California Climate Investments: the cap-and-trade revenue and disadvantaged community framing

The Strategy

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 communities. Both are required. Show the quantified emissions reduction (in MTCO2e) and the community benefit (investment in CalEnviroScreen top 25% census tracts). The CalEnviroScreen framing: CCI prioritizes projects in communities identified by CalEnviroScreen as the most disadvantaged. Show that your project is in or directly serves these communities. Use CalEnviroScreen data to demonstrate the community's environmental and socioeconomic burden. The quantification:…