We need the power of data,

combined with outreach and

education, to amplify and celebrate

cap-and-trade benefits.

The Climate

Investments

Benefits Map will

be a powerful GIS

database-driven

tool. It will

illustrate the

benefits of cap-

and-trade

investments to

diverse audiences

in the way that is

most meaningful

to them.

Users could filter

investments by:

program area,

geography, and year.

Here, we use the

program area filter

for "Waste

Diversion" to find

the first set of

investments,

announced in

November 2014.

Users would get a

map of waste

diversion projects,

and a list of their

benefits in

aggregate. Below

that will be the

individual projects.

Clicking on a

project brings up a

full page

description.

(Note: these are

the actual 2014/15

investments)

These full page

project reports will

provide a more

detailed overview,

and provide

relevant links. In

this example, we

link to the

upcoming UpliftCA

website, which will

provide more

detailed stories of

benefits for

disadvantaged

communities.

Filtering by

geography will be

one of the most

useful features for

community

members, the media

and decisionmakers.

Checkboxes will

show that map layer.

While boxes to

right are used for

filtering. Users

could also filter for

disadvantaged

community benefits.

Here, we use the

geography filter for

“Assembly District

31” to find all the

investments in that

district. A map

would come up,

just showing those

investments.

With additional

resources, these

maps can include

more than just pin

drops (dots), but

can show the transit

lines funded,

boundaries of

conservation areas

funded, etc. Project

reports, either brief

or detailed ones,

could be exported

and printed for

distribution.

The program

reports can be

short one- to four-

page summaries,

depending on the

number of projects

selected via filters.

We can also create

longer documents.

Here, we show the

table of contents of

a hypothetical

report that could be

generated for

Assembly District

31. The one-page

project reports are

compiled and

framed by critical

context. These

could be generated

in real time for use

at events, by

reporters, etc.

With additional

resources there

could be a host of

tools created to

accompany the

map. These could

include widgets to

be placed on

other sites, or APIs

that would allow

larger media

outlets to query

and use the data

on their own maps

and web

interfaces.