In 2025, the California Climate & Energy Collaborative (CCEC) strengthened its role as California’s central hub for local and regional climate leadership. Across a year marked by rapid policy shifts, federal funding uncertainty, and growing urgency around affordability and resilience, CCEC supported hundreds of local governments and partners in navigating complex energy, climate, and land-use challenges.
Through the 16th Annual California Climate & Energy Forum, quarterly State/Local Energy & Climate Coordination (SLECC) convenings, creation and expansion of four Regional Energy & Climate Hubs (REACH) (including participation in three regional Catalyst Convenings led by SGC and LCI that produced initial regional landscape analyses) and ongoing peer learning platforms, CCEC connected practitioners, elevated local priorities to state agencies, and translated shared knowledge into actionable insights. More than 550 participants from 234 organizations joined the 2025 Forum alone, while our network grew to nearly 4,000 practitioners statewide and over 1,200 participated in Local Energy Resources Network (LERN) calls throughout the year.
By combining convening power with state and local engagement, technical insight, and trusted communications, CCEC continues to support local and regional climate and energy ambition and implementation, ensuring California’s climate goals are grounded in real-world capacity, equity, and community needs.