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Resilient Communities, Resilient Grid: How Electric School Buses Can Help

This web meeting summarized key findings from The Climate Center’s new white paper, “Resilient Communities, Resilient Grid: How Electric School Buses Can Help,” released in September. Attendees learned how bidirectional electric school buses can make communities more resilient to climate disasters through vehicle-grid integration, and heard from leaders developing bidirectional electric school bus resilience projects. … Read more

Unlocking the Potential of NextGen Geothermal Energy in California

Geothermal energy plant. Photo by Canva.

California stands at a clean energy crossroads. To achieve 100 percent clean electricity by 2045 — as required by law — the state will of course need more wind, solar, and battery storage, but that’s not all. Next-generation geothermal energy is a compelling, 24/7/365, clean energy source that can support the electrical grid around the … Read more

Maintaining Climate Integrity in California’s Cap and Invest Program

The latest reforms to California’s Cap and Invest program are the most consequential in years, and the outcomes will shape the state’s climate trajectory through 2045. In this webinar, environmental leaders, academics, and carbon market experts walked through key elements under negotiation, including reforms to the offsets program, potential linkage to Washington, the changes in … Read more

The Transportation Fuels Transition Plan: Moving California Beyond Fossil Fuels

California is in what experts are calling a mid-transition away from fossil fuels, meaning neither the declining fossil fuel-based energy system nor the emerging clean energy economy are entirely stable or self-sustaining. To help navigate the transition to zero-emission transportation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Energy Commission (CEC) were tasked with producing … Read more

2026 California Legislation That Saves Money Using Local, Clean Energy

Zoom

Electricity prices are skyrocketing in California and families are struggling to pay their bills. In response, the California legislature is taking steps to make electricity more affordable using clean energy. This webinar highlighted current legislation, including bills that promote plug-in and community solar. These technologies make it easier to utilize locally generated clean energy to … Read more

Rooted in Results: Nature-Based Climate Solutions at Work

Zoom

California set ambitious targets to scale up critical nature-based solutions by 2045 through AB 1757 (Garcia, 2022). As of right now, the state is on track to meet 59 percent of its 2030 targets.  In this webinar, we heard firsthand stories from across California about how nature-based climate solutions deliver a multitude of ecological and … Read more

California Climate Policy Lobby Day 2026

Sacramento

On April 14, 2026, the day after the fifth annual California Climate Policy Summit, we will host California Climate Lobby Day in Sacramento. The event is co-hosted with Environment California, Union of Concerned Scientists, and River Partners. This is a chance to meet with lawmakers and their staff to urge them to pass legislation that … Read more

California Climate Policy Summit 2026

Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814
From left to right: California Energy Commission Vice Chair Siva Gunda, Senator Josh Becker, Dr. Leah Stokes of UC Santa Barbara, and The Climate Center's Allison Hilliard. Photo by Lara Aburamadan / Survival Media Agency.

The fifth annual California Climate Policy Summit took place on Monday, April 13, 2026, in Sacramento. As our federal government relentlessly attacks climate progress, thank you to the more than 400 elected officials, climate activists, business leaders, environmental justice advocates, scientists, and policy experts who joined us to explore how to continue California’s world-leading climate … Read more

How Electric Vehicles and Solar Can Cut Costs and Boost Energy Resilience

Zoom

California leads the nation in residential solar power and electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Our state has the opportunity to integrate these technologies into the electricity grid to lower energy bills and prevent power outages, even in the face of climate-fueled extreme weather. In this webinar, speakers discussed new technology that can accelerate this Vehicle-Grid Integration … Read more

Advanced Energy Communities Symposium

The California Endowment Oakland Regional Office, 2000 Franklin St, Oakland, CA 94612

This interactive symposium was designed specifically for community and local government leaders, policymakers, and energy and climate program implementers. A consortium of community choice aggregators, nonprofit and private sector solution providers, municipalities, and universities has implemented Advanced Energy Community (AEC) pilot projects in four communities — Richmond, Lancaster, Oakland, and Los Angeles County. The integrated … Read more