Oregon Global Warming Commission to Meet Virtually on June 4
SALEM – The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, June 4, 2021. The public meeting will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. online.
At this meeting, the Commission will hear presentations from additional invited speakers to inform its work to develop a proposed natural and working lands carbon sequestration goal, in response to Governor Brown’s directive in Executive Order 20-04. The speakers will address the following key questions related to this effort:
How ambitious should Oregon be in setting the natural and working lands goal?
What actions are being taken that could help to increase carbon sequestration in Oregon’s natural and working lands?
What other considerations should the Oregon Global Warming Commission keep in mind as we set carbon sequestration goals for natural and working lands?
The Commission will discuss draft recommendations for setting a natural and working lands sequestration goal and the investments, programs, and policies needed to support it. The Commission will not vote on a proposal at this meeting.
The agenda and additional meeting information, including how to listen in, is available on the Commission’s website (https://www.keeporegoncool.org/meetings). Additional meeting materials will be posted by June 1, 2021.
Members of the public are welcome to provide written comments to the Commission through the contact form online or by email (oregon.GWC@oregon.gov). Those received by 12:00 p.m. on June 1, 2021 will be shared with Commission members in advance of the meeting. Members of the public will also have an opportunity to sign up for public comment at the beginning of the meeting.
If you need special accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Linda Ross at 503-378-6874 or at linda.ross@oregon.gov.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission is a 25-member advisory group created by the 2007 Legislature through House Bill 3543. Members are appointed and directed to develop long-term policy recommendations to prepare for, adapt to, and combat climate change. Public comments can be submitted to the commission at Oregon.GWC@oregon.gov.
For more information about the Commission and its work on climate change, visit www.keeporegoncool.org.