The California Air Resource Board (CARB) Draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan is a blueprint for our state that will guide the next 20 years of climate policy in California; it potentially be used as a blueprint for other states and federal climate policy. Unfortunately, the CARB's draft Climate Change Scoping Plan requires little to no immediate action to reduce climate pollution, relies on a limited and incomplete health analysis, and does not incorporate the Environmental Justice Advisory Committees recommendations. 

On June 23rd the Board held a public meeting on the Draft Plan and over 450 people provided verbal comment. CARB is now hosting in-person listening sessions to gather additional public comment. The first one will be in the Bay Area on Thursday, July 28 from 5:30-8p at Laney College. It will be especially powerful to have a large turnout of health professionals in our white coats, scrubs, and other emblems of our health work turn out to tell CARB we need a Scoping Plan that protects health and our communities and doesn't rely on false climate solutions. Can you join us? 

Register to give in-person comment here.

Find health-specific talking points here (courtesy of Dr. Marjaneh Moini, SF Bay-Physicians for Social Responsibility)