Each year, dozens of local agencies are honored with Beacon awards. Learn more about award winners.

The Beacon Program features three types of awards:

Beacon Vanguard Award: recognizing a city or county’s holistic approach to addressing climate change. Participating agencies are required to complete each of the requirements for the five Spotlight Awards and adopt a Climate Action Plan to receive a Beacon Vanguard Award.

Spotlight Award: recognizing individual accomplishments of cities and counties participating in the Beacon Program from greenhouse gas reductions to energy savings and more.

Leadership & Innovation Award: recognizing a city, county, special district and Beacon Program champions for implementing collaborative, inclusive, and equitable climate resilience and adaptation programming in their communities.