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Comment 26 for 2030 Target Scoping Plan Concept Paper (sp-concept-paper-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Pamela Tau
Last Name: Lee
Email Address: ptlee14@gmail.com
Affiliation: Chinese Progressive Association

Subject: 2030 Target Scoping Plan
Comment:
July 7, 2016

Mary Nichols, Chair
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814


RE: Comments on 2030 Target Scoping Plan Concept Paper

On behalf of the Chinese Progressive Association - San Francisco,
we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments regarding the
2030 Target Scoping Plan. We support combatting climate change
through an aggressive program that emphasizes reducing GHG at the
source and not through market based strategies such as
Cap-and-Trade.

Our comments support and affirm the Principles of Environmental
Justice, the Principles of Climate Justice with a human rights
framework that includes the American Declaration on the Rights &
Duties of Man, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. While the inclusion of the Reducing Emissions
from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is not
specifically addressed in the Scoping plan, we urge the CARB to not
include international sector-based offsets programs such as REDD
into future plans to meet 2030 climate goals. We also urge CARB to
cancel the process of including REDD in California’s cap and trade
program. 

We urge your committee to refer to comments submitted by the
Environmental Justice Advisory Committee April 4, 2016 which
proposes that:
•	California not commit to continuing Cap-and-Trade. Trades cannot
be accurately verified and can be subject to fraud. Market based
proposals perpetuates disproportionate negative impact exposures to
EJ communities.
•	REDD and other market-based proposals should not be included in
the Scoping Plan. 


Sincerely, 
Pamela Tau Lee
Chairperson





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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-07-08 13:48:36



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