{"id":200632,"date":"2024-07-16T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T00:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=200632"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T00:31:23","slug":"gov-green-climate-advisory-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/16\/gov-green-climate-advisory-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Green announces Climate Advisory Team, all with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_200635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200635\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manoa-green-climate-advisory-team.jpg\" alt=\"six people headshots\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manoa-green-climate-advisory-team.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manoa-green-climate-advisory-team-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manoa-green-climate-advisory-team-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top row: From left, Chris Benjamin, Denise Antolini, Robin Campaniano and Chip Fletcher. Bottom row: From left, Kawika Riley and Gwen Yamamoto Lau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New members of the Climate Advisory Team (<abbr>CAT<\/abbr>) that was convened to give guidance for climate resilience and disaster recovery all have ties to the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <abbr title=\"Governor\">Gov<\/abbr>. Josh Green announced the members of the <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> in July.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> is charged with developing policy recommendations to minimize the impacts of future climate-related natural disasters and to speed recovery from the physical and financial damage they cause. The team will make policy recommendations in anticipation of the 2025 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> state legislative session through consultation with subject matter experts and community leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> is led by Chris Benjamin, chair of Climate <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, a special advisor to the governor, former president and <abbr title=\"Chief Executive Officer\">CEO<\/abbr> of Alexander &#38; Baldwin <abbr title=\"Incorporated\">Inc<\/abbr>. and member of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a> Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>Gov<\/abbr>. Green and Chair Benjamin have added the following members to the <abbr>CAT<\/abbr>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denise Antolini&#8212;professor of law emerita from the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/law.hawaii.edu\/\">William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> with 30 years of environmental law experience.<\/li>\n<li>Robin Campaniano&#8212;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alum, chairs the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Shidler College of Business Advisory Council, former insurance commissioner, former president\/<abbr>CEO<\/abbr> of <abbr>AIG<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Insurance Co.<\/li>\n<li>Chip Fletcher&#8212;interim dean of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> with extensive expertise in climate change, coastal community resiliency and sea level rise impacts.<\/li>\n<li>Kawika Riley&#8212;vice president of external affairs at Kupu who earned his <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> in <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">political science<\/a> (Indigenous politics and law and policy) from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/li>\n<li>Gwen Yamamoto Lau&#8212;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alumna who is executive director of the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Green Infrastructure Authority and served on <abbr title=\"Environmental Protection Agency\">EPA<\/abbr>\u2019s Environmental Financial Advisory Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Maui wildfire devastation<\/h2>\n<p>As <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> continues to recover from the devastation caused by the historic Maui wildfire disaster, <abbr>Gov<\/abbr>. Green has emphasized the importance of climate resilience efforts. In convening the <abbr>CAT<\/abbr>, the governor reaffirmed his administration&#8217;s dedication to delivering a robust policy framework that prioritizes the well-being and security of residents, while effectively managing state resources for a sustainable and resilient future.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> includes local experts in climate, environmental stewardship and finance and insurance, who are dedicated to finding solutions that emphasize justice, equity and aloha <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;\u0101ina<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> serve as unpaid volunteers and do not require Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<h2>Legislative proposals<\/h2>\n<p>The <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> is engaging with a wide range of community stakeholders and experts to inform its work. Its goal is to propose a package of bills for the governor\u2019s review, to be submitted for consideration in the 2025 legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Climate-related disaster prevention is the best insurance, but some impacts are likely inevitable; that is why the <abbr>CAT<\/abbr> is focused on developing both resilience and recovery strategies,&rdquo; Benjamin said. &ldquo;Resilience initiatives are likely to include investments in our natural environment to minimize the impact of climate change and in our built environment to reduce the potential loss of life and ensure shelter and economic activity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team is charged with developing policy recommendations to minimize the impacts of future climate-related natural disasters and to speed recovery from the damage they cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,679,98,301,598,185,146,9,68],"class_list":["post-200632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-climate","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-political-science","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200642,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200632\/revisions\/200642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}