ARCHIVES

This archives page serves as a repository of previous stakeholder engagement and outreach sessions, documents, updates, and resources related to the development and implementation of New Jersey’s Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) and Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). To learn more about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program, please check out the CPRG Home Page.

The climate action community dialogue meeting for Central New Jersey communities— hosted by the Metuchen, Edison, Piscataway Branch of the NAACP and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) — aimed to discuss previously identified climate action and air pollution priorities and any new climate related issues Central Jersey communities may be facing. This feedback will shape New Jersey’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan.

Below are infographics that were provided as background information for the event and an agenda with useful terms to know.

EPA announced a national competition for funding to implement measures contained in Priority Climate Action Plans. Applications were due in April 2024. New Jersey was awarded $3 million from the EPA to put toward CPRG planning.

DEP hosted a webinar with the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center at Rutgers University following the release of the PCAP on March 1, 2024. This webinar was focused on funding opportunities for local governments, however several opportunities were also available for community-based organizations, School Districts, and other entities. The webinar features simultaneous Spanish translation.

Watch the webinar below.

Implementing NJ’s PCAP:  Climate Mitigation Funding Opportunities for NJ Local Governments

May 1, 2024 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM

The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center at Rutgers University worked with the DEP to gather input from stakeholders regarding the six priority areas outlined in the Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP): transportation, buildings, electric generation, food waste, halogenated gases, and natural working lands. Stakeholders were invited to participate in a series of topical virtual stakeholder sessions to provide input on each of these priority areas. Links to the presentations and webinar recordings for these sessions are found below:

DEP hosted a kickoff workshop on October 24, 2023 from 12-1:30pm which discussed New Jersey’s workplan and priorities, anticipated process for the climate pollution planning and implementation grants and future engagement opportunities. A recording of the virtual event as well as the presentation slides can be accessed below.