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Public Workshop - Carbon Neutrality: Scenarios for Deep Decarbonization

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff will host a public workshop to hear from experts and the public on scenarios for achieving deep decarbonization of California’s economy and to discuss implications for meeting California’s carbon neutrality goals. The workshop will consist of a moderated panel discussion that brings together experts who have constructed economy-wide, deep decarbonization scenarios.  The session will address key aspects of these scenarios that lead to economic transformations needed to achieve carbon neutrality goals.

DATE:                August 15, 2019
TIME:                 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION:       California Environmental Protection Agency
                          Byron Sher Auditorium 
                          1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814

Background

In the last decade, California has made significant progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has reduced GHG emissions below the 2020 target four years ahead of schedule while its economy continues to grow. California’s 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update (Scoping Plan) charts a technologically feasible and cost-effective path to meet the State’s 2030 climate goal. Beyond 2030, Executive Order B-55-18 establishes a statewide goal for California to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. In addition, Board Resolution 17-46 directs CARB staff to continue to evaluate and explore opportunities to achieve significant cuts in GHG emissions from all sectors and sources.

During its January 23, 2019 webinar on Carbon Neutrality in the California Context, CARB described holding a series of sector-specific meetings in 2019 to gather information and to initiate dialogue on the potential role of each sector in achieving statewide carbon neutrality. These workshops bring together experts from academia, industry, government, and the nonprofit sector, and provide a public forum to explore approaches to making progress toward mid-century carbon neutrality across all major economic sectors.

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