Through this planning grant, the state of Oregon created a Priority Climate Action Plan and submitted it to EPA on Feb. 29, 2024. In July 2024, EPA announced that Oregon would receive $197 million to implement the measures developed through the PCAP.
DEQ and partner agency the Oregon Department of Energy collaborated with state and local agencies, Tribes, and the public to identify actions that reduce climate pollution in Oregon in ways that benefit local communities. The Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) was guided by the extensive work that Oregon, local jurisdictions, and Tribes have done to date to plan for and implement actions to reduce greenhouse gases. The measures in Oregon's PCAP do not represent all the necessary and needed actions for emission reductions in Oregon. Oregon's Priority Climate Action Plan, submitted to EPA Feb. 29, 2024
Climate Equity and Resilience Through Action
Oregon will receive $197 million to focus on implementing climate actions in three categories of work that are among the largest contributors to Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions: waste and materials, buildings, and transportation. Oregon submitted a single large state grant application to EPA encompassing 12 actions to reduce greenhouse gases across the state and in local jurisdictions as developed for the PCAP. The work funded through this grant is focused on achieving the maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, providing benefits to surrounding communities and funding programs that are ready to receive funds and can be implemented quickly. Please check the CERTA website for additional funding and timeline details.
The next deliverable to EPA is the
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, due December 2025, to highlight more opportunities to reduce climate pollution in Oregon. There will be several opportunities for you to engage in this work –
sign up for email or text alerts and check the upcoming events section below.
The CCAP aims to acknowledge and consolidate the climate work Oregon is already doing, identify additional opportunities, and examine the gaps in climate efforts throughout the state. This will also help prioritize climate efforts, spark collaboration, and seek funding sources.
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan
The next deliverable to EPA is the
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, due December 2025, to highlight more opportunities to reduce climate pollution in Oregon. There will be several opportunities for you to engage in this work –
sign up for email or text alerts and check the upcoming events section below.
The CCAP aims to acknowledge and consolidate the climate work Oregon is already doing, identify additional opportunities, and examine the gaps in climate efforts throughout the state. This will also help prioritize climate efforts, spark collaboration, and seek funding sources.
Please visit this website for updates about timeline and engagement opportunities. You can also
sign up for email updates via GovDelivery to stay informed.
Oregon Energy Strategy Public Listening Sessions: Thursday, Feb. 27 from 1 – 3 p.m. or 5 – 7 p.m.
You can follow Oregon's Energy Strategy on ODOE's
webpage, or sign up for
email updates to stay up to date. Visit the
Energy Strategy Advisory Group's website, to learn more about who provides insights, guidance, and recommendations on the development of the strategy. You can also visit the
Policy Working Group's website to learn more about who is informing the development of policy actions needed to address barriers and fill gaps in meeting Oregon's energy and climate goals.
CCAP Surveys open until July 18, 2025:
Comprehensive Climate Action Priorities:
- Reduce greenhouse gases to achieve Oregon's 2050 targets.
- Develop economy wide reduction measures, including sinks.
- Prioritize community benefits, particularly for those disproportionately impacted by climate change.
- Engage with Tribes, impacted communities, and intergovernmental agencies.
- Understand gaps in policies and data.
- Determine workforce impact.
The plan will include updates to GHG inventories, modeling existing and potential measures to meet Oregon's GHG reduction targets, and public and state agency feedback.
The CCAP has many workstreams and will be directly informed by the Oregon Department of Energy's planning work including:
The CCAP will forecast Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions through 2050 and estimate the emissions reductions the state can expect to achieve by implementing a comprehensive suite of climate action measures that enable the state to meet its GHG reduction goals. The Oregon Department of Energy will produce these emissions forecasts through an update to the Oregon Climate Action Commission's Transformational Integrated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction analysis (TIGHGER 2.0). This analysis will inform the CCAP's evaluation and comparison of projected emissions under two key scenarios: (1) a business-as-usual scenario that forecasts Oregon's GHG emissions trajectory in the absence of comprehensive climate actions, and (2) a comprehensive climate action scenario that forecasts emissions reductions from existing climate programs and regulations and additional measures that enable the state to meet its climate goals. TIGHGER 2.0 will identify the quantifiable GHG reduction measures that provide the foundation for the CCAP and the Oregon Statewide Energy Strategy described below.
This strategy identifies options for Oregon to achieve its energy and climate policy objectives. Energy generation, delivery, and consumption comprise about 80% to 85% of Oregon's sector-based GHG emissions. The strategy will develop a robust understanding of the energy sector's climate emissions, reduction efforts (including utility planning efforts, and energy sector progress on climate goals). It will provide multiple assessments of different pathways for Oregon to achieve its energy and climate goals, taking into consideration economywide costs, consumer costs, environmental effects, Oregon jobs, and workforce needs. This information will inform discussions with partners on policy options to support Oregon's clean energy transition. The Energy Strategy report will capture high-level strategies that will support the transition while maintaining reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy systems and improving energy equity.
The CCAP will include an emissions reduction Gap Analysis that identifies and evaluates strategies for reducing emissions from sources and sectors that are not otherwise addressed through the quantifiable climate action measures and implementation strategies presented in TIGHGER 2.0 and the Statewide Energy Strategy. It will use DEQ's GHG inventories and findings from Energy Strategy discussions with partners and resulting recommendations to assess the sources of emissions and compare these with existing programs, policies, regulations, and any related actions in the PCAP to identify policy gaps. The gap analysis will inform the development of policy options and considerations to address these emissions. This work will build on partnerships that coordinating entities have with state agencies and include outreach and engagement with industry and other interested parties.
The Oregon Department of Energy and the Oregon Climate Action Commission are producing a net biological carbon sequestration and storage inventory that estimates the total amount of carbon sequestered through biological processes and stored in Oregon's natural and working lands. This inventory will inform opportunities to increase carbon sequestration through deployment of natural climate solutions on natural and working lands, such as forests, grasslands, rangelands, farmlands, tidal and subtidal wetlands, the parks and open spaces in urban environments. Oregon has many opportunities to use its natural resources to act as carbon sinks to further the state's efforts to achieve a net-zero and net negative emissions future. The biological carbon inventory will create a foundation for informing efforts to protect and enhance natural carbon sinks and increasing the capacity for carbon sequestration and storage on Oregon's natural and working lands.
The CCAP will include the continuation of community engagement to identify the barriers faced by Oregon communities affected by climate change to access and benefit from clean energy projects, programs and to identify the greenhouse gas mitigation measures that are of most interest and benefit to those communities, and opportunities to improve health outcomes.