THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 FROM 9:00AM- 4:00PM PACIFIC. The Board will consider approving the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan (2022 Scoping Plan) along with considering whether to certify the Environmental Analysis prepared for the 2022 Scoping Plan (including adopting the California Environmental Quality Act findings and statement of overriding considerations). The plan recommends a suite of actions to reduce anthropogenic emissions by 85% below 1990 levels and achieve carbon neutrality in California no later than 2045. This is the second of two Board hearings on this item.
As part of this agenda item, the Board will consider delegating to the CARB Executive Officer the task to collaborate with the Natural Resources Agency in establishing the expert advisory committee required by Assembly Bill 757 to advise the state regarding carbon sequestration and other nature-based climate solutions to greenhouse gas emissions.
*This item is scheduled to be heard on Thursday, December 15. Because the length of public testimony cannot be predicted in advance, this item may continue on Friday, December 16.