Western Climate Initiative

dniemeier — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:18 +0000

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) released its plan for the regional carbon market, of which California is a member. The plan outlines the general framework for partially achieving AB 32 goals. Because the WCI is comprised of six other western states, in addition to California, and four Canadian provinces, the goals have been set a reduced scale relative to AB 32: 15% below 2005 levels by 2020, starting in 2012. AB 32 calls for 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 1990 by 2050.

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Western Climate Initiative