Key Deliverables

The initial deliverable is a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), a narrative report due on March 1, 2024, that includes a focused list of near-term, high-priority, implementation-ready measures to reduce GHG pollution and an analysis of GHG emissions reductions that would be achieved through implementation. These initial plans can focus on a specific sector or selected sectors, and do not need to comprehensively address all sources of GHG emissions and sinks in the jurisdiction. The PCAP must include:

• A GHG inventory;
• Quantified GHG reduction measures;
• A low-income and disadvantaged communities benefits analysis; and,
• A review of authority to implement.

Planning grant recipients are encouraged, but not required, to include additional analyses in their PCAP such as GHG emissions projections, GHG reduction targets, a benefits analysis (for the full geographic scope and population covered by the plan), a plan for leveraging other federal funding, and a workforce planning analysis. A PCAP may draw from or reference an existing climate action plan or plans for the geographic area covered, such as an existing state climate, energy, or sustainability plan.

Review Greater Cincinnati's PCAP (attached) that was submitted to the US EPA on 02/29/24.