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Local Government Climate Action Program

Last updated on April 11, 2024

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. 

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About the program

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:

  • Provide flexible, long-term and efficiently disbursed funding that meets urban and rural needs
  • Enable community-specific action to reduce GHG emissions and increase climate resilience
  • Facilitate robust reporting to track results and help improve the program over time
  • Mobilize knowledge sharing among local governments and Modern Treaty Nations to promote innovative climate action across the province

Important dates

March 2024 – Funds disbursed through Ministry of Municipal Affairs 

  • Funds for LGCAP years 2024-2026 were disbursed in an upfront lump sum payment to local governments and Modern Treaty Nations 
  • This was done through the Province's existing Corporate Accounting System

May 1 to July 31 – Reporting period

  • During the reporting period, participants must complete and submit the required online survey and attestation form 

By September 30 – Survey information and attestation form posted publicly

  • Each local government must publicly post the program survey and attestation form

See LGCAP reporting requirements for more information.

Eligibility

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for the LGCAP, participants are required to:

There is no need to apply as LGCAP is not an application-based program.

Support for Modern Treaty Nations

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.

Use of funding 

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). 

Funding for climate initiatives

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:  

  • Actions to reduce GHG emissions in buildings, transportation, waste, etc.  
  • Identifying and mitigating climate-related hazards  
  • Actions that result in resilience to future climate conditions, including preparing risk assessments  
  • Integrating climate change measures into strategies, planning and policies  
  • Improving education and raising awareness of causes and solutions of climate change  
  • Increasing human and institutional capacity with respect to climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning systems 

Examples of local climate initiatives 

Previous local climate funding initiatives that serve as examples of how LGCAP funding can support your community are: 

Eligible expenditures

Eligible expenditures can include, but are not limited to:

  • staffing and contracts
  • investments to improve energy efficiency and investing in climate infrastructure
  • matching funds to leverage funding from the federal government or other parties
  • risk assessments, communications and engagement 

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).

 

The Province supports Indigenous communities with climate action funding programs such as:

For more information on the full range of funding opportunities available to Indigenous communities and local governments, visit the BC Community Climate Funding Guide.

Contact information

Local Government Climate Action Program
LGCAP@gov.bc.ca