ALBANY, NY — The Climate Smart Communities Grant Program provides competitive, 50/50 matching grants to municipalities to conduct climate change mitigation and adaptation projects, including working toward Climate Smart Communities certification. Communities can apply for the program through the New York State Consolidated Funding Application (CFA), which is available here.

Up to $7 million is available for grants of between $50,000 and $2 million for implementation projects related to reducing food waste, preparing for extreme weather events or other environmental topics. In addition, up to $1 million is available for grants of between $10,000 and $200,000 for planning, inventory and assessment projects that are aligned with certain Climate Smart Communities Certification actions in the areas of greenhouse gas mitigation, transportation, climate adaptation and land use.