City Climate Innovation Challenge
Helping cities pilot innovations that reduce emissions and serve local needs.
How the Challenge Works
A simple path for cities to test climate solutions.
Through the City Climate Innovation Challenge, we work with cities across the country to incorporate innovative solutions to help solve climate challenges and address local needs.
Define Challenge
LACI defines a climate challenge to guide each new cohort.
Submit Applications
Cities and counties apply, identifying a local need they want to address.
Develop Solutions
With LACI’s support, participants shape technology, policy, or business model solutions.
Pilots Deployed
Cities implement pilot projects through partnerships with LACI and cohort peers.
Delivering proven results that advance sustainability goals in cities across the U.S.
Discover how participating cities in the City Climate Innovation Challenge test new climate solutions, accelerate implementation, and share learnings.
Cities & Counties Participating in the Challenge
Cohort 1: Zero-Emission Delivery
Anchor Cities:
Los Angeles, CA • Santa Monica, CA • Pittsburgh, PA
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Louisville, KY • Miami-Dade County, FL • New York City, NY • Oakland, CA • Portland, OR • Washington, D.C.
Cohort 2: Reliable, Affordable EV Charging
Alexandria, VA • Atlanta, GA • Baltimore, MD • Chicago, IL, Hayward, CA • Knoxville, TN • Los Angeles, CA • New York, NY, • Palo Alto, CA • Portland, OR • Salem, MA • San Francisco, CA • San Jose, CA • Seattle, WA • Sonoma, CA • Washington, D.C.
Cities Create Outsized Impact
By testing and deploying climate solutions in real-world environments, cities can reduce emissions and improve local communities.
What This Looks Like in Practice
The Zero Emissions Delivery Challenge
The ZED Challenge helped spur the move to zero emissions by deploying technology and policy innovations in cities across the U.S., all in an effort to combat the increase in air pollution and urban traffic congestion stemming for the explosion of e-commerce and related goods movement.
