The Local Government Climate Action Program (LGCAP) provides local governments and Modern Treaty Nations with predictable and stable funding.
This funding supports timely local climate action that reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, prepares communities for the impacts of a changing climate and creates new opportunities for people in the clean economy.
LGCAP supports local climate action to help B.C.:
As part of the program, funding recipients will be required to report on their actions.
This program will:
March 2024 – Funds disbursed through Ministry of Municipal Affairs
May 1 to July 31 – Reporting period
By September 30 – Survey information and attestation form posted publicly
See LGCAP reporting requirements for more information.
To be eligible for the LGCAP, participants are required to:
There is no need to apply as LGCAP is not an application-based program.
Modern Treaty Nations are eligible for the LGCAP.
The Province also supports other Indigenous communities outside of Modern Treaty Nations. View other Indigenous communities' climate action funding programs.
Funding must be used to achieve community and provincial climate objectives, aligned with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 (PDF, 9MB) and/or the Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy (PDF, 7MB).
Climate initiatives are actions to reduce GHG emissions and/or adapt to a changing climate and mitigate climate-related risks. This can include, but is not limited to:
Previous local climate funding initiatives that serve as examples of how LGCAP funding can support your community are:
Eligible expenditures can include, but are not limited to:
Funding can also be used for capital costs such as designing and implementing robust climate infrastructure (for example, infrastructure that can withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions caused by climate change).