Disclaimer

Effective date: July 10, 2026

Climateshed Action is an indicative planning tool, not a compliance instrument. Its outputs are modeled estimates, not measurements or predictions. Every value must be independently verified before it is relied upon for regulatory, funding, legal, or investment purposes.

1. Nature of the tool

Climateshed Action estimates how much selected local climate actions could change a California jurisdiction’s greenhouse-gas emissions. It combines a measured inventory baseline with published response coefficients to produce scenario estimates. It is provided for general planning, education, and research purposes only.

2. Estimates and ranges, not predictions

Results are scenario estimates expressed as low-to-high ranges. Those ranges reflect uncertainty in the underlying coefficients and in how a policy is implemented locally; they are not confidence intervals, forecasts, or guarantees of any outcome. Actual emissions changes depend on program design, adoption rates, behavior, market conditions, and many factors the tool does not model.

3. Sources and their limitations

Baselines derive from the CA GHG Inventory (USCP v1.2, 2019–2024) and are subject to that inventory’s own methods, assumptions, and revisions.
VMT effects come from the ARB/Salon VMT Impact Tool, applied at the jurisdiction level with the elasticities documented in the methods.
Lever coefficients are compiled from published literature and cited in the methods document. They are simplifications and may not reflect the most current data or your specific local conditions.

Every number in the tool traces to a citation in the methods document. Consult those primary sources before acting on any result.

4. Not professional advice

Nothing produced by the tool constitutes professional, legal, regulatory, engineering, scientific, financial, or investment advice, or official guidance from any government agency. It is not a substitute for a site-specific analysis or for consultation with a qualified professional.

5. Do not use for compliance or claims

Do not represent tool outputs as an official GHG inventory, a CEQA or regulatory determination, a Climate Action Plan of record, or the basis of a grant, credit, offset, or funding claim without independent verification and appropriate professional review.

6. Your responsibility

You are solely responsible for how you use, interpret, and share the tool’s outputs, including any scenario files (CSV or notebook) you export. Verify results against primary sources before relying on them.

7. Contact

Questions about the methods or this disclaimer: feedback@climateshed.app.