California State University, Monterey Bay
EN-10: Community Partnerships

The Central Coast Climate Collaborative (4C) was established in 2016 as regional
climate collaboratives were launching across California. For the first time, leaders from
local governments, communities, non-profit organizations, business, academia, and Tribes
across the Central Coast came together to explore ways to address the complex maze of
emerging carbon-reduction and adaptation issues. Over the past five years, 4C has
become an established membership organization and valued regional forum, gathering a
broadening set of climate practitioners to share ideas, support projects and initiatives,
and form new partnerships.

Over that time 4C has evolved its organizational, technological, and network capacity,
while supporting regional initiatives such as local climate resilience projects and planning,
academic research, launching of new climate collaboratives, and development of
collaboration and networking tools. A 2018 strategic planning workshop established a
two-year action plan to formalize the collaborative’s operations and expand its
capabilities.

Since then, 4C has worked to:

Create a regional disaster resilience guide with state and federal partner agencies
Connect regional agency practitioners with state and federal agency initiatives,
guidance, and resources
Sponsor or co-sponsor numerous regional symposiums, webinars, and roundtables
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Convene committees to explore and address issues of agriculture; sea level rise;
federal partnerships; justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; governance; and
strategic planning
Support grant proposals, projects, policy initiatives, and academic studies
Expand its membership and organizational capacity
Connect with other regional collaboratives both within and outside of California
through the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA)
Merge with the Monterey Bay Climate Action Compact
Develop a climate collaboration tool for members to locate other climate
practitioners in the region
Hold monthly steering and bimonthly or quarterly membership meetings
Provide Sea Grant and CivicSpark Fellows with job experience as coordinators
Produce a periodic newsletter for a list of over 1,000 subscribers

CSUMB was previously partnering with the Monterey Bay Regional Climate Compact which became part of 4C.

https://www.centralcoastclimate.org/

In 2019 CSUMB signed a 14-year facilities use agreement with the newly formed Monterey Bay Football Club (MBFC) soccer team. In turn for stadium use, the MBFC remodeled the defunct facility to LEED Silver standards, is percolating all storm water on site, and replanting removed trees through CSUMB habitat restoration program.


For the first time since Army use, the stadium will be regularly used and serve CSUMB athletics and host campus events. MBFC and CSUMB will also engage the community through intercollegiate soccer, expand and create educational programs and services and provide opportunities for underserved youth through campus, clinics, scholarships, academic and wellness programming.

https://www.montereybayfc.com/

The Institute for Innovation and Economic Development at CSUMB collaborates with other local economic development organizations in coordinating programs, events, competitions and technical assistance to provide an array of services in the tri-county area. The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership is a regional member-supported nonprofit organization consisting of public, private and civic entities located throughout the counties of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz. Founded in 2015, their mission is to improve the economic health and quality of life in the region. They have specific campaigns directed at climate change and are currently supporting a green new deal for the Monterey Peninsula. They often host webinar series, in which many of our students can attend, highlighting green businesses and encouraging businesses to integrate climate goals into their companies. Their organization is integrated in a variety of other departments on campus working towards furthering sustainability, especially in the business sector.

https://mbep.biz/

The campus partners and participates with the local chambers to engage with local businesses to address sustainability and other local issues. Each organization has its own sustainability programs. CSUMB weighs in on those programs and provides input on educational opportunities. Specifically, a CSUMB representative chairs the Monterey County Hospitality Association's Education Committee, which integrates sustainability across all educational webinars.

Housing electrification - CSUMB is partnering with PG&E to electrify at least half of its 1200 East Campus Housing units. This would be the largest zonal electrification project in the state. https://csumb.edu/news/news-listing/east-campus-may-become-californias-largest-electrification-project/

Additional educational partnerships that improve access to and equity in higher education -https://csumb.edu/president/leadership-initiatives/