This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to kansas department of health and environment for climate action planning and implementation

Kdhe will develop a comprehensive climate mitigation plan in collaboration with air pollution entities to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and harmful air pollutants, while conducting meaningful engagement with low- income and disadvantaged communities. Activities:in general, activities include the development, updating, and evaluation of plans to reduce climate pollution (i.e., to reduce GHG emissions and/or enhance carbon sinks). Specific activities include investigating a focused list of near-term, high-priority, implementation ready measures to reduce GHG pollution that touches on all significant GHG sources/sinks and sectors in kansas. Then establish near-term and long-term GHG emission reduction projects, and provide strategies and identify measures to achieve those reductions. Subrecipient:kdhe will employ an entity to develop specific mechanisms for public outreach, and plans to require this entity to use screening tools such as those developed for the JUSTICE40 initiative, and tools and definitions developed by the US department of energy, US department of transportation, and others, to ensure that low-income and disadvantaged communities are involved in and aware of planning activities. Outcomes:three key deliverables will be produced and submitted over the course of the four-year program period, including: a priority climate action plan (pcap), due march 1, 2024; a comprehensive climate action plan (ccap), due two years from the date of the award; and a status report, due at the close of the grant period. The expected outcomes include a pcap and ccap that identifies: tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced over the lifetime of the measures; tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced annually; and tons of pollution (ghgs and CO-pollutants) reduced with respect to low-income and disadvantaged communities. The intended beneficiaries include the population of kansas and general public, including focus on low-income and disadvantaged communities.