About CPRG Training, Tools and Technical Assistance
The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides grants to states, metro areas, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. EPA provides tools, technical resources and training to assist planning grant funding recipients in meeting the requirements of the planning grants.
On this page:
- Tools and Technical Resources
- Climate Action Planning and Technical Assistance Forums
- Resources for other available funding opportunities
- CPRG Training Webinars
Tools and Technical Resources
The below webpages provide a list of available tools and resources to support Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Planning Grantees develop the Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). These requirements are laid out in the Program Guidance for States, Municipalities, and Air Pollution Control Agencies (pdf) (1.6 MB) and Federally Recognized Tribes, Tribal Consortia, and U.S. Territories (448 KB). The tools and resources are organized by workplan elements and key sectors:
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Projections
- Co-Pollutant Benefits Analysis
- Meaningful Engagement and Low-Income and Disadvantaged Community (LIDAC) Benefits Analysis
- Workforce Planning Analysis
- Key Sectors:
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EPA’s Quantified Climate Action Measures Directory presents information on the quantified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction measures in state and local climate action plans published between January 2018 and August 2023. The directory is designed to help states, local governments, tribes, and territories develop new or updated climate action plans by identifying examples of quantified GHG reduction measures.
Climate Action Planning and Technical Assistance Forums
The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program provides grants to states, metro areas, tribes, and territories to develop and implement plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. To provide technical assistance to planning grant funding recipients to meet the requirements of the planning grants, EPA established CPRG Technical Assistance Forums. The forums provide opportunities for training and technical assistance to grant recipients from EPA and external subject matter experts and will facilitate peer-to-peer collaboration, mentoring, and sharing of case studies, best practices, and lessons learned.
Each forum focuses on a different technical or process area associated with the required elements for the deliverables due under the planning grants – specifically, the Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs), due in early 2024, and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAPs), due in December 2025.
Resources for other available funding opportunities
- Investing in America: Climate Action Funding Resource Guide Updated September 2024
- EPA Funding Announcements from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act
- Select Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act Funding Opportunities
- Select Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act Tax Credits
- Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Guidebook
- Grid Modernization Initiative
- How to search Grants.gov for available funding opportunities
EPA continues to develop resources that may be useful for potential applicants, including updating datasets and considering specific trainings that would be of interest. This page will continue to be updated to include additional resources and tools as they become available.
Past CPRG Training Webinars
Climate Action Planning
Implementation Grant Listening Sessions
EPA held four additional listening sessions in preparation for the second phase of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program. Two identical sessions were offered on each topic: "Engaging with Communities on CPRG benefits" (April 14 and 17) and "Maximizing Opportunities for GHG Reductions Through CPRG" (April 18 and 20). These sessions followed the 2022 listening sessions and Request For Information (RFI) and were meant to provide an additional opportunity for input on the implementation phase after stakeholders have had time to review the CPRG planning grant guidance that was released in March.
Recordings and transcripts are posted below.
Title | Date | Time | Registration |
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CPRG Implementation Grants Listening Session 1: Engaging with Communities on CPRG Benefits Presentation from the CPRG Listening Session on April 14 2023 (pdf) (458.21 KB) |
April 14, 2023 | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
CPRG Implementation Grants Listening Session 2: Engaging with Communities on CPRG Benefits Presentation from CPRG Listening Session on April 17 2023 (pdf) (547.34 KB) |
April 17, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
CPRG Implementation Grants Listening Session 3: Maximizing Opportunities for GHG Reductions Through CPRG Presentation for CPRG Listening Session on April 18 2023 (pdf) (472.11 KB) |
April 18, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
CPRG Implementation Grants Listening Session 4: Maximizing Opportunities for GHG Reductions Through CPRG Presentation for CPRG Listening Session on April 20 2023 (pdf) (468.14 KB) |
April 20, 2023 | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
Introductory Webinars
Title | Date | Time | Registration |
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CPRG: Introductory webinar for state, territory, local, and tribal governments Presentation from the Introductory Webinar on the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (pdf) (624.38 KB) Recording of Introductory Webinar on the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants |
February 15, 2023 | 2 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
CPRG: Non-competitive planning grants for state, territory, local, and tribal governments Recording of webinar on the key features of the non-competitive planning grants program for CPRG |
March 2 and 7, 2023 | 2 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants: noncompetitive planning grants webinar for tribes, tribal consortia, and U.S. Territories Recording of March 9, 2023 Webinar on the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants |
March 9, 2023 | 2 p.m. Eastern | Completed |
Updates
Click here for the latest Questions and Answers from the Technical Assistance Forums Questions and Answers from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Technical Assistance Forums (pdf) (717.46 KB, March 28, 2024)