California Climate Investments (CCI) Grants: How to Win Funding
California Climate Investments (CCI) functions as the centralized deployment engine for billions of dollars generated by California's Cap-and-Invest (Cap-and-Trade) quarterly auctions through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).
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California Climate Investments: the cap-and-trade revenue and disadvantaged community framing
California Climate Investments (CCI) distributes cap-and-trade revenue to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and benefit disadvantaged communities. Frame your proposal as achieving both emissions reductions AND community benefits in CalEnviroScreen-designated communities.
California Climate Investments (CCI) is a statewide program that invests cap-and-trade auction revenue in projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and benefit disadvantaged communities. If your proposal reduces emissions but does not benefit disadvantaged communities, it is less competitive. If it benefits disadvantaged communities but does not reduce emissions, it is not eligible. The dual criteria: CCI evaluates proposals on (1) greenhouse gas emission reductions and (2) investment in disadvantaged…
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