STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1792-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.C.R. No. 162

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 162, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO REQUEST THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL CHANGE OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROPOSE TO THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES FOR THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THE UNITED STATES HOST THE 2015 UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN HONOLULU, HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge Hawaii's congressional delegation to request that the director of the Office of Global Change of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that the United States host the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Office of Planning, the Windward Ahupua'a Alliance, and one individual offered testimony in support of this measure.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 162, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and International Affairs,

____________________________ KAREN L. AWANA, Chair

____________________________ DENNY COFFMAN, Chair