Key Deliverables

The second deliverable is a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) due 2 years from the date of award of the planning grant. The CCAP should touch on all significant GHG sources/sinks and sectors present in a state or metropolitan area, establish near-term and long-term GHG emission reduction goals, and provide strategies and identify measures to achieve those goals. Each CCAP must include:

• A GHG inventory;
• GHG emissions projections;
• GHG reduction targets;
• GHG reduction measures: The attached document (or linked file) presents the reviewed Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures, highlighting each sector, measure, and associated actions. These measures were reviewed and discussed by regional stakeholders during the Fall 2025 roundtable series.
• A benefits analysis for the full geographic scope and population covered by the plan;
• A low-income and disadvantaged communities benefits analysis;
• A review of authority to implement;
• A plan to leverage other federal funding; and,
• A workforce planning analysis.

All planning grant recipients will be expected to conduct a comprehensive climate action plan development process. Jurisdictions with existing climate plans may use planning grant funds to update or expand their existing plans to reflect, for example, recent changes in technologies and market forces, potential leveraging of other funding opportunities (e.g., under the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or other sources), new program areas and opportunities for regional collaboration, or inclusion of analyses to estimate benefits including those flowing to low income and disadvantaged communities. Grantees with previously developed climate action plans will be able to integrate their previous planning experience into the CCAP. For example, if a recent plan has included a robust stakeholder process, that prior planning experience could address the engagement requirements outlined in this guidance and the scope of additional engagement could be built around the new updated elements of the plan. However, if a prior planning process left out important elements described in this guidance, the updated plan would need to address those.