The California Climate Change Executive Orders are a series of Executive Orders of the State of

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signed by the Governor of California between 2004 and 2018 by Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and

Jerry Brown Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of ...

relating to efforts to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, contributing to climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. The largest emitters include coal in China and ...

in California.

Summary

Individual orders

S-03-05

California Executive Order S-3-05 (June 2005, signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets

reduction targets for the State of California and laid out responsibilities among the state agencies for implementing the Executive Order and for reporting on progress toward the targets. Specifically, the Executive Order established these targets: * By 2010, reduce GHG emissions to 2000 levels * By 2020, reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels * By 2050, reduce GHG emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels The first and second goals were enshrined into law by the legislation known as AB 32, or the

Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, or Assembly Bill (AB) 32, is a California State Law that fights global warming by establishing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state. AB32 was c ...

, which gave the

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broad authority to implement a market-based system (also known as cap-and-trade) to achieve these goals.

B-30-15

California Executive Order B-30-15 (April 2015, signed by Governor

) added the intermediate target of: * By 2030, reduce GHG emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels. This intermediate target was codified into law by SB 32, which was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on September 8, 2016. On July 17, 2017, the legislature passed AB 398, which authorized the Air Resources Board to operate a cap and trade system to achieve these emissions reductions.

B-55-18

California Executive Order B-55-18 (Sept 2018, signed by Governor Jerry Brown) took the further step of: * By 2045, achieve statewide

carbon neutrality Carbon neutrality is a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. This can be achieved by balancing emissions of carbon dioxide with its removal (often through carbon offsetting) or by eliminating emissions from society (the transition to the "p ...

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* * {{cite journal , url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7tr3k4xp , title=California's Climate Change Program: Lessons for the Nation , date=2009 , author=Nichols, Mary D. , author-link=Mary D. Nichols , journal=UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy , volume=27 , issue=2 , accessdate=6 December 2018 Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States United States executive orders California Environmental Protection Agency Environment of California Air pollution in California Climate change policy in the United States Energy policy of the United States Politics of California