Natural Resources Agency: Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the exact nature of the yearly reports or who writes them.

Natural Resources Agency: Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation

This law allows the Secretary of California's Natural Resources Agency to create a position or use University of California centers to manage international climate policy work, and it requires yearly reports on how international agreements affect efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

What This Bill Does

• It lets the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency choose someone to lead a new group called the Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation or use University of California centers for this purpose.
• This group will assist in California's government engagement with international climate policy.
• The law requires yearly reports to include information about how international agreements affect efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency
• University of California centers or individuals chosen by the Secretary
• California's government agencies involved in climate policy

Terms To Know

Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation

A new group that will help manage international climate policies for California.

Scoping Plan

A plan created by the State Air Resources Board to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much funding will be provided for this new group.
• It is unclear exactly which University of California centers might be involved or chosen.
• The exact details about the yearly reports are not fully explained, such as who writes them and when they must be completed.

Official Summary Text

SB 1300, as amended, Stern.
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: report.
Natural Resources Agency: Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation.
Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, composed of departments, boards, conservancies, and commissions responsible for the restoration, protection, and management of the state’s natural and cultural resources.
This bill would authorize the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to appoint an individual or to identify one or more University of California centers to oversee and administer a Secretariat for International Climate Coordination and Cooperation to assist the legislative and executive branches’ engagement in international climate policy, as specified.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. Existing law requires the state board to present an informational report on topics related to the scoping plan, as directed by the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies, at least once a year at a hearing of the joint committee. Existing law requires that report to include a discussion of the regulatory requirements, initiatives, and other programs that influence the implementation of the scoping plan.
This bill would also require that report to include a discussion of international agreements on the topic of climate change or clean technology innovation that influence the implementation of the scoping plan.

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