de 2024, de 5:30 a 7:00 p.m. (hora del Pacífico) (Registrarse)
El personal del Distrito de Calidad del Aire desea garantizar una experiencia virtual justa y equitativa, y brindar oportunidades para que participen todas las partes interesadas. Se puede proporcionar interpretación simultánea a los idiomas solicitados. La fecha límite para solicitar esta interpretación es el 25 de septiembre a las 5:00 p.m. Para preguntas, solicitudes de interpretación o necesidades de adaptación, comuníquese con Aneesh Rana a arana@baaqmd.gov o al 415-749-4914.
Para información en español, llame al 415-749-4609
Priority Climate Action Plan
The first phase of this planning effort is a Priority Climate Action Plan, comprised of GHG reduction measures, supporting analyses, and a GHG inventory for high-priority sectors. Funding applications to implement measures in the PCAP were due to the U.S. EPA by April 1, 2024, with successful applicants to be notified in July 2024.
The Priority Climate Action Plan includes:
- Priority Climate Action Plan
- Appendix A – Emissions Inventory Supporting Documentation
- Appendix B – Engagement Documentation
- Appendix C – GHG Reduction Quantification Supporting Documentation
- Appendix D – LIDAC Benefits Analysis Supporting Documentation
- Appendix E – Workforce Planning Analysis Documentation
- Appendix F – Frontline Communities Census Tracts and Census Block Groups
PCAP Working Sessions
The Advisory Working Group, Roundtable members, and other stakeholders participated in a series of sessions with the aim of solidifying and finalizing the PCAP measures.
- Session 1 - October 27, 2023
- Session 2 - November 8, 2023
- Session 3 - November 30, 2023
- Session 4 - December 13, 2023
Public Workshop - November 14, 2023
Background Webinar on the BARCAP Project - October 17, 2023
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Last Updated: 2024/10/28