#Climate Emergency

Councilmember Kelly King to Depart for UN Climate Change Conference

Councilmember Kelly Takaya King will depart Thursday for the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. She is one of only two delegates selected to attend the conference on behalf of ICLEI USA, an association of local governments devoted to climate action and sustainability. 

State Climate Commission Issues Decision Making, Investment Guidance

The statement provides recommendations to state and county governments on how to translate Hawaiʻi’s climate policy framework into decision making and investing. The American Jobs Plan includes a $50 billion investment in resilient infrastructure, including restoring and protecting nature-based infrastructure such as lands, forests and wetlands.

Under SCR44, Hawai‘i Becomes First State to Declare “Climate Emergency”

With the passage of SCR44, Hawaiʻi becomes the first state to declare a Climate Emergency. Previously Hawaiʻi and Maui County Councils declared a climate emergency in 2019.