The report, which was drafted to support the implementation of the new ambitious legislation on climate change in California, that should achieve a 25 percent reduction of greenhouse gases by 2020 under AB32, and addresses long-range policies to achieve the 80 percent reduction by 2050, is the first to present standards, incentives, and investments for cleaner transportation and energy technology across California's economy. Those sectors include finance; transportation; industrial, commercial and residential energy use; electricity and natural gas; agriculture; forestry, and water.At various points the report is making efforts to link GHG emission reduction to the need to maintain the past efforts of California to improve AQ and at the same time to see how future GHG emission reductions can at the same time reduce fine particulates and ground level Ozone. "Our report sounds the call for early action to develop low- and zero-carbon transportation and energy technologies to cut greenhouse gases and improve public health," said Dr. Alan Lloyd, Chair of the Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC).

As part of the executive summary its is stated: "Some policies designed to combat climate change can reduce pollutants affecting local public health. Ground level ozone and black carbon (a type of fine particulate mostly from diesel combustion) contribute to both climate change and major public health problems that exist in California. Assessing existing regulations for public health pollutants such as ozone and fine particulate regulations were outside the scope of the ETAAC report. Nevertheless, ETAAC acknowledges the importance of existing programs to achieve public health standards and welcomes innovations that would further these goals while also meeting AB 32's GHG emission reduction targets. In addition, ETAAC has identified a number of opportunities to reduce CO2 and other GHG emissions along with reducing ozone and fine particulates.

URL: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/etaac/etaac.htm.