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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation News
March 27th, 2024
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Stay up to date and follow the Capital Region Climate
Readiness Collaborative on social media!
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We Prosper Together Project Inventory Form
This form will help catalog projects across our eight-county region (Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba) that are aligned with the 4 objectives of the California Jobs First program: equity, sustainability, job quality & access, and economic competitiveness & resilience. The intent is to align and coordinate efforts, inform the development of regional strategies, and identify areas where assistance may be helpful. Please provide information for projects at any stage of readiness: Exploratory, Last Mile, or Ready-to-Go. this full report here.
The Sacramento Tree Foundations UC Climate Stewards Certification Course will focus on the urban environment and the role it plays in climate action. The course will explore how our built environment can play an essential role in environmental justice, conservation, urban greening, and community stewardship. We will explore these themes through the unique lens of urban forestry, regional sustainability, community resilience, and local action. The course will incorporate not only an academic approach but also experiential experiences through guest speakers, field trips, participatory science, and projects. More information on this course is available here.
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CRCRC 2023 Impact Report
The 2023 Impact Report for the Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative was recently published! This report includes a recap of key CRCRC events from 2023. The CRCRC Impact Report is available for your review here.
Research for an Inclusive Economy
In July of 2023, We Prosper Together began a collaborative research process to conduct a holistic assessment of the Capital Region’s economic, climate, and public health as part of the California Jobs First program. This body of research, referred to as Regional Plan Part 1, assesses key assets, opportunities, and challenges in the Capital Region. It also captures the beginnings of a shared philosophy and framework for a more inclusive, sustainable, and prosperous economy. The full report is available here.
Key Challenges for California's Energy Future
In 2022, CCST consulted with policymakers and more than 30 experts across California’s preeminent academic and research institutions to identify energy issues that needed additional attention given policy conversations and their importance to California’s clean energy future. This process identified eight high-level key challenges, which are explored across the eight sections of this document. These sections highlight major challenges and opportunities, environmental justice and equity considerations, and resources for more information. This full report is available here.
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ECOS Earth Day Meeting
April 21st, 11:00AM - 4:00PM
Sacramento Earth Day is the largest Earth Day celebration in the Sacramento region. Join us on April 21, 2024 at Southside Park in Sacramento, for a free, family-friendly event, with opportunities to learn and network about sustainability. We will have 150 exhibitors and vendors, and hundreds of attendees. ECOS is featuring these BUILD GREEN concepts at Sacramento Earth Day — education, climate, water, and habitat. What’s your connection to BUILD GREEN? This event intends to inspire action and advocacy to move our region toward sustainability. Information on speakers and registration for this event is available here.
CCEDA 2024 Annual Policy & Funding Conference
June 3rd & 4th
The 2024 CCEDA Policy Conference centers our focus on increasing equity, and access to resources, in low-income communities and communities of color. The theme, Access and Equity for a New California: Empowering Low-Income Communities of Color, encourages attendees to consider how elected representatives, financial institutions, and CED organizations can use the tools and infrastructure of CED to accomplish this urgent goal. CDCs, CDFIs, and CAAs have served as effective tools to address the needs of low-income communities, especially those whose leadership reflects the communities they serve. More information on this event is available here.
15th Annual California Climate & Energy Forum
June 25th & 26th
The 15th Annual CCEC Forum will be held in-person in Palm Springs, CA, on Tuesday, June 25th, and Wednesday, June 26th. Offered at no cost to local governments, you’ll have the opportunity to network with climate and energy practitioners from throughout the state, learn about innovative projects and funding opportunities, and hear from key state agencies and climate leaders. So join the CCEC network, and take your climate work to the next level. More information on registration for this event is available here.
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We Prosper Together Awarded $14 Million To Invest In Emerging Projects That Strengthen The Capital Region’s Economy
Valley Vision
We Prosper Together announced that it has been awarded $14 million by the Regional Investment Initiative, part of the California Jobs First program (formerly known as the Community Economic Resilience Fund). The $14 million Catalyst Program award will help sustain We Prosper Together’s planning and collaboration efforts and go towards building a pipeline of viable projects that are aligned with the region’s shared strategy. The award marks continued investment into We Prosper Together’s efforts of building a lasting economy that represents and meets the needs of the eight-county region and enables families to thrive for generations. Building on the initial $5 million planning grant awarded by the State in 2022, a large portion of the award will go towards accelerating projects benefiting disinvested communities that create quality jobs, remove barriers to opportunities for families, and improve the quality of life in the region. Read this full article here.
Yolo Land Trust, Partners Promote Carbon Farm Planning in
Yolo County
The California Aggie
The Yolo Carbon Farm Partnership is a collaborative effort between multiple organizations to support and promote sustainable farming practices. The groups involved include the Yolo Land Trust, the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD), The Center for Land-Based Learning and The Carbon Cycle Institute. Conor Higgins, a project manager at Yolo County RCD, discusses the goal of this plan. Read this full article here.
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California Votes to Consider Health and Environment in Future Energy Planning
Inside Climate News
The California Energy Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to begin a process to incorporate the value of “non-energy benefits,” such as health impacts and job creation, in future decisions about the state’s energy mix. The practice is not entirely uncommon. Several other states have considered certain non-energy impacts in energy decisions—Minnesota has considered air quality impacts and Maryland has quantified health benefits, for example. California itself weighs health impacts in some climate policy decisions. But the new process would push the state to systematically include a wide range of those benefits or costs in future energy planning. Read this full article here.
Politico
Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation gas ban may be history, but the fight over whether cities and states can mandate electric appliances is just getting started. The California Restaurant Association and the American Gas Association are declaring victory after Friday’s settlement with the Bay Area suburb, which saw it agree to repeal its 2019 ban on natural gas connections in new construction. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case helped ignite a culture war around gas appliances — particularly stoves. Major cities like Los Angeles and New York followed with their own gas bans, and President Joe Biden threw his support behind Berkeley, while nearly two dozen Republican-led states passed laws preventing cities from banning natural gas. Read this full report here.
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From Yuba Water Agency: What to do When the Waters
are Rising
Sacramento News & Review
The chance of catastrophic flooding in Yuba County is much lower these days due to efforts by Yuba Water Agency, local levee districts and the state and federal governments to shore up levees at the Yuba, Bear and Feather rivers. But while the county enjoys a 200-year level of protection—in other words, a 1-in-200 chance of catastrophic flooding—floods are still possible. That is because of the many uncontrolled waterways that still run off into the area’s river system, says Oscar Marin, Yuba County’s emergency operations manager. Read this full briefing here.
California Doubles Water Allocation for Most Contractors Following February Storms?
AP News
State officials on Friday doubled the amount of water California agencies will get this year following some strong storms that increased the snowpack in the mountains. The State Water Project is a major source for 27 million people. The majority of contractors who supply the water are located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Previously, the Department of Water Resources had told them to expect 15% of their requests this year. The department increased that to 30% on Friday. The department said contractors north of the delta can expect 50% of their requests, while contractors in the Feather River Settlement can expect 100%.
Read this full article here.
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We’re Creating a Sacramento Temperature Blanket. Here’s Why (And What That Is)
CapRadio
Temperature blankets, as a concept, aren’t brand new, but I’ve seen a surge of interest in them on social media in recent years. People documenting daily temperature averages through the creation of a knit or crochet blanket frequently share their journeys on TikTok or Instagram. The exact style can vary but often, the people making these blankets crochet a new row of their project each day, choosing different colored thread to represent the day’s average temperature — like an icy blue for temperatures in the 20s, or a deep red for temperatures in the 90s. At the end of the year, they’re left with a colorful tapestry that tells the story of changing temperatures throughout the year. Read this full article here.
California Wants to Protect Indoor Workers from Heat. That Goal is Now in Limbo
NPR
Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job. When he came to, his coworkers had tried to clean off the floor to give him a place to rest. "Sientes como si estás adentro de un horno," he says in Spanish — "You feel like you're inside an oven." Read more here.
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The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative is a membership based collaborative network designed to promote greater climate change resilience planning coordination in the six-county Sacramento Region. The purpose of this collaborative network is to create a forum where leaders from government, academia, environmental and community groups, the business community, and labor can come together to exchange information, identify vulnerabilities and data gaps, leverage resources, and advance comprehensive solutions in an effort to create stronger, sustainable, and economically viable communities in the Capital Region. | | | | |
