The 15th Annual California Climate and Energy Forum was held June 25-26, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. The theme of the forum was “Collective Innovation: Cultivating Collaboration for Equitable Climate Action.”

This year saw our audience grow to over 415, representing 157 cities across California. The CCEC Forum engaged a diverse audience with 34% of attendees being under 35, 49% being BIPOC (up from 48% in 2023) and 50% being women. 39 scholarship recipients were able to attend due to registration and travel scholarships. The organizations represented were also diverse across sectors, with 34% of participants representing a city or county, 19% coming from a nonprofit organization, 18% being a private sector business, 6% representing a CCA or utility, and the remainder coming from other agencies, academia, and more!

The forum featured 66 different speakers across 3 plenary sessions, 16 breakout sessions, and 15 posters presented during an evening reception. Throughout the program, breakout sessions and plenaries alike sought to highlight and foster conversations on the equity concerns of the energy transition in California by engaging a diverse audience working on multiple fronts in the climate & energy space. Topics covered include electrification, energy efficiency, clean energy, equitable decarbonization, environmental justice, community engagement and community driven-action, electric vehicles, building codes and standards, and more!

The presentations shared at the forum and other resources are available on our website!

“I look forward to this Forum every year. It is a wonderful opportunity to connect with peers and leaders across the state on locally focused energy and climate solutions.” -Laurel Rothschild, The Energy Coalition

“CCEC is great for networking and learning! This is the Forum to attend to meet the movers and shakers in the energy efficiency, decarbonization, energy equity, and climate action space. This is a place where innovative and passionate minds from local government, not-for-profits, utilities, state government, and more come to discuss solutions to our most pressing problems.” – Aisha Cervantes-Cissna, San Diego Community Power

Additional information about this year’s forum can be found here.

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