Project Grant SIT70024GR0082

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides $1,000,000 in funding to the Central Indiana Regional Development Authority (CIRDA) to develop regional climate mitigation plans and conduct community engagement to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) due by March 1,...

This $1,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research on promoting climate-resilient and equitable transit-oriented communities (TOCs) in the Denver metropolitan region. The key products and services to be delivered through this five-year project include: Analyzing the enabling conditions and constraints for policies that support climate-resilient and affordable TOC development across five U.S. states. This...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $299,927 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) supports a project by The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to evaluate how existing decision-support tools (DSTs) can be leveraged to increase climate adaptation action by small and mid-sized cities. The key objectives are to: 1) develop a typology and usability assessment of DSTs on the Climate Resilience...

The City of Bakersfield has received a $998,221 Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The purpose of this 4-year award is to enable the city to develop and update regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures throughout the metropolitan area. Key activities include GHG inventory development, quantification of GHG reduction measures,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $399,934 to the Trustees of Boston University will examine climate action, financing, and justice issues in small and midsize cities in the United States. The funded project will survey 250 small and midsize cities to understand their climate action policies and programs, how they are funding these efforts, and how concerns about equity and justice factor into climate policymaking. The project will also conduct in-depth case...

This Project Grant award of $20,058,601 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will fund Commun Denver Inc. to renovate a 40,000 square foot building into a community-designed resilience hub and resource center. The resilience hub will serve communities disproportionately impacted by climate change by providing shelter, essential services, and educational activities during emergencies. Key...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) provides $1,000,000 to the Centralina Council of Governments to develop and update regional climate mitigation plans for the Charlotte, NC metropolitan area. The key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action Plan due by March 2024, a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due by Summer 2025, and a status report at the end of the 4-year...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides funding to the Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council to develop and update regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduction measures across the metropolitan area. Key activities include conducting a GHG inventory, establishing emissions reduction targets, identifying...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the City of San Antonio, Texas under the EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046). The funding will support the development and update of the City's regional climate mitigation plans to address greenhouse gas emissions and reduction measures across the entire metropolitan area. Key activities include updating the City's Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, broadening the scope to a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $199,885 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop a network science-based framework for analyzing and modeling complex climate systems. The key objectives of this 2-year project are: 1) to synthesize large-scale climate records to investigate the stability of network patterns associated with climate tipping elements, with a focus on the Atlantic Basin; and 2) to develop...