September 2024 Process Update

By Climate Advisory Team

Governor Josh Green’s Climate Advisory Team (CAT) is in the midst of conducting extensive research to gather ideas, understand issues, and inform the policy recommendations they will present for the 2025 legislative session. As of mid-September, the CAT has conducted roughly 45 meetings with groups ranging from community organizations, environmental groups, state agencies, scientists, economists, and researchers. Throughout these conversations, the CAT is particularly focused on how their policy recommendations can promote justice, climate equity, and aloha ʻāina. 

The Climate Advisory Team is tasked with developing policy recommendations that aim to reduce the impacts of future climate-related disasters and speed recovery from the physical and financial damage they cause. To accomplish this, the CAT plans to address four pillars of disaster readiness: environmental and infrastructure resilience and physical and financial recovery. Members of the CAT recognize that many issues fall under their four pillars of disaster readiness, and their research process reflects the scope of their work. 

The CAT will soon transition from information gathering to drafting policy recommendations. The next step for this group is the release of a white paper with their findings before the end of the year.