STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2051-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 107

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 107 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE AND EACH COUNTY TO ADOPT THE GLOBAL PACT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO ACHIEVE THE UNITED NATIONS PARIS AGREEMENT AND THE 2030 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, AND TO SPECIFICALLY ADOPT THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, NUMBERS 13 THROUGH 17,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the State and each county to adopt the Global Pact to achieve the United Nations Paris Agreement and the 2030 Development Agenda, including to specifically adopt the United Nations sustainable development goals numbers 13 through 17.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Climate Protectors Hawai‘i, 350Hawaii.org, Hawai‘i Institute for Human Rights, and Hawai‘i Forest Industry Association.

Your Committee finds that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Development Agenda, which includes seventeen sustainable development goals. Because certain sustainable development goals are vital and relevant to protecting the State's land and people, this measure urges the State and local government entities to adopt these goals as local policy and governing principles to further prioritize the balance and integrity of the State's fragile ecosystem.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 107 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair