The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) State Energy Office will host a virtual public information session on September 11, 2025, to discuss the Draft North Carolina Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP). This meeting is part of the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program and will be conducted via Webex.
The CPRG program, created under the Inflation Reduction Act, offers funding to states, local governments, territories, and tribes for developing and implementing plans aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. The North Carolina CPRG planning project involves several state agencies working together, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with DEQ as the lead agency.
North Carolina received $3 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the planning phase of this grant. As part of these efforts, North Carolina submitted a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) in 2024 that identified key measures for reducing greenhouse gases and outlined approaches to ensure these actions benefit all residents equitably. The current focus is on developing a more comprehensive plan—the CCAP—which will update existing climate strategies using recent scientific findings and best practices. The final CCAP must be submitted to the EPA by December 2025.
“The PCAP identified North Carolina’s highest-priority greenhouse gas reduction measures and determined the methods for ensuring equitable implementation of these measures for the benefit of all North Carolinians. The CCAP builds upon the PCAP and will update and expand upon North Carolina’s existing climate strategies, ensuring that these policies align with the latest available science, modeling and best practices.”
The draft version of the CCAP will be released on September 5, 2025. DEQ will accept public feedback until October 6, 2025. Additional details about the CPRG program and past public sessions can be found on the CPRG webpage.
