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THE SENATE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 STATE OF HAWAII
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A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds, as declared in the
Hawaii Commitments presented to the World Conservation Congress
in 2016, that "[wle must undertake profound transformations in
how human societies live on Earth, with particular attention to
making our patterns of production and consumption more
sustainable. We must recognize that human health and wellbeing
depend on healthy ecosystems. We must recognize that every form
of life has value - regardless of its worth to humans." Hawaii
has been a leader in conservation efforts for decades, through
its commitment to environmental and sustainability policies. In
1974, the State enacted the state environmental policy, chapter
344, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as a mechanism to set
environmental goals. While comprehensive, it lacked measurable
indicators and enforcement means. Hawaii's understanding of the
challenges facing the State's natural environment worldwide has
changed remarkably since the 1970s, and the laws enacted in
Hawaii in recent decades have served as a starlight for other
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jurisdictions and set a global example on how to adopt policies
on sustainability. More recently, several approaches to
sustainability have emerged in Hawaii, including the Aloha+
Challenge, the governor's sustainable Hawaii initiative, and
other initiatives inspired by the Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage
and M31ama Hawaii.
In July 2014, the State launched the Aloha+ Challenge: He
Nohona 'Ae'oia, A Culture of Sustainability, a statewide
commitment to sustainability, with the leadership of the
governor, four county mayors, office of Hawaiian affairs,
legislature, and Hawaii Green Growth public-private partners
across the State. The Aloha+ Challenge builds on Hawaii's
history of systems thinking, Hawaiian culture and values, and
successful track record on sustainability to outline six
ambitious
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goals to be achieved by 2030:
Clean energy: Achieve seventy per cent clean energy,
with forty per cent from renewables and thirty per
cent from efficiency;
Local food: At least double local food production for
local consumption;
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1 (3) Natural resource management: Reverse the trend of
2 natural resource loss mauka to makai by increasing
3 freshwater security, watershed protection, community-
4 based marine management, invasive species control, and
5 restoration of native species;
6 (4) Waste reduction: Reduce the solid waste stream prior
7 to disposal by seventy per cent through source
8 reduction, recycling, bioconversion, and landfill
9 diversion methods;
10 (5) Smart sustainable communities: Increase livability
11 and resilience in the built environment through
12 planning and implementation at the state and county
13 levels; and
14 (6) Green workforce and education: Increase local green
15 jobs and education to implement these goals.
16 To increase the efforts of the Aloha+ Challenge, the
17 governor launched the sustainable Hawaii initiative in 2016,
18 which includes five goals:
19 (1) Double local food production by 2020;
20 (2) Implement Hawaii's interagency biosecurity plan by
21 2027;
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Protect thirty per cent of the highest priority
watersheds by 2030;
Manage thirty per cent of nearshore ocean waters by
2030; and
Achieve one hundred per cent renewable energy in
electricity by 2045.
In May 2014, Hokfile'a began a three-year voyage across the
world's oceans carrying the message of Malama Honua - to care
for the earth. Building on the legacy of the Polynesian way
finders, the Hbkule'a Worldwide Voyage inspired actions of
conservation across the Hawaiian islands and beyond, resulting
in the connection of a lei of aloha around the globe.
At the global level, the United Nations sustainable
development goals, the Hawaii Commitments presented to the World
Conservation Congress in 2016, and the Paris Climate Agreement
have been adopted to guide global efforts. The sustainable
development goals, otherwise known as the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, were born at the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in 2012,
came into effect in 2015, and are a universal call to action to
end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people
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enjoy peace and prosperity.
development goals are interconnected and work in the spirit of
partnership and pragmatism to make the right choices now to
improve life, in a sustainable way, for future generations. The
sustainable development goals provide a clear framework for
action to guide countries in accordance with their own
priorities and the environmental challenges of the world at
large. They tackle the root causes of poverty and unite
individuals to make a positive change for both people and
planet.
The seventeen sustainable
Dealing with the threat of climate change impacts how
people manage the world's fragile natural resources, achieving
gender equality and better health helps eradicate poverty, and
fostering peace and inclusive societies will reduce inequalities
and help economies prosper. The sustainable development goals
are voluntary commitments to make the world a better and more
prosperous place.
During September 2016, more than ten thousand leaders from
government, civil society, indigenous communities, faith and
spiritual traditions, the private sector, and academia gathered
in Hawaii for a meeting of the International Union for
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Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. Delegates
to the Congress adopted the Hawaii Commitments to achieve the
transformation required to promote a "Culture of Conservation".
The Hawaii Commitments consist of seven identified challenges
and proposed solutions, including:
Linking spirituality, religion, culture, and
conservation;
Engaging and empowering youth;
The challenge of sustaining the global food supply and
conserving nature;
The challenge of preserving the health of the world
ocean;
The challenge of ending wildlife trafficking;
The challenge of engaging with the private sector; and
The challenge of climate change.
The Hawaii Commitments build on the Paris Climate Agreement and
the sustainable development goals to allow different global
voices to come together and find common ground in the spirit of
partnership, collaboration, and sustainability.
In 2018, Governor David Ige issued Executive Order
No. 18-06, which directed all state agencies to implement
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practices to assist the State in achieving the United Nations
sustainable development goals. Additionally, four counties have
expressed support for the sustainable development goals. In
particular, the county of Maui adopted Resolution No. 18-18,
"support[ing] the Hawaii State Senate's efforts to enact
legislation to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals" .
In order for Hawaii to continue to serve as a starlight for
the rest of the world in setting policies on sustainability and
to serve as global leader on issues of conservation and
sustainability, it is essential that the State demonstrate its
full commitment to its own policies and goals as well as the
goals set on the international stage at United Nations
conferences and summits on sustainability. In particular, the
legislature has identified seven of the United Nations
sustainable development goals that are most immediately vital to
the State: good health and well-being; quality education;
decent work and economic growth; sustainable cities and
communities; responsible consumption and production; peace,
justice, and strong institutions; and formation of partnerships
for the sustainable development goals.
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1 Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to codify the State's
2 commitment to conservation, sustainability, and economic
3 development by including the seventeen United Nations
4 sustainable development goals and indicators, with references to
5 existing state sustainability programs, in the Hawaii Revised
6 Statutes.
7 SECTION 2. Chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
8 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
9 and to read as follows:
10 " 5 2 2 6 - Sustainable development goals. In pursuance of
11 the State's sustainability goals, and notwithstanding any law to
12 the contrary, all agencies shall, insofar as practicable, take
13 action to assist the State in achieving the following
14 sustainable development goals and indicators by 2030 unless
15 otherwise indicated in this section:
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(1) Goal 1. No poverty. End poverty in all its forms
everywhere.
- (A) Eradicate extreme poverty for all people in
Hawaii, currently measured as a family of four
living on less than $89 a day;
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- (B) Reduce at least by half the number of men, women,
and children of all ages living below the federal
poverty level;
Implement appropriate social protection systems
and measures for all, including floors, and
achieve substantial coverage for the poor and the
vulnerable;
Ensure that all men and women, in particular the
poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to
economic resources, as well as access to basic
services, ownership and control over property,
- ( C )
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inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new
technology, and financial services, including
microfinance; and
Build the resilience of the poor and those in
vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure
- (E)
and vulnerability to climate-related extreme
events and other economic, social, and
environmental shocks and disasters.
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- ( 2 ) Goal 2. Zero hunger. End hunger, achieve food
security and improved nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture.
(A) End hunger and ensure access by all people in
Hawaii, in particular the poor and people in
vulnerable situations, including infants, to
safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year
round;
- (B) End all forms of malnutrition, including
achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed
targets on stunting and wasting in children under
five years of age, and address the nutritional
needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating
women. and older Dersons:
- (C) Double local food production by 2 0 2 0 , pursuant to
the goals of the sustainable Hawaii initiative
and Aloha+ Challenge, and double the agricultural
productivity and incomes of small-scale food
producers, in particular women, Native Hawaiians,
family farmers, pastoralists, and fishers,
including through secure and equal access to
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land, other productive resources and inputs,
knowledge, financial services, markets and
opportunities for value addition and non-farm
employment;
- ( D ) Increase seafood security throughout the Hawaiian
islands through an improved understanding of
current capacity, active fishpond restoration,
restoration of nearshore fish populations, and
imDrovement in sustainable Droduction,
distribution, and consumption practices;
- (E) Ensure sustainable food production systems and
implement resilient agricultural practices that
increase productivity and production; help
maintain ecosystems; strengthen capacity for
adaptation to climate change, extreme weather,
drought, flooding and other disasters; and
progressively improve land and soil quality;
- (F) By 2 0 2 0 , maintain the genetic diversity of seeds,
cultivated Dlants. and farmed and domesticated
animals and their related wild species, including
through soundly managed and diversified seed and
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plant banks at the state and local levels, and
promote access to and fair and equitable sharing
of benefits arisina from the utilization of
genetic resources and associated traditional
knowledge, as internationally agreed;
- (G) Increase investment in rural infrastructure,
agricultural research and extension services,
technology development, and plant and livestock
gene banks; and
(H) Adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning
of food commodity markets and their derivatives
and facilitate timely access to market
information, including on food reserves, in order
to help limit extreme food price volatility.
(3) Goal 3. Good health and well-being. Ensure healthy
lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
(A) Ensure the state maternal mortality ratio of less
than ten per one hundred thousand live births;
(B) End preventable deaths of newborns and children
under five years of age, with all counties aiming
to ensure that the neonatal mortality rate is at
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least as low as four per one thousand live births
and the under-five mortality rate is at least as
low as six per one thousand live births;
- ( C ) End the epidemics of human immunodeficiency
virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome,
tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases and
combat hepatitis, mumps, rat lung worm disease,
dengue fever, water-borne diseases, and other
communicable diseases;
(D) Reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-
communicable diseases through prevention and
treatment and promote mental health and well-
being;
(E) Strengthen the prevention and treatment of
substance abuse, includincr narcotic drua and
alcohol abuse;
(F) Halve the number of state deaths and injuries
from road traffic accidents;
- (G) Ensure universal access to sexual and
reproductive health care services, including
family planning, information and education, and
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the integration of reproductive health into state
Droarams;
- (H) Achieve universal health coverage, including
financial risk protection; access to quality
essential health care services; and access to
safe, effective, quality, and affordable
essential medicines and vaccines for all people
in Hawaii:
- (I) Substantially reduce the number of deaths and
illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air,
water, and soil pollution and contamination;
- (J) Substantially reduce tobacco use among persons of
all ages;
- (K) Substantially increase health financing and the
recruitment, development, training, and retention
of the health workforce in the State,
particularly in rural areas; and
- (L) Strengthen the capacity of all counties for early
warning, risk reduction, and management of
national and global health risks.
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- (4) Goal 4. Quality education. Ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education and promote lifelong
learning opportunities for all.
- (A) Ensure that all children complete and have access
to equitable and quality primary and secondary
education leading to relevant and effective
learning outcomes;
- (B) Ensure that all children have access to quality
early childhood development, care, and pre-school
education to prepare them for primary education;
( C ) Ensure equal access for all persons to affordable
and quality technical, vocational, and tertiary
education, includina universitv;
(D) Substantially increase the number of youth and
adults who have relevant skills, including
technical and vocational skills, for employment
and for entrepreneurship, and develop young
leaders for careers in the conservation and
natural resource management fields in Hawaii
through internships, fellowships, training, and
networking opportunities;
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- (E) Engage and empower youth to connect with nature,
take action to support conservation, and work for
the planet, pursuant to the Hawaii Commitments
presented to the World Conservation Congress in
2 0 1 6 , and ensure that all learners acquire the
knowledge and skills needed to promote
sustainable development, sustainable lifestyles,
human rights, gender equality, promotion of a
culture of peace and non-violence, global
citizenship, and appreciation of cultural
diversity and of culture's contribution to
sustainable development;
(F) Advance environmental and cultural literacy via
broad-based partnerships for grassroots capacity
building ;
- (G) Eliminate gender disparities in education and
ensure equal access to all levels of education
and vocational trainina for the vulnerable,
including persons with disabilities, Native
Hawaiians, and children in vulnerable situations;
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- (H) Substantially increase the state literacy rate 1
2 for youths and adults;
- (I) Build and upgrade education facilities that are. 3
4 child, disability, and gender sensitive and
5 provide safe, non-violent, inclusive, and
6 effective learnina environments for all;
- (J) Substantially expand statewide the number of 7
scholarships available for enrollment in higher 8
9 education, including vocational training,
10 information and communications technoloav. and
11 technical, engineering, and scientific programs;
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- (K) Substantially increase the supply of qualified
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15 (5) Goal 5. Gender equality. Achieve gender equality and
16 emDower all women and Girls.
17 - (A) End all forms of discrimination against all women
18 and girls in Hawaii;
19 - (B) Eliminate all forms of violence against all women
20 and crirls in the Dublic and Drivate soheres.
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including trafficking and sexual and other types
of exploitation;
- (C) Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child,
early, and forced marriage and female genital
mutilation;
- ( D ) Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work
through the provision of public services,
infrastructure, and social protection policies
and the promotion of shared responsibility within
the household and the family;
~ (E) Ensure women's full and effective participation
and equal opportunities for leadership at all
levels of decision-making in political, economic,
and Dublic life: and
- (F) Ensure universal access to sexual and
reproductive health and reproductive rights.
__. (6) Goal 6. Clean water and sanitation. Ensure
availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all.
- (A) Achieve universal and equitable access to safe
and affordable drinking water for all;
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- (B) Achieve access to adequate and equitable
sanitation and hygiene for all;
(C) Improve water quality by reducing pollution,
eliminating dumping and minimizing release of
hazardous chemicals and materials, reducing the
proportion of untreated wastewater, and
substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse
statewide;
Substantially increase water-use efficiency
across all sectors and ensure sustainable
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withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address
water scarcity;
- (E) Implement integrated water resources management
at all levels in line with the goals of the
sustainable Hawaii initiative. Aloha+ Challenae,
and Hawaii Commitments Dresented to the World
Conservation Congress in 2016;
(F) Protect thirty per cent of priority watersheds,
pursuant to the sustainable Hawaii initiative,
and restore water-related ecosystems, including
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aquifers , and lakes ;
Expand statewide cooperation and capacity-
building support to the counties in water- and
sanitation-related activities and programs,
including water harvesting, desalination, water
efficiency, wastewater treatment, and recycling
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and reuse technologies; and
(HI Support and strengthen the participation of local
communities in improving water and sanit'ation
management.
- (7) Goal 7. Affordable and clean energy. Ensure access
to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern
energy for all.
- (A) Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable,
and modern energy services;
(B) Achieve seventy per cent clean energy, with forty
per cent from renewable energy sources and thirty
per cent from efficiency, pursuant to the goals
of the Aloha+ Challenge;
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(D)
(E)
Achieve one hundred per cent renewable energy in
electricity by 2045, pursuant to the goals of the
sustainable Hawaii initiative;
Enhance statewide cooperation to facilitate
access to clean energy research and technology,
including renewable energy, energy efficiency,
and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology,
and promote investment in energy infrastructure
and clean energy technology; and
Expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for
supplying modern and sustainable energy services
for all.
Goal 8. Decent work and economic growth. Promote
sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth;
full and productive employment; and work for all.
(A)
(B)
Sustain per caplta economic growth in accordance
with national circumstances and at least one Der
cent gross domestic product growth per annum;
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity
through diversification, technological upgrading,
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and innovation, including through a focus on
high-value added and labor-intensive sectors;
Promote development-oriented policies that
support productive activities, job creation in
high paying sectors, entrepreneurship,
creativity, and innovation, and encourage the
formalization and growth of green jobs and
enterprises, including through access to
financial services;
Improve progressively state resource efficiency
in consumption and production and endeavor to
decouple economic growth from environmental
degradation in line with the goals of the Hawaii
Commitments presented to the World Conservation
Conaress in 2016:
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- (E) Achieve full and productive employment for all
women and men, including for young people and
persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work
of equal value;
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(G)
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Substantially reduce the proportion of youth not
employed, obtaining an education, or in a job or
skill training program;
Take immediate and effective measures to
eradicate forced labor, end modern slaverv and
human trafficking, and secure the prohibition and
elimination of child labor;
Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure
working environments for all workers, including
migrant workers, in particular women migrants,
and those in precarious employment;
Devise and implement policies to promote
sustainable tourism that creates jobs and
momotes local culture and Droducts; and
(J) Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial
institutions to encourage and expand access to
banking, insurance, and financial services for
all.
- (9) Goal 9. Industry, innovation, and infrastructure.
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and
sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.
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- (A) Develop quality, reliable, sustainable, and
resilient infrastructure to support economic
development and human well-being, with a focus on
affordable and equitable access for all;
- (B) Promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and significantly raise
industry's share of employment and gross domestic
product;
- ( C ) Increase the access of small-scale industrial and
other entemrises to financial services.
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- (D) Upgrade and develop infrastructure and retrofit
industries to make them sustainable, with
increased resource-use efficiencv and areater
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adoption of clean and environmentally sound
technologies and industrial processes;
- (E) Enhance scientific research, upgrade the
technological capabilities of industrial sectors
statewide, including encouraging innovation and
substantially increasing the number of research
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and development workers, and public and private
research and development spending;
- (F) Support local technology development, research,
and innovation, including by ensuring a conducive
policy environment for industrial diversification
and value addition to commodities; and
__. (G) Significantly increase access to information and
communications technology and strive to provide
universal and affordable access to the Internet.
(10) Goal 10. Reduced inequalities.
- (A) Progressively achieve and sustain the income
growth of the bottom forty per cent of the
population at a rate higher than the national
average ;
- (B) Empower and promote the social, economic, and
Dolitical inclusion of all, irremective of aae,
sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin,
religion, or economic or other status;
- ( C ) Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities
of outcome, including by eliminating
discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and
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promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and
action in this regard;
- ( D ) Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage, and
social protection policies, to progressively
achieve greater equality; and
- (E) Facilitate orderly, safe, regular, and
responsible migration and mobility of people,
including through the implementation of planned
and well-managed migration policies.
(11) Goal 11. Sustainable cities and communities. Make
cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient, and
sustainable.
- (A) Ensure access for all to adequate, safe, and
affordable housing and basic services;
( B ) Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible,
and sustainable transport systems for all, and
improve road safety, notably by expanding public
transport, with special attention to the needs of
those in vulnerable situations, women, children,
persons with disabilities, and older persons;
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- (C) Increase livability and resilience in the built
environment through planning and implementation
at the state and county levels, pursuant to the
aoals of the Aloha+ Challenae:
(D) Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard
Hawaii's cultural and natural heritage by linking
spirituality, religion, culture, and conservation
to cultivate a culture of conservation, Dursuant
to the Hawaii Commitments presented to the World
Conservation Congress in 2016;
~ (E) Significantly reduce the number of deaths and the
number of people affected by natural disasters
and substantiallv decrease the direct economic
losses caused by disasters with a focus on
protecting the poor and people in vulnerable
situations;
- (F) Reduce the adverse per capita environmental
impact of cities, including by paying special
attention to air quality and municipal and other
waste management in line with the goals of the
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Hawaii Commitments presented to the World
Conservation Congress in 2016;
- (G) Provide universal access to safe, inclusive, and
accessible, green and public spaces, in
particular for women and children, older persons,
and persons with disabilities;
(H) Support positive economic, social, and
environmental links between urban and rural areas
by strengthening development planning in line
with the croals of the sustainable Hawaii
initiative. Aloha+ Challenae, and Hawaii
Commitments presented to the World Conservation
Congress in 2016; and
(I) Substantially increase the number of cities and
towns adopting and implementing integrated
policies and plans toward inclusion, resource
efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate
change, resilience to disasters, and develop and
implement holistic disaster risk management at
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(12) Goal 12. Responsible consumption and production.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production
Datterns.
- (A) Achieve the sustainable management and efficient
use of natural resources;
- (B) Reverse the trend of natural resource l o s s mauka
to makai by increasing freshwater security,
watershed protection, community-based marine
management, invasive species control, and
restoration of native species pursuant to the
goals of the Aloha+ Challenge;
- (C) Conduct management-driven, comprehensive resource
baseline assessments around everv island in
Hawaii:
(D) Increase food security by increasing the cost
effectiveness of food production, reducing food
loss in the distribution chain, decreasing the
waste of food, changing food consumption
preferences, and ensuring that water resources
are managed sustainably, pursuant to the Hawaii
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Commitments presented to the World Conservation
Congress in 2016;
(E) Halve per capita statewide food waste at the
retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses
along production and supply chains, including
post-harvest losses;
(F) Achieve the environmentally sound management of
chemicals and all wastes throughout their life
cycle and significantly reduce their release to
air, water. and soil in order to minimize their
adverse impacts on human health and the
environment;
( G ) Reduce the solid waste stream prior to disposal
by seventy per cent through source reduction,
recycling, bioconversion, and landfill diversion
methods, pursuant to the goals of the Aloha+
Challenge;
- (H) Encourage companies to adopt sustainable
practices and to integrate sustainability
information into their reporting cycle;
- (I) Promote sustainable public procurement practices;
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- (J) Ensure that the people of Hawaii have the
relevant information and awareness for
sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony
with nature: and
- (K) Develop and implement tools to monitor
sustainable development impacts for sustainable
tourism that creates jobs and promotes local
culture and products.
(13) Goal 13. Climate action. Take urgent action to
combat climate change and its impacts.
- (A) Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to
climate-related hazards and natural disasters
statewide in line with the Paris Climate
Agreement and the Hawaii Commitments presented to
the World Conservation Congress in 2016;
- (B) Integrate climate change measures into state
policies, strategies, and planning; and
- (C) Improve education, awareness-raising, and human
and institutional capacity on climate change
mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and
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Aloha+ Challenge.
(14) Goal 14. Life below water. Conserve and sustainably
use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for
sustainable development.
- (A) Prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution
of all kinds, in particular from land-based
activities, including plastics, marine debris,
and nutrient Dollution:
(B) Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal
ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts
and take action for their restoration through on-
the-around efforts via Dublic-Drivate, comunitv-
based nartnershins in order to:
- (i) Improve ocean-related enforcement by
enhancing state capacity and creating more
effective, streamlined adjudication
Drocesses;
(ii) Increase the amount of nearshore waters
throughout the State that are.sufficiently
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and effectively managed to allow for healthy
fisheries and habitats:
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(iii) Increase areas where communities are
formally and actively managing marine
resources statewide;
(iv) Secure appropriate levels of support for
aaencies for critical natural resource
initiatives and devise and implement a means
by which to manage resources statewide that
enables increased funding to the State for
improved fisher data, stock assessments,
enforcement, and ocean user education: and
- (v) Incorporate climate adaptation measures into
the majority of county planning and
permitting processes;
Effectively manage thirty per cent of nearshore
ocean water, pursuant to the goals of the
sustainable Hawaii initiative, and remove or
prevent threat material, including sediment,
invasive species, and marine debris, from
entering nearshore marine habitats;
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- (D) By 2 0 2 0 , effectively regulate harvesting, end
overfishing, illegal, unreported, unregulated,
and destructive fishing practices; and implement
science-based management plans, in order to
restore fish stocks in the shortest time
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maximum sustainable yield as determined by their
biological characteristics;
- (E) By 2 0 2 0 , prohibit certain forms of fisheries
subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and
overfishing; eliminate subsidies that contribute
to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
and refrain from introducing new such subsidies;
- (F) Minimize and address the impacts of ocean
acidification, including through enhanced
scientific cooperation at all levels;
- ( G ) Conserve at least thirty per cent of coastal and
marine areas, consistent with state, national,
and international law and based on the best
available scientific information;
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- (H) Increase scientific knowledge, develop research
capacity, and transfer marine technology to
improve ocean health and to enhance the
contribution of marine biodiversity; and
- (I) Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers
to marine resources and markets.
(15) Goal 15. Life on land. Protect, restore, and promote
sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems; sustainably
manage forests; combat desertification; and halt and
reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss.
- (A) Ensure the conservation, restoration, and
sustainable use of terrestrial and inland
freshwater ecosystems and their uses;
(B) Promote the implementation of sustainable
management of all types of forests, halt
deforestation, restore degraded forests, and
substantiallv increase afforestation and
reforestation statewide;
- (C) Combat desertification; restore degraded land and
soil, including land affected by desertification,
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drought, and floods; and strive to achieve a land
degradation-neutral state;
- (D) Ensure the conservation of mountain ecosystems,
including their biodiversity, in order to enhance
their capacity to provide benefits that are
essential for sustainable develoDment:
- (E) Promote fair and equitable sharing of the
benefits arising from the utilization of genetic
resources and promote appropriate access to such
resources, as internationally agreed;
- (F) Take urgent and significant action to reduce the
degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of
biodiversity, and protect and prevent the
extinction of threatened species, pursuant to the
Hawaii Commitments presented to the World
Conservation Conaress in 2016:
( G ) Take urgent action to end poaching and
trafficking of protected species of flora and
fauna and address the demand and supply of
illegal wildlife products;
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(H) Implement Hawaii's interagency biosecurity plan
by 2 0 2 7 , pursuant to the goals of the sustainable
Hawaii initiative;
- (I) Integrate ecosystem and biodiversity values into
state and local planning, development processes,
poverty reduction strategies, and accounts; and
- (J) Mobilize significant resources from all sources
and at all levels to finance sustainable forest
management and provide adequate incentives to
advance conservation and reforestation.
(16) Goal 16. Peace, justice, and strong institutions.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for
sustainable development, provide access to justice for
all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive
institutions at all levels.
- (A) Significantly reduce all forms of violence and
related death rates statewide;
- (B) End abuse, exploitation, trafficking, and all
forms of violence acrainst and torture of
individuals;
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Promote the rule of law at all levels and ensure
equal access to justice for all;
Significantly reduce illicit financial and arms
flows, strengthen the recovery and return of
stolen assets, and combat all forms of organized
crime;
Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in
all their forms;
DeveloD effective. accountable, and tranmarent
institutions at .all levels;
Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory, and
representative decision-making at all levels;
Broaden and strengthen the participation of
citizens in the institutions of state and local
aovernance:
(I)
(J)
Ensure public access to information and protect
fundamental freedoms; and
Strengthen relevant state institutions to prevent
violence and combat terrorism and crime.
(17) Goal 17. Partnerships for the goals. Strengthen the
means of implementation.
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- (A) Encourage and promote effective public, public-
private, and civil society partnerships, building
on the experience and resourcing strategies of
partnerships;
- (B) Mobilize additional financial resources from
multiple sources;
- (C) Significantly increase investment in conservation
action from both public and private sector
sources, pursuant to the Hawaii Commitments
presented to the World Conservation Congress in
2016;
(D) Enhance cooperation on and access to science,
technology, and innovation; and enhance
knowledge-sharing on mutually agreed terms;
(E) Promote the development, transfer, dissemination,
and diffusion of environmentally sound
technologies;
(F) Strengthen domestic resource mobilization to
improve domestic capacity for tax and other
revenue collection;
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- ( G ) Enhance statewide macroeconomic stability,
including through policy coordination and policy
coherence;
~ (H) Enhance policy coherence for sustainable
development;
(I) Respect each agency's policy space and leadership
to establish and implement policies for poverty
eradication and sustainable development;
- (J) Enhance capacity-building support to increase
significantly the availability of high-quality,
timely, and reliable data disaggregated by
income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory
status, disability, geographic location, and
other relevant characteristics; and
- (K) Build on existing initiatives to develop
measurements of progress on sustainable
development that complement gross domestic
product. I'
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2 0 5 0 .
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Description: Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and indicators. Effective 7 / 1 / 2 0 5 0 . ( S D 2 )
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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