My name is Dr Glayol Sahba and I am a
Sacramento resident of 30 years and a member of Sacramento
Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sacramento climate coalition
and 350 Sacramento. There are few moments in history that an action
that one takes can be so consequential as today! If you’ve
ever wondered about what your legacy will be to your grandchildren
and to the fate of future generations please recognize that this is
it! With choosing the most rapid GHG emissions-reducing option you
will ensure that the we utilize the last possible chance our
civilization has to prevent irreversible and catastrophic Climate
Change! Your decision will affect goals in other states as well as
in other nations. In this final decade that humanity has to reverse
carbon emissions you must speak for the fate of all future
generations- not the fate of fossil fuel companies who have
knowingly deceived us for decades!
Your current
draft plan will not keep global temperatures close to what
scientists say will avoid catastrophe- The scientists urge rapid
decarbonization: These 2045 goals are simply inconsistent with the
current scientific recommendations to stop the initiation of
irreversible tipping points- with uncontrollable economic
costs! In view of accelerating Climate Change, The end result of
Slower action will be the same as no
action!
This draft
plan does not follow AB 32’s requirement that California
achieve quote “the maximum technologically feasible”
emission reductions, using the most cost-effective
methods.
According to
IPCC’s March 2022 report Carbon Capture and Sequestration is
the least effective and most expensive method out of 43 climate
actions evaluated to lower GHG emissions by 2030!
Your own
EJAC has recommended much faster and more comprehensive approach to
cutting emissions so as to protect those in disadvantaged
communities who suffer more from effects of air
pollution.
Follow the
guidelines recommended by the many community environmental and
climate Justice organizations : At least an 80 percent reduction in
emissions by 2030, not 2045, instead of those recommendations
protecting the interests of the fossil fuel companies who are
willing to reduce our planet to a lifeless shadow for the sake of
their profits!
Your
grandchildren and all life on Earth will thank you for
it!