In summary
The road to meeting California’s climate targets won’t be easy, so it is imperative that we implement strong policy across every sector of the economy.
By F. Noel Perry
Hoyu Chong, Special to CalMatters
Hoyu Chong is the practice lead for sustainable growth and development at Beacon Economics, hoyu@beaconecon.com.
Newly appointed leaders at the California Air Resources Board began this year with a monumental task ahead of them. California’s progress on climate change is slipping – and it will take bold leadership and a visionary approach to put the state back on track.
The results from Next 10’s 12th annual California Green Innovation Index, prepared by Beacon Economics, underscore the challenge. For the first time in six years, California’s greenhouse gas emissions ticked upward in 2018, the latest year for which data is available, just as they need to be falling dramatically. To meet California’s legally-binding emission reduction targets, we will