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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff invite you to participate in a public forum to engage with an international panel of experts about the latest science and developments in assessing land use change associated with biofuel production. This forum is in response to CARB Board direction from November 2024 on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (Resolution 24-14) directing staff to convene a public forum on the latest science on land use change related to transportation fuels and the impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
Date: Thursday November 6, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual Zoom Webinar
The forum will be held online only. Please register for the Zoom webinar. After you register, a confirmation email will be sent with information about how to join the Zoom webinar by computer or telephone. The meeting will be conducted in English with live Spanish and Portuguese interpretation.
The meeting will be recorded. Additional details, including the workshop agenda, recording, and other materials will be posted on the LCFS Meetings and Workshops webpage.
Background
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is a key element of a comprehensive set of programs in California to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and other smog-forming and toxic air pollutants from the transportation sector by improving vehicle technology, reducing fuel consumption, and increasing transportation mobility options. The LCFS is designed to decrease the carbon intensity of California's transportation fuel pool and provide an increasing range of low-carbon and renewable alternatives, which reduce petroleum dependency, achieve air quality benefits, and help California achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.
Real and Increasing Costs of Climate Change Impacts for Californians
The science behind climate change is irrefutable. With the increasing severity and frequency of drought, wildfire, extreme heat, and other impacts, Californians just have to look out their windows to know that climate change is real and rapidly getting worse. The impacts once thought decades away are happening now. Recent reports detail some of the impacts to the state:
- A 2024 national report ranked California the worst state for natural disasters fueled by a changing climate, with expected annual losses totaling more than $16 billion statewide.
- Home insurance is harder and more expensive to get. Seven of California’s largest property insurers, State Farm, Allstate, Farmers, USAA, Travelers, Nationwide and Chubb recently limited new homeowners policies in the Golden State — raising questions about the stability of the California home insurance market.
- During an 11-year period, exposure to wildfire smoke caused more than 50,000 deaths in California and more than $400 billion in economic impacts.
- During seven extreme heat events over the past decade, California experienced $7.7 billion in losses.
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