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July 8, 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 Students for a Sustainable Stanford 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
propose 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, 
John Zhao
Co-Director, Students for a Sustainable Stanford