Priority Area: Climate Action
Barrier: Source Data

Challenge/Local/State

Description

State Solution
(Type of Activity: Policy/Regulation )

The state should build a unified, easy-to-navigate system for producing, standardizing, and sharing local GHG and energy data. This would include: A centralized statewide energy and GHG data portal—potentially by expanding existing platforms like the UCLA Energy Atlas to serve all regions and remain up to date, and by restoring free access to key tools such as ICLEI ClearPath for local jurisdictions. Standardized GHG inventory methods, timelines, and indicators statewide, ensuring that all jurisdictions work from consistent, comparable (“apples-to-apples”) data. Regularly produced and published local GHG inventories for every city and county, updated on a predictable statewide cycle to reduce duplication, support regional planning, and inform state policy.

Existing Examples of Progress: 1. Given the very high interest in a state-led process to conduct local GHG inventories , an effort was made in 2023 to propose State legislation that would allocate budget to CARB to produce local GHG inventories for local governments (SB-511), which was suspended after receiving an estimated total cost of $18 million from the Department of Finance. 2. Local government participants expressed that they are aware of many other data portals led by the State designed to provide data to local governments
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Statewide

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