California Climate Change Research Program Awards

Round 3

Round 3 Awards Summary

• Humboldt State University: “Smoke, Air, Fire, Energy (SAFE) in Rural California: Energy & Air Quality Infrastructure for Climate-Smart Communities”
• Public Policy Institute of California: “Incentivizing Climate-Smart Farmland Transitions in the San Joaquin Valley”
• Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy: “Toward resilient California communities: A statewide & case-based assessment of solar + storage potential at schools & community centers”
• University of California, Los Angeles: “Micro-Climate Zones: Designing Effective Outdoor Cooling Interventions”
• University of California, Riverside: “Resilient Restoration: Advancing Ecological, Cultural, & Community Resilience with Tribal Nations in Southern California”
• University of California, Santa Cruz: “Local Development under Climate Change: Evaluating Trade-offs between Carbon Emissions, Water Sustainability, & Affordable Housing”
• CalPoly SLO Grantee project tool
• CalPoly SLO YouTube Video

Round 2

Round 2 Awards Summary

• Electric Power Research Institute: “Innovative Low-GHG Residential Space Conditioning Technologies”
• University of California, Merced: “Mobile Biochar Production for Methane Emission Reduction and Soil Amendment”
• University of California Office of the President: “Working Lands Innovation Center – Catalyzing Negative Carbon Emissions”
• University of California, Irvine: “Innovation Center for Advancing Ecosystem Climate Solutions”

Round 1

Round 1 Awards Summary

• CalPoly: “The Future of San Joaquin Valley Agriculture under Climate Change and SGMA”
• University of California, Berkeley: “Examining the Unintended Effects of Climate Change Mitigation: A new tool to predict investment-related displacement”
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: “CAL-THRIVE: A California Toolkit for Heat Resiliency in Vulnerable Environments”
• San Diego State University: “Integrated Land Use Planning to Support Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Local Communities: Fire, Water, and Biodiversity”
• University of California, Berkeley: “Increasing Data Accessibility and Climate Resilience Planning Support through Cal-Adapt”
• University of California, Berkeley: “Sea Level Rise, Hazardous Sites, and Environmental Justice in California”
• University of California, Davis: “Climate Smart Communities Consortium”
• University of California, Los Angeles: “Coupling Community Knowledge with Big Data Tools to Facilitate Equitable Energy Transitions”
• University of California, Los Angeles: “Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Communities to Design and Target Protective Policies”
• University of California, Santa Cruz: “Integrating Land Use and Climate Change on California’s Central Coast: Impacts and Adaptations for Local Communities”