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California needs to pivot beyond regulation alone to a climate-smart economy
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This legislative session ended with historic and important deals on energy and climate – but also underlined how much remains to be done.

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CA FWD and Insurance for Good Partner to Improve Community and Household Climate Risk Management
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CA FWD and Insurance for Good partnership aimed at developing sustainable funding and financing mechanisms for climate risk reduction at both the community and household levels.

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Energy Project Benefit Agreements Database: A New Digital Resource from CA FWD and the UC Berkeley Possibility Lab
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An update on CA FWD and the UC Berkeley Possibility Lab’s work to build the capacity of regions and communities to engage effectively in negotiations with energy project developers.

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Possibility Lab and CA FWD Announce New Energy Project Benefits Agreement Database
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New online tool allows the public to search examples of 328 benefits agreements from across the energy supply chain.

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Preparing for Wildfire by Protecting What Matters: CA FWD Releases New Policy Brief
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Our new policy brief is a building block to a longer-term policy agenda to increase California’s leadership in building fire adapted communities to complement the state’s leadership on resilient landscapes and wildfire response.

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Industrial Transformation: Turning California’s aging biomass combustion plants from an environmental challenge to an asset in the energy transition
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A regions-up, economic development-oriented approach to energy transition, using existing industrial infrastructure, rather than expanding into undeveloped areas of the state.

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5 Ways to Better Link Risk Reduction and Insurance
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As climate change drives up risks around the country, there is growing recognition of the urgent need for greater investments in risk reduction at all scales. We share key takeaways and next steps.

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