Announcements

To speed housing production in the state, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research has released a free tool called Site Check, which will help developers and public agencies find parcels of land where housing projects may qualify for streamlining under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Staff designed Site Check based on public input…

Updated 9/13/2023 Join California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment team for in-person workshops from July-September 2023 in each of the Assessment’s nine regions of the state! During these meetings, attendees will be invited to provide input on the draft framework for the Regional Synthesis Reports (regional reports), identify local priorities for the Fifth Assessment to address,…

Please join a listening session on Thursday, June 22nd from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m to hear about the latest updates and opportunities to engage in California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment’s Tribal Research Program, including in-person workshops the team is hosting throughout Summer 2023. The team is looking to hear from tribal partners on collaboration…

The California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) at the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), is pleased to announce a new solicitation to fund research that fills critical gaps in the scientific literature related to understanding and adapting to climate change impacts in California. This suite of…

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) is honored to announce the inaugural Tribal Advisory Group of California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment. The inaugural Tribal Advisory Group is diverse, passionate, and experienced and will play a critical role in California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment, a multi-year research effort to identify ways climate change is…

To better understand community needs and perspectives, the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program team is hosting a series of listening sessions for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program from May 9-31, 2023. The team will prioritize community needs and perspectives from the beginning of the grant development process.  We would like to invite…

We are pleased to announce and welcome public input on the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program (ICARP) Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program. This program coordinates the state’s comprehensive response to extreme heat and builds capacity for heat action planning and project implementation in the most heat-burdened communities by providing funding and technical support.…