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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program provides funding for states to develop and implement climate action plans that aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan
The Illinois comprehensive climate action plan (CCAP) sets out a roadmap for decarbonization in the state, consistent with Gov. Pritzker’s Executive Order 2019-06, which states that Illinois “must continue to fulfill, uphold, and exceed the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.”
The plan covers emissions from electricity, transportation, buildings, industry, land use, waste and agriculture. It includes a detailed greenhouse gas inventory for the state, and projects near-term and long-term emissions. It details a suite of greenhouse gas reduction measures for meeting the state's climate goals and examines three core scenarios to quantify their impact, along with analyses around health and workforce impacts, and two supplemental scenarios with pathways to net zero emissions by 2050.
To view the plan, click here.
IEPA released a draft CCAP on April 20, 2026, and is accepting public comments on the draft through May 1. Send comments to epa.cprg@illinois.gov.
The Agency will release a final plan no later than July 31, 2026.
Priority Climate Action Plan
On March 1, 2024, the State of Illinois completed its priority climate action plan. The plan includes a greenhouse gas inventory for the state and identifies key climate actions in five sectors: buildings, transportation, industry, agriculture and land use, and power. It also assesses the impact of these actions on low-income and disadvantaged communities. This plan received funding support from U.S. EPA.
The plan and the accompanying greenhouse gas inventory are available at the links below.
Funding Opportunities
Below is a list of current CPRG funding opportunities. These links will take you to the website of the agency which is implementing the funding opportunity.
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1. Accelerating Clean & Efficient Building Adoption |
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2. Deploying Clean Transportation & Freight |
Additional opportunities will be posted here as they open. |
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3. Kick-starting Industry Decarbonization |
Additional opportunities will be posted here as they open. |
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4. Expanding Climate-Smart Agriculture |
Additional opportunities will be posted here as they open. |
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5. Keeping Clean Power Goals on Track |
Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Implementation Grant
The State of Illinois has been awarded a grant that totals more than $430 million to implement its Climate Pollution Reduction Grant plan. The grant will fund projects in five priority areas: Accelerating Clean & Efficient Building Adoption; Deploying Clean Transportation & Freight; Kick-starting Industry Decarbonization; Expanding Climate-Smart Agriculture; and, Keeping Clean Power Goals on Track. The projects together will reduce more than fifty-seven million tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next twenty-five years. You can read the State of Illinois’ Implementation Grant application, below.
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Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Public Engagement
In summer 2025, Illinois EPA conducted extensive stakeholder engagement to gather feedback on this plan. The agency held nine public meetings: six in-person meetings, with two each in Edwardsville, Springfield, and Chicago, and three virtual meetings. About 250 people attended the public meetings. The agency also solicited written comments and conducted an online survey to which about 350 people responded.
Resources from the public meetings including side decks and recordings of the virtual sessions are below.
Slidedeck - 2025 CPRG Stakeholder Engagement Presentation
Slidedeck - Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Public Listening Sessions - February 2024
Listening Session #1 - February 27, 2024, 12:30 CT
Listening Session #2 - February 27, 2024, 5:30 CT