2023-01-13T11:32:50-08:00 2022-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2021-07-01 450485495 The Climate Center CLIM 7075251665 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 Lois Downy CFO 2023-01-13 true Lois Downy 999009999 Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2023-03-07 01:45:13Z Lois Downy 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 2416292 false X www.theclimatecenter.org X 2002 CA The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. 12 12 25 20 0 2108288 2404099 15145 2329 -2952 0 2110617 2416292 47450 25000 0 1536874 2048601 56123 0 356688 383531 461683 2023978 2535284 86639 -118992 1132339 1057699 352261 396613 780078 661086 The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. false false 688902 Policy Development & ImplementationThe Climate Center worked this year to build the foundation of a cleaner, more distributed and resilient energy system that can better support California communities, especially the most vulnerable, as they are confronted with increasing planned and unplanned electric grid disruptions. We also launched efforts to establish an ambitious target and secure state support for scaling up natural carbon sequestration on natural and working lands to remove past climate pollution. (Continued on Schedule O) 625330 15145 Public Outreach & CommunicationSince last July, The Climate Center completed several policy white papers including one on natural carbon sequestration as well as one on carbon capture and storage. We published 8 op-eds in key state newspapers and reached thousands of climate activists through social media. We also produced 11 webinars on climate solution related topics, including a webinar series called Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity. We had 4132 total registrants on all of our webinars. We have also given numerous presentations on Climate-Safe California to various community, local elected bodies and advocacy groups around the state.(Continued on Schedule O) 519396 25000 Climate-Safe California: Mobilizing & Coalition BuildingWe worked to strengthen local and regional partnerships, prioritizing environmental justice and labor organizations as well as local governments and businesses, in support of accelerated, equitable state climate policy. We convened a statewide climate policy summit in Sacramento, with over 200 in attendance, and convened multiple other partnerships and meetings in support of our policy priorities, including the Microgrid Equity Coalition. 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Philanthropy 150000 4524 15302 169826 X 1 29606 FMV X 1 1150 FMV false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents We amended our bylaws section 2.1 to add as part of our purpose, advocating for clean energy on behalf of residential ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Once the 990 is prepared and reviewed by the CFO and the Audit Committee of the Board, it is provided to the full BOD for review and comment before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Board members submit a Conflict of Interest Disclosure form each year that certifies that they have read the understood the organizations Conflict of Interest policy and that they agree to comply with the policy. Board members also disclose any affiliations and potential conflicts so that the board may review them to determine whether any steps need to be taken to comply with the policy. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management Compensation was reviewed and approved by BOD based on comparability data, i.e. "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits". Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees Compensation of CFO, COO, and Director of Philanthropy reviewed and approved by CEO based on "Fair Pay for Northern California NonprofitsX and included in annual budget, reviewed by Board leaders as part of CEO annual review process, and approved by BOD. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents by request; summary financial statements on website. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments Our signature campaign, Climate-Safe California, offers a bold policy platform to address the climate crisis. Its a unique and comprehensive campaign designed to bring Californias climate ambition in line with the latest science and catalyze similar efforts across the country and around the world.Climate-Safe California is a set of policies that would allow California to remove more climate pollution from the atmosphere than we emit by 2030 while creating thousands of jobs and repairing environmental injustices. The guiding principles of all Climate-Safe California policies and programs are to be based on the latest science, ensure a just transition for fossil fuel workers, and support climate justice for low-income communities.Climate-Safe California is composed of many initiatives or program areas. Over the 2021 22 fiscal year, much has been accomplished developing, promoting, and implementing Climate-Safe California.The first step that supporters can take toward more aggressive climate action in California is to endorse Climate-Safe California. As of 6/30/22 we had secured 1635 total endorsements of Climate-Safe California (CSC) to date including 161 organizations, 121 businesses, 97 elected officials, 9 cities/counties, 4 governmental bodies and 1,244 individuals. We have also built diverse coalitions of nonprofit organizational partners that work with us to realize policy components of the Climate-Safe California platform, especially on community energy resilience, setting aggressive targets, and nature-based carbon sequestration. We have also convened partners around the climate science which makes the case for accelerated action, what Californias economy wide target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction should be, and different technologies or approaches to achieving these bold goals. An important part of reducing carbon pollution in California is phasing out of fossil fuel production and use. In the supply side work, The Climate Center hosted a well-received panel on social and environmental impacts of oil and gas extraction and refining at its 2022 Climate Policy Summit. The Climate Center has also built strong relationships with several coalitions working in this space including the Last Chance Alliance, VISIN, Stand.LA, the Refinery Transition Working Group, and others. Accomplishments have included raising public awareness about health impacts of oil drilling in neighborhoods, the need for 3200 foot public health and safety setbacks from existing oil wells, methane leaks at idle and abandoned oil wells in Kern County, and taking action to ensure that thorough public review takes place with regard to refinery transitions to biofuel refining. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments Senate Bill 833, Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022 (Senator Dodd), calls for the creation of a technical assistance and grant program administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to help local governments develop clean energy resilience plans, leveraging the substantial related investments that have already been made by the CEC. SB 833 enables local governments to collaborate with utilities in planning community-scale energy infrastructure such as solar panels and battery storage so that communities are deciding what facilities remain energized during a crisis. The bill is aimed to help California reduce its reliance on carbon-emitting generators during disaster-driven power outages by empowering local governments to more strategically plan for the use of clean-emission, distributed energy resources, with a priority on lower income communities.Over 40 organizations signed on to support SB 833. The bill has passed through important votes including the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate floor and the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. It now awaits a vote on the assembly floor. Senator Dodd has made securing funds for this one of his top budget requests. The Climate Center also successfully advocated for the inclusion of funding for distributed energy resources in the Governors updated May budget proposal. These include a $950 million multiyear allocation for distributed energy backup assets, a $970 million multiyear allocation for residential solar and storage, and a $30 million for Capacity Building Grants for disadvantaged communities (which is consistent with the funding ask in SB 833). As of the end of this reporting period the Legislature and Administration were currently negotiating over these allocations, among other items in the still-developing Climate and Energy Budget Package which will be decided before the session ends in September.The Climate Center worked with Assembly member Cristina Garcias office on the Natural Carbon Sequestration and Resilience Act of 2022 (AB 2649). AB 2649 is the first bill in the U.S. that will set into a goal of sequestering 60MMT of carbon dioxide equivalent form the atmosphere per year through soil and vegetation in and on the states natural and working lands (NWL) by 2030. The goal would then increase to 75MMT/year by 2035. The Climate Center is working with three other organizations co-sponsoring this bill and leading a coalition of over 80 organizations who signed a coalition letter in support of the bill. Additional bill co-authors include Senators Josh Becker, Nancy Skinner, and Senator Monique Limon, and Assembly member Mark Stone. The bill has made it through numerous critical votes, including the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, Assembly Appropriations Committee, the Assembly floor, and the Senate Natural Resources and Water and Environmental Quality Committees. As of the end of this reporting period, the bill was in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments We have also been very successful in communicating beyond our base by placing op-eds in some major California news outlets. These included articles in the Sacramento Bee, CalMatters, San Francisco Chronicle, The Mercury News, The Press Democrat, and the Los Angeles Times.In January The Climate Center released a report Setting an Ambitious Sequestration Goal for Californias Working Lands: Analysis and Recommendations for Net-Negative Emissions by 2030. Every scenario in which we limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as outlined in the Paris agreement, involves dramatically cutting emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere. Rather than rely on unproven technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) that prolong fossil fuel reliance and pollution, this report demonstrates that California can look to its millions of acres of cropland, pastures, ranches, parks, and green urban spaces to sequester carbon.The report finds that Californias working and urban lands, under ideal conditions, have the biophysical capacity to sequester up to 100 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) per year. Thats far more than previously estimated and equivalent to about one-quarter of the states annual greenhouse gas emissions. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d - Program Service Accomplishments Other Programs: COP 26 UNFCCC (Nov. 6-18, Glasgow, Scotland)The Climate Center as an official UN Observer to the United Nations Conference of the Parties 26 (COP 26) built and strengthened our standing and personal relationships with state elected officials and staff, by making entrance badges available for sponsoring their attendance at the UN COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow in early November. We also organized media briefings for state leaders and broadcast a meeting for our supporters in California about the issues being discussed at COP and the actions coming out of it.In April of this year The Climate Center hosted The California Climate Policy Summit with 242 registered attendees including state and local elected officials, business and activist leaders to discuss current climate legislation and what is still needed to achieve accelerated, equitable climate action. There were 46 speakers in all including Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency who discussed the opportunities for the state to sequester carbon on natural and working lands, Dr. Mijin Cha from Occidental College who spoke on the need for environmental justice and how some of the states climate solutions left low income people behind and David Hoschschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission described the state as a giant incubator for renewables, EVs, and battery storage. He also suggested that the state could be more aggressive on Renewable Portfolio Standards goals, Assembly member Cristina Garcia and Senator Bob Wieckowski, spoke on current climate legislation including the Natural Carbon Sequestration and Resilience Act, sponsored by The Climate Center.The plenary session in the morning focused on current climate trends, Californias climate progress to date, and the need to prioritize equity in climate policy. The afternoon breakout sessions got into more details about barriers to action and specific regulatory and legislative remedies and with an opportunity for more robust discussion from the audience.