Office of Planning and Sustainable Development

NEXT GREENHOUSE GAS SEQUESTRATION TASK FORCE MEETING:

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
1:30 PM
Location TBD

 

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In accordance with Act 220, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2021, a recording of the most recent GHGSTF meeting will be provided below until minutes can be posted.

Agendas	Minutes	Handouts
Jan. 12, 2022	Jan. 12, 2022 recording	Center for Food Safety Memorandum on Climate Vulnerability and Impacts of Offshore Aquaculture UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology Blue Carbon and Ocean Acidification presentation
Nov. 17, 2021	Nov. 17, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Hawaiʻi Cattlemen’s Council: Cattle Ranching and Greenhouse Gas Sequestration presentation Bremer et al. (2021) Maintaining the Many Societal Benefits of Rangelands: The Case of Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi Dept. of Agriculture’s Aquaculture Development Program Restorative Aquaculture and Greenhouse Gas Sequestration presentation
Aug. 18, 2021	Aug. 18, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Green Infrastructure and Urban Tree Canopy presentation Mā‘ona Community Garden Vermicomposting and Greenhouse Gas Sequestration presentation Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi In-Vessel Composting and Greenhouse Gas Sequestration presentation (PDF) (Canva link) Office of Planning and Sustainable Development’s Statewide Sustainability Program: Recommendations from the Hawaiʻi 2050 Sustainability Plan presentation Hawaiʻi 2050 Sustainability Plan: Charting a Course for the Decade of Action (2020-2030) UH-Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Project to Develop a Baseline and Benchmarks (final report) Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2021: An Act Relating to Sustainability
May 5, 2021	May 5, 2021 Meeting Minutes	UH-Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Project to Develop a Baseline and Benchmarks: Draft report Presentation Trees for Honolulu’s Future Green Infrastructure and Urban Tree Canopy presentation Roth Ecological Design International Green Infrastructure and Water Conservation presentation
Feb. 16, 2021	Feb. 16, 2021 Meeting Minutes	Conservation International Hawaiʻi Desktop Analysis to Compare Pathways of Carbon Storage (final report) Hawaiʻi Agricultural Research Center Soil Health Plan Pilot Project (final report) Office of Planning Feasibility and Implications of Establishing a Carbon Offset Program for the State of Hawaiʻi
Nov. 14, 2019	Nov. 14, 2019 Meeting Minutes	AECOM Status Report on Act 16, SLH 2018, the Office of Planning’s Carbon Offset Symposium and Update on the Study of Feasibility and Implications of Establishing a Carbon Offset Program for the State of Hawaiʻi UH-Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Project to Develop a Baseline and Benchmarks Presentation  Hawaiʻi Agricultural Research Center Soil Health Plan Pilot Project Presentation Conservation International Hawaiʻi Desktop Analysis to Compare Pathways of Carbon Storage Project Presentation
Feb. 28, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019 Meeting Minutes	Defining Carbon Neutral Landscapes to Reach Carbon Neutrality in Hawai‘i Presentation Hawaiʻi Forest Carbon Pilot Projects Presentation Soil Carbon in Hawaiian Rangelands Presentation Permitted Interaction Groups Discussion and Formation Hawai‘i Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2015 (final report)
Nov. 29, 2018	Nov. 29, 2018  Meeting Minutes	Projecting Future Ecosystem Carbon Balance in the Hawaiian Islands Presentation Defining Carbon Neutral Landscapes Using Hawai‘i as a Model System Presentation Introduction to Act 15, SLH 2018 Presentation Introduction to Act 16, SLH 2018 Presentation Act 15, SLH 2018 Act 16, SLH 2018 U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment Chapter 27: Hawaiʻi and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands USGS FS Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Carbon Fluxes in Ecosystems of Hawaiʻi DRAFT White Paper from Hawai‘i Delegation to Natural and Working Lands Learning Lab

CARBON FARMING TASK FORCE

Agendas	Minutes	Handouts
May 22, 2018	May 22, 2018 Meeting Minutes	Status of Hawai‘i Farmers HARC Presentation Hawaiʻi Center for Food Safety’s Regenerating Paradise (May 2018) HB 2182 CD 1 HB 1986 CD 1
Jan. 30, 2018	Jan. 30, 2018 Meeting Minutes	Overview on Carbon Markets and Carbon Registries Greenhouse Gas Emissions Update 1990 and 2007 Technical Support Documents for GHG Emissions Update (in draft form and are subject to change) 2010 and 2015 Technical Support Documents for GHG Emissions Update (in draft form and are subject to change) Hawaiʻi Carbon + Natural Capital A Policy + Institutional Analysis for Payment for  Ecosystem Services (PES) Approaches in Hawaiʻi How Agroforestry Propels Achievement of Nationally Determined Contributions Natural Climate Solutions
Sept. 15, 2017	Sept. 15, 2017 Meeting Minutes	Carbon Farming CTAHR Presentation Intro to Act 33 Carbon Farming Public Comment Important Lands Protection Report Important Lands Protection Report Exhibits State of the Forest Carbon Finance Report