2023-11-09T14:12:27-08:00 2023-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2022-07-01 450485495 The Climate Center CLIM 7075251665 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 Lois Downy CFO 2023-11-09 true Lois Downy 999009999 true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Lois Downy 1275 4th St 191 Santa Rosa CA 95404 3278086 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. 9 9 25 20 0 2404099 3236084 15145 28876 -2952 13126 0 2416292 3278086 25000 50000 0 2048601 2272742 0 371614 461683 663490 2535284 2986232 -118992 291854 1057699 1186577 396613 233637 661086 952940 The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. false false 839874 Policy Development & ImplementationThis year, The Climate Center pushed forward climate policy in California in four main areas: natural carbon sequestration, community energy resilience, funding for distributed, clean energy resources, and using the batteries on wheels in electric vehicles to power our homes,businesses and the grid when needed.(Continued on Schedule O) 755755 50000 Climate-Safe California Partnership BuildingFounded in 2001, The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California. We believe in thriving, healthy communities. We envision a future where everyone in California enjoys clean air and water,renewable and reliable energy, healthy food, thriving nature, and more.(Continued on Schedule O) 649182 28876 Public Outreach & CommunicationThe Climate Center has pursued multiple outreach strategies to educate decision makers and the public about the urgency of the climate crisis and an array of accelerated, equitable solutions that the state can pursue now to address it.The Climate Center hosted the 2023 California Climate Policy Summit on April 11 inSacramento. 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Philanthropy 153000 4598 11633 169231 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a The Executive Committee performs the annual performance evaluation of the CEO. All other tasks approved by full board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Once 990 is prepared and reviewed by the CFO and the Finance Committee of the Board, it is provided to the full BOD for review and comment before submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members submit a Conflict of Interest Disclosure form each year that certifies that they have read and 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, Section B, Line 15a Compensation was reviewed and approved by BOD based on comparability data, i.e. "Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits". Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b 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 approved by BOD. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 On website and by request. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments Working with Assembly members Cristina Garcia and Robert Rivas, and garnering support of over 80 organizations, we passed a historic natural carbon sequestration law, AB 1757, requiring the state to set ambitious targets for 2030, 2038 and 2045 and to develop other natural climate solutions. The UNs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prescription is clear: we must cut emissions in half by 2030 AND remove upwards of a trillion tons of carbon that we have already put in the atmosphere to stabilize the climate.In order to ensure strong implementation of the law, we organized a two-day workshop in March, convening a coalition of natural and working lands partners to build common goals and identify pathways and strategies to transform our states lands into a net sink for carbon emissions. With our partners, we are working directly with the expert advisory committee established by AB 1757 to assist them in developing science-based, bold targets for natural carbon sequestration on agricultural lands, forests, wetlands, deserts, and coastal environments.Because of The Climate Centers work with Senator Dodd and our coalition partners on SB 833, the California Energy Commission established a new Community Energy Resilience Initiative that was modeled on our sponsored legislation. This program is leveraging $170 million in federal funds, matched by state funds, which will invest in planning for community energy resilience and clean electricity, prioritizing working-class communities. These communities suffer disproportionately when there is a power failure and also suffer a greater air pollution burden than wealthy communities in California.In addition to our priority legislation, we played a key role in helping pass a package of climate bills pushed by Governor Newsom in 2022. We actively supported SB 1137, which requires 3,200-foot safety zones between new oil and gas wells and the places where Californians live, work, and play; SB 1314, which prohibits enhanced oil recovery, a practice that leads to even more dangerous oil drilling; AB 1279, which requires California to reach carbon neutrality and cut emissions to at least 85 percent below 1990 levels no later than 2045; and SB 1020, which establishes interim clean electricity targets, including a goal to reach 90 percent by 2035. All of these bills passed and were signed into law.In 2023, we worked with Senator Nancy Skinner to introduce SB 233, a bill that aims to unlock the potential for millions of electric vehicles that will be sold in California to power homes during outages, lower energy bills for Californians, reduce air pollution, and make the electricity grid more reliable. The bill will require most new electric vehicles (EVs) sold in California to have bidirectional charging capability by 2030 allows EVs to not only be charged by the grid but also send power back to our homes, businesses and the grid when needed as we face more extremes and more outages.The state expects to have 8 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030 with a greater energy storage capacity greater than the highest demand ever on the grid during last Septembers heatwave of 52 gigawatts. Currently, only a small fraction of Californias electric vehicle fleet has bidirectional capability. By requiring that most EVs sold by 2030 are bidirectional, California can harness the momentum of a market moving swiftly toward an electrified future and make the best use of federal and state investments in EV infrastructure. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments Our signature campaign, Climate-Safe California, offers a roadmap for climate action in the worlds fifth-largest economy. Climate-Safe California is a set of policies that would enable California to remove more climate pollution from the atmosphere than we emit by 2030 while creating thousands of jobs and repairing environmental injustices. Climate-Safe California and all of The Climate Centers work is guided by three core principles: follow the latest science, prioritize climate justice, and secure a just transition for workers. As of June 30, 2023, we had over 2000 total endorsements from nonprofits, businesses, elected officials, cities, counties and other governmental bodies, and individuals.We have also built and engage with diverse coalitions to realize relevant policy components of Climate-Safe California, especially on facilitating community energy resilience with local scale solar and storage, setting aggressive emission reduction targets, phasing out fossil fuels, accelerating clean transportation, scaling up nature-based carbon sequestration, and securing the necessary funding for speed and scale implementation. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c (Cont.) - Program Service Accomplishments We had 300 people in attendance with featured speakers including LaurenSanchez, the Governors Senior Climate Advisor, activist Nalleli Cobo, who spoke about the impact of oil and gas production on frontline communities, and numerous senators and assemblymembers from the California legislature. This event was followed by The Climate Centers Advocacy Day, during which participants met with 48 legislative offices and discussed critical climate policies.This year, through our webinar series, Envisioning a Climate-Safe California: Stories and Solutions, we produced eight webinars and had about 3,000 registrants learn about key policy solutions under consideration by Californias state decision makers.As an official Observer NGO The Climate Center helped organize the attendance of California decision makers at the glocal climate meeting, COP 27, in Egypt. We hosted an official UN side event on vehicle to grid integration with state officials, held numerous press conferences, and organized an event on Californias climate accomplishments that included four senators and three assembly members. COP is an opportunity to educate leaders from other parts of the world about climate solutions that California is leading on as well as an opportunity for state lawmakers to learn about and be inspired about solutions being implemented in other countries.Our efforts have also garnered significant media coverage in California, raising public awareness and building momentum for accelerated, equitable climate action. This year, we was were quoted, cited, or mentioned in 88 news stories between July 2022 and June 2023 and we published op-eds (How electric cars can keep Californias power on without more natural gas) and (To cap breakthrough year, California's climate blueprint needs two key changes). Weve also held events in Los Angeles and San Francisco.This year, we produced two policy reports: 1) Equitably and Rapidly Decarbonizing California: Pathways to 65 percent below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions levels by 2030 to demonstrate how California can reach a more aggressive carbon reduction target with recommendations and considerations for state policymakers; and, 2) a hydrogen policy guidance paper, made available to state decision makers, partners and the public in June 2023. Both federal and state governments are investing heavily in hydrogen technology development and new hydrogen projects. The policy guidance offers a definition of green hydrogen, examines current impacts of hydrogen production on nearby communities, evaluates deployment models, and provides a set of policy recommendations for production, delivery, and application of green hydrogen.