THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HALE O NĀ LUNA MAKA‘ĀINANA

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2023

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Herbert M. "Tim" Richards, III, Vice Chair

Sen. Lynn DeCoite	Sen. Brenton Awa
Sen. Karl Rhoads

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen, Chair

Rep. Elle Cochran, Vice Chair

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates	Rep. Justin H. Woodson
Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa	Rep. Gene Ward
Rep. Amy A. Perruso

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:	Thursday, January 11, 2024
TIME:	1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

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A G E N D A

The purpose of this informational briefing is to alert people to the immediacy and magnitude of the threat that climate change poses to Hawaiʻi. For presenter materials, see below.

· Pao-Shin Chu, State Climatologist and SOEST Professor Briefing Materials

· Dr. Charles “Chip” Fletcher, interim SOEST Dean Briefing Materials

· Central Pacific Hurricane Center (tentative, not yet confirmed) Briefing Materials

· Dr. Victoria Keener, co-lead of the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments Program Briefing Materials

· Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency Briefing Materials

· Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Briefing Materials

· Honolulu Board of Water Supply Briefing Materials

· State Climate Change Commission Briefing Materials

· Retired Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Michael Wilson Briefing Materials

· A student representative of the Climate Future Forum Briefing Materials

No public testimony will be accepted.

The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the committee clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so that arrangements can be made.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6693.

_____________________________________ Rep. Nicole E. Lowen Chair	_____________________________________ Senator Mike Gabbard Chair
_____________________________________ Rep. Scott K. Saiki Speaker of the House	_____________________________________ Senator Ronald D. Kouchi President of the Senate