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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project identified a GHG reduction target of 15 percent from current levels for local governments and notes that successful implementation relies on local governments' land use planning and urban growth decisions. Pursuant to AB 32, CARB adopted a Scoping Plan in December 2008, which was re-approved by CARB on August 24, 2011, that outlines measures to meet the 2020 GHG reduction goals.To meet these goals, California must reduce its GHG emissions by 30 percent below projected 2020 business-as-usual emissions levels or about 15 percent from today's levels. The Scoping Plan recommends measures for further study and possible state implementation, such as new fuel regulations. It estimates that a reduction of 174 million metric tons of CO2e (about 191 million U.S.tons) from the transportation, energy, agriculture, and forestry sectors and other sources could be achieved should the State implement all of the measures in the Scoping Plan (CARB. 2017.). The Scoping Plan is required by AB 32 to be updated at least every five years.The first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan was approved on May 22, 2014 by CARB.The 2017 Scoping Plan Update was adopted on December 14, 2017.The Scoping Plan Update addresses the 2030 target established by SB 32 as discussed below and establishes a proposed framework of action for California to meet a 40 percent reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.The key programs that the Scoping Plan Update builds on include increasing the use of renewable energy in the state, the Cap-and-Trade Regulation, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and reduction of methane emissions from agricultural and other wastes. Executive Order B-30-75 On April 20, 2015 Governor Edmund (Jerry) Brown, Jr., signed EO B-30-15 to establish a California GHG reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.The Governor's EO aligns California's GHG reduction targets with those of leading international governments such as the 28-nation European Union, which adopted the same target in October 2014. California is on track to meet or exceed the target of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, as established in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32, discussed above). California's new emission reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 will make it possible to reach the ultimate goal of reducing emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.This is in line with the scientifically established levels needed in the U.S. to limit global warming below 2°C, the warming threshold at which major climate disruptions are projected, such as super droughts and rising sea levels. Senate Bill 32 and Assembly Bill 797 of 2076 In August 2016, Governor Brown signed SB 32 and AB 197,which serve to extend California's GHG reduction programs beyond 2020. SB 32 amended the Health and Safety Code to include § 38566, which contains language to authorize CARB to achieve a statewide GHG emission reduction of at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by no later than December 31, 2030. SB 32 codified the targets established by EO B-30-15 for 2030,which set the next interim step in the State's continuing efforts to pursue the long- term target expressed in EOs 5-3-05 and B-30-15 of 80 percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2050. Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change 4.10-4 October 2021