Subject: Fwd: Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:02:57 -0700

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*From:* "Governor's Press Office" <[email-masked]>
*Date:* April 29, 2015 at 6:00:12 AM PDT
*To:* [email-masked]
*Subject:* *Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Target in North America*
*Reply-To:* "Governor's Press Office" <[email-masked]>

Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target
in North America
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Governor's Press Office
 Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (916) 445-4571
*Governor Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target
in North America*
*New California Goal Aims to Reduce Emissions 40 Percent Below 1990 Levels
by 2030*

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an executive order
to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40 percent
below 1990 levels by 2030 – the most aggressive benchmark enacted by any
government in North America to reduce dangerous carbon emissions over the
next decade and a half.

“With this order, California sets a very high bar for itself and other
states and nations, but it’s one that must be reached – for this generation
and generations to come,” said Governor Brown.

This executive action sets the stage for the important work being done on
climate change by the Legislature.

The Governor’s executive order aligns California’s greenhouse gas reduction
targets with those of leading international governments ahead of the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. The 28-nation
European Union, for instance, set the same target for 2030 just last
October.

California is on track to meet or exceed the current target of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as established in the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). California’s new
emission reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 will make
it possible to reach the ultimate goal of reducing emissions 80 percent
under 1990 levels by 2050. This is in line with the scientifically
established levels needed in the U.S. to limit global warming below 2
degrees Celsius – the warming threshold at which scientists say there will
likely be major climate disruptions such as super droughts and rising sea
levels.

*World Leaders React*

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary
Christiana Figueres: “California and Governor Brown have clearly
understood, internalised and articulated the science of climate change and
today have aligned the state to the growing global understanding of the
step changes and strategies needed over the coming years and decades.
Resolving climate change requires a swift peaking of emissions and a deep
decarbonisation of the global economy by the second half of the century.
California's announcement is a realisation and a determination that will
gladly resonate with other inspiring actions within the United States and
around the globe. It is yet another reason for optimism in advance of the
UN climate conference in Paris in December.”

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim: “Four consecutive years of
exceptional drought has brought home the harsh reality of rising global
temperatures to the communities and businesses of California. There can be
no substitute for aggressive national targets to reduce harmful greenhouse
emissions, but the decision today by Governor Brown to set a 40 percent
reduction target for 2030 is an example of climate leadership that others
must follow.”

Premier of Ontario, Canada Kathleen Wynne: “I applaud Governor Brown's
continued leadership on climate change. This shows the important role that
sub-national governments can play in shaping a strong global agreement on
climate change later this year in Paris.”

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “California’s 2030 goal to reduce
carbon emissions is not only bold, it's necessary – for the economy and our
future.”

NextGen Climate Founder Tom Steyer: “When it comes to climate change,
California has emerged as a global leader – proving that we don’t have to
choose between a healthy environment and a strong economy. Today Governor
Brown took that leadership to the next level. By setting an ambitious and
achievable target to reduce emissions of climate-altering pollutants 40
percent by 2030, Governor Brown is setting a course that will build upon
the hundreds of thousands of good paying advanced energy jobs in
California, improve the health and wellbeing of Californians and continue
our global leadership to solve the greatest challenge of our generation.”

Princeton University Professor Michael Oppenheimer: “Governor Brown’s
ground-breaking commitment not only shows that solving the climate problem
goes hand-in-hand with economic growth and technology leadership, but
points the way toward a climate solution for other states and the world.”

*Climate Adaptation*

The executive order also specifically addresses the need for climate
adaptation and directs state government to:

   - Incorporate climate change impacts into the state’s Five-Year
   Infrastructure Plan;
   - Update the Safeguarding California Plan – the state climate adaption
   strategy – to identify how climate change will affect California
   infrastructure and industry and what actions the state can take to reduce
   the risks posed by climate change;
   - Factor climate change into state agencies’ planning and investment
   decisions; and
   - Implement measures under existing agency and departmental authority to
   reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

*California’s Response to Climate Change*

In his inaugural address
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earlier this year, Governor Brown announced that within the next 15 years,
California will increase from one-third to 50 percent our electricity
derived from renewable sources; reduce today’s petroleum use in cars and
trucks by up to 50 percent; double the efficiency savings from existing
buildings and make heating fuels cleaner; reduce the release of methane,
black carbon and other potent pollutants across industries; and manage farm
and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon.

Since taking office, Governor Brown has signed accords to fight climate
change with leaders from Mexico
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China
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Canada
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Japan
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Israel
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and Peru
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The Governor also issued a groundbreaking call
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to action with hundreds of world-renowned researchers and scientists –
called the consensus statement
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– which translates key scientific climate findings from disparate fields
into one unified document. The impacts of climate change are already being
felt in California and will disproportionately impact the state's most
vulnerable populations.

The text of the executive order is below:

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     *Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.*
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

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