Guam § 15105 - Duties.

§ 15105. Duties.

The Guam C3PR shall work collaboratively to create policy

recommendations to I Liheslatura relative to how the government of Guam

can utilize its departmental and agency resources to:

(a) plan and prepare for and adapt to the impending impacts of

climate change on the island and people of Guam;

(b) understand and address the contribution to climate change

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and global warming from local activites, to include, but not limited to,

government of Guam and local federal activites;

(c) mitigate the contribution of the government of Guam to

climate change and global warming;

(d) support I Magaʹlåhi’s efforts pursuant to Executive Order No.

2015-08 on his creation of the Guam Climate Change Task Force (Task

Force) and the Climate Change Advisory Committee (Advisory

Committee);

(e) review the discussions, reports, and recommendations by I

Magaʹlåhi’s Guam Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and other

outputs and reports from the Task Force and Advisory Committee;

(f) recommend policies to promote clean air and clean water for

the people of Guam;

(g) recommend policies for the advancement of the use of

renewable energy from an individual and governmental perspective

toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions;

(h) recommend policies to address climate-induced migration and

displacement;

(i) prioritize and focus policy recommendations on climate

change resilience, ecosystem and biodiversity protection, waste

management and pollution control, and environmental governance; and

(j) recommend to I Liheslatura policy and funding

recommendations to incorporate the needs and focus necessary to

ensure climate change impacts to the people and island of Guam are

planned and prepared for, addressed and/or mitigated.