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Comment 153 for Auction Proceeds Investment Plan Public Process (investplan2015-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: David
Last Name: Rosenheim
Email Address: drosenheim@theclimateregistry.org
Affiliation: The Climate Registry

Subject: Groundwork for post-2020 Reductions
Comment:
September 1, 2015

California Air Resources Board
Sacramento, California

To Whom It May Concern:

The Climate Registry (TCR), a non-profit organization that helps
hundreds of public and private organizations measure, report and
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with integrity and operates
the only carbon footprint registry in North America supported by
states, provinces, territories and tribes, would like to offer the
following comments in response to the Air Resources Board’s (ARB)
Concept Paper for the Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Second
Investment Plan. 

TCR applauds ARB’s prioritization of laying the groundwork to
support the ongoing transition toward a low-carbon economy post
2020. Investing in education and systems now to drive carbon
reductions over the long term will support California’s mid and
long term climate targets and goals.

As part of this strategy, TCR encourages ARB to consider supporting
programs that will help organizations measure and better understand
their impacts on climate change in order to identify innovative
approaches to reducing emissions. Providing these resources to
businesses and sectors, such as small and medium sized business,
who will not be subject to many of the state’s direct regulations,
will help drive complementary reductions to help California meet
its climate targets.

TCR has seen proof that what gets measured gets managed within our
own membership base. In a recent study of 50 organizations across a
wide variety of sectors we saw an average GHG emission reduction of
20 percent over just 5 years of continued public, verified carbon
footprint reporting. Continuous public reporting is an especially
strong driver for ongoing emission reductions that require changes
in behavior, as the impacts of that behavior are reviewed and
publicly documented annually.

Multi-year subsidies to California-based organizations to
participate in TCR and secure third party verification of their
carbon footprints will enable more public and private organizations
to find opportunities to reduce GHG emissions within their
operations and in their supply chains. This ongoing support of
public verified carbon footprint reporting is often needed to first
educate organizations about their carbon footprints and then
ingrain low-carbon behaviors in standard business operations.

We greatly appreciate this opportunity to provide feedback on the
Concept Paper for the Cap-and Trade Auction Proceeds Second
Investment Plan. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be
of any additional assistance.

Sincerely

David Rosenheim
Executive Director
The Climate REgistry

Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/com-attach/237-investplan2015-ws-Wi5WM1AjAAwCZwFu.pdf

Original File Name: TCR Comments on Second CA Cap and Trade Invenstment Plan.pdf

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-09-01 14:26:28



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