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These tools include: the Local Government (Green Communities) Statutes Amendment Act, the Climate Action Charter, the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP), the Community Energy and Emissions Inventory (CEEI), the Green Communities Committee, the Climate Action Toolkit, and various funding programs. [...] Many local governments have indicated a preference for the Province to provide more specific guidance on what to do and how to do it, for example, by providing specific targets and identifying the actions that would be required to meet those targets.43 Many local governments also found it challenging to evaluate the GHG impact of emission reduction initiatives, and to evaluate the validity of comm. [...] Funding and Incentives Drive Action Uptake of the Charter amongst local governments was slow at first, but the launch of the CARIP grant resulted in the majority of local governments signing the Charter. [...] The inclusion of enabling tools in the Local Government Act (2008) relating to DCCs, DPA, and parking requirements, are one example of how the Province has sought to empower local governments to take action at the local level. [...] As a result of the project BCSEA has created a network of 32 Solar Communities that continue to promote the use of solar technologies.54 Clean Energy $14.3 million The program supported the purchase of 950 electric vehicles and Vehicle Program invested the development of about 1,000 charging stations in B.