Climate Change Taking it Local
Welcome Gloria Chun Hoo Diz Swift Karen Nelson LWVC LWVC LWVC Board Member Climate Change Climate Change Program Director Communications
3 Presentation Agenda Introduction Gloria Chun Hoo 1 Background on Climate Change Action Policy Review of Policy Taking it Local Diz Swift 2 Promote Efficiency 2 Promote Carbon Pricing Promote a Low Carbon Economy Promote Adaptation Discussion 3 What You Can Do Gloria Chun Hoo, Diz Swift How Can LWVC Help
Climate Change Action Policy LWVC supports actions to MITIGATE and ADAPT to climate change to protect from the negative physical, economic, and public health effects. We need to engage at local and regional levels.
5 Local and Regional Actions 1 Promote energy conservation & efficiency 2 Promote Carbon Pricing Promote clean low-carbon economy 3 4 Promote mitigation with adaptive approaches 5 Promote research and technology Promote public access & Promote policy to ease consequences 6 involvement in decision-making 7 for low and moderate income people
Taking it Local YOUR IDEAS!
7 Promote Efficiency Promote energy conservation and efficiency in transportation, buildings, and infrastructure, including energy efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled.
8 Promote Efficiency: Your Ideas Increased and more efficient public transportation • Promote energy Electric vehicles, local charging stations • conservation and efficiency in Car share programs, car share apps • transportation, Your Ideas? • buildings, and infrastructure, including energy efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled .
9 Promote Efficiency: Your Ideas Residential housing: Education and incentives (insulation, • Promote energy electrification (heat pumps), water reuse) conservation and efficiency in Municipal codes for water and energy efficiency in buildings – • transportation, current inspections buildings, and infrastructure, Your ideas? including energy • efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled. SB 350 requires us to double energy efficiency in CA buildings by 2030.
10 Promote Efficiency: Your Ideas Storm water capture in municipal systems • Promote energy Mini-grids, Community Choice Energy (if fiscally prudent) • conservation and efficiency in Your Ideas? • transportation, buildings, and infrastructure, including energy efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled.
11 Promote Efficiency: Your Ideas Low carbon fuel standard, mileage standards • Promote energy Appliance efficiency standards • conservation and efficiency in Zero Net Energy rewards/incentives • transportation, buildings, and Your Ideas? • infrastructure, including energy efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled.
12 Promote Efficiency: Your Ideas Downtown plans that allow walkable cities/towns focused • Promote energy around public transportation conservation and efficiency in Planning permits restricted by sea level rise • transportation, Wetlands rehabilitation for storm surge protection • buildings, and infrastructure, Your Ideas? • including energy efficiency standards and land use policies that reduce vehicle miles travelled.
13 Promote Carbon Pricing Promote carbon pricing by market mechanisms such as cap and trade systems and carbon taxes .
14 Promote Carbon Pricing LWVUS Supports a Price on Carbon • No preference for type of market mechanisms or revenue use Promote carbon • Most important is to get carbon pricing in place pricing by market mechanisms such as cap and trade California Legislative Proposals to Extend Market Mechanism systems and carbon taxes. • AB 378 League supports • SB 775 League is watching • AB 151 League is watching (modifies cap and trade)
15 How is Carbon Priced? Revenue Use Pricing Mechanism Emissions Included Government Programs Electricity generation Carbon Tax or Fee Mitigate/adapt Transportation Cap and Trade Reduce deficit Industrial Infrastructure, etc. Revenue Neutral Return to people Reduce other taxes
17 Promote Low-Carbon Energy Economy Promote a clean, low-carbon energy economy that is sustainable, including all forms of renewable energy and transportation infrastructure .
18 Promote Low-Carbon Energy Economy Role of market (carbon price) grows renewables, • discourages fossil fuels Promote a clean, low-carbon energy Evaluate relative merits of varied transportation • economy that is infrastructure sustainable, including all forms of Encourage alternative energy in municipal settings • renewable energy Your ideas? • and transportation infrastructure.
19 Promote Adaptation Policies Promote policies that mitigate impacts of climate change by adaptation in urban, rural, agricultural, and natural settings.
20 Promote Adaptation Policies Major Risks in California Sea Level Rise Changing Weather Patterns Drought Stronger Storms Agriculture Disruption
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27 Promote Adaptation Policies Water policies • Promote policies Drought and flooding mitigation at local and • that mitigate regional level impacts of climate change by Wetlands restoration • adaptation in Regional planning and permitting urban, rural, • agricultural, and Your ideas? • natural settings
28 Local Applications Promote Basic Research & Technology Development … encouraging the use of a portfolio of technologies. Promote Climate Social Justice Solutions … that ease consequences of climate-related hardships to low and moderate income households. Promote Access and Involvement … in decision-making process.
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How Can LWVC Help? Climate Change: Taking it Local
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