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
- Federal Funding Resource Opportunities
- CPRG Planning 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
- Workforce Planning Analysis
Key Sectors:
- CPRG Overview and Sector Infographics
- CPRG Overview and Sector Infographics (en español): Infografía en español del Programa de Subvenciones para la Reducción de la Contaminación Climática
- Electric Power Sector
- Transportation Sector
- Commercial and Residential Buildings Sector
- Industrial Sector
- Agriculture/Natural and Working Lands Sector
- Waste and Materials Management Sector
EPA’s PCAP Directory presents data collected from PCAPs submitted to EPA in 2024 related to greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, GHG reduction measures, benefits for low-income and disadvantaged communities (LIDACs), and other PCAP elements. Directory data can be searched, sorted, and downloaded to help CPRG planning grantees identify and leverage approaches within PCAPs to support the development of their CCAPs.
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.