Bill Text: HI SB785 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Sustainable Development Goals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB785 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB785-Introduced.html
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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:
In July 2014, the State launched the Aloha+ Challenge: He Nohona Aeoia, 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 the State's history of systems thinking, Hawaiian culture and values, and successful track record on sustainability to outline six ambitious goals to be achieved by 2030:
(1) Clean energy: Achieve seventy per cent clean energy, with forty per cent from renewables and thirty per cent from efficiency;
(2) Local food: At least double local food production for local consumption;
(3) Natural resource management: Reverse the trend of natural resource loss mauka to makai by increasing freshwater security, watershed protection, community-based marine management, invasive species control, and restoration of native species;
(4) Waste reduction: Reduce the solid waste stream prior to disposal by seventy per cent through source reduction, recycling, bioconversion, and landfill diversion methods;
(5) Smart sustainable communities: Increase livability and resilience in the built environment through planning and implementation at the state and county levels; and
(6) Green workforce and education: Increase local green jobs and education to implement these goals.
To increase the efforts of the Aloha+ Challenge, former Governor Ige launched the sustainable Hawaii initiative in 2016, which included five goals:
(1) Double local food production by 2020;
(2) Implement Hawaii's interagency biosecurity plan by 2027;
(3) Protect thirty per cent of the highest priority watersheds by 2030;
(4) Manage thirty per cent of nearshore ocean waters by 2030; and
(5) Achieve one hundred per cent renewable energy in electricity by 2045.
According to the updated Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan dated June 2021, Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, extended the goal of doubling local food production from 2020 to 2030.
In
May of 2014, Hokulea
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 Hokulea
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 World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016, and the Paris Climate Agreement have been adopted to guide global efforts. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 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 force in 2015; and are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The seventeen SDGs 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. They 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 us to make a positive change for both people and planet.
Dealing with the threat of climate change impacts how the State manages fragile natural resources, achievement of gender equality and better health care to eradicate poverty and fostering peace and inclusive societies will reduce inequalities and help economies prosper. The SDGs are voluntary commitments to make the world a better and more prosperous place.
In September 2016, over 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 Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress. Delegates to the Congress adopted the World Conservation Congress 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:
(1) Linking spirituality, religion, culture, and conservation;
(2) Engaging and empowering youth;
(3) The challenge of sustaining the global food supply and conserving nature;
(4) The challenge of preserving the health of the world ocean;
(5) The challenge of ending wildlife trafficking;
(6) The challenge of engaging with the private sector; and
(7) The challenge of climate change.
The Hawaii Commitments build on the Paris Climate Agreement and the SDGs to allow different global voices to come together and find common ground in the spirit of partnership, collaboration, and sustainability.
In 2018, then-Governor Ige issued Executive Order No. 18‑06, which directed all state agencies to implement practices to assist the State in achieving the United Nations SDGs. Additionally, four counties have expressed support for the SDGs. The county of Maui in particular has adopted Resolution No. 18-18, which states that the county "supports 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 SDGs 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 the formation of partnerships for the SDGs.
Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to codify the State's commitment to conservation, sustainability, and economic development by including the seventeen United Nations SDGs and indicators, with references to existing state sustainability programs, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 2. Chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§226- Sustainable
development goals. In pursuance
of the State's sustainability goals, and notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, all agencies shall, insofar as practicable, take action to assist the
State in achieving the following sustainable development goals and indicators
by 2030 unless otherwise indicated in this section:
(1) Goal 1. No poverty.
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
(A) Eradicate extreme poverty for all
people in Hawaii, currently established at a family of four living on less than
$89 a day;
(B) Reduce, at least by half, the number
of all persons in the State living below the federal poverty level;
(C) Implement appropriate social
protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and achieve
substantial social protections of the poor and the vulnerable;
(D) Ensure that all people, 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, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial
services, including microfinance; and
(E) Build the resilience of the poor and
those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to
climate-related extreme events and other economic, social, and environmental
shocks and disasters.
(2) Goal 2. Zero hunger.
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote
sustainable agriculture.
(A) End hunger and ensure access to
safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round to all people in Hawaii, particularly
the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants;
(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 teenagers, pregnant and lactating individuals, and older
persons;
(C) Double local food production by 2030
and double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food
producers, in particular women, native Hawaiians, family farmers, pastoralists,
and fishers, by actions including the secure and equal access to land, other
productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and
opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment;
(D) Increase seafood security throughout
Hawaiian waters through an improved understanding of current capacity, active
fishpond restoration, restoration of nearshore fish populations, and
improvement in sustainable production, 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 2024, maintain the genetic diversity of
seeds, cultivated plants, and farmed and domesticated animals and their related
wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant
banks at the state and local levels, and promote access to and fair and
equitable sharing of benefits arising 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 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 (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),
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, including narcotic drug and alcohol abuse;
(F) Halve the number of fatalities and
injuries from road traffic accidents within the State;
(G) Ensure universal access to sexual
and reproductive health care services, including family planning, information
and education, and the integration of reproductive health into state programs;
(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 within
the State;
(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.
(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,
including university;
(D) Substantially increase the number of
people 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;
(E) Engage and empower youth to connect
with nature, take action to support conservation, and work for the planet,
pursuant to the World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016, 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
training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, native Hawaiians,
and children in vulnerable situations;
(H) Substantially increase the literacy
rate of all persons in the State;
(I) Build and upgrade education
facilities that are child, disability, and gender sensitive and provide safe,
non-violent, inclusive, and effective learning environments for all;
(J) Substantially expand the number of
scholarships available statewide for enrollment in higher education, including
vocational training, information and communications technology, and technical,
engineering, and scientific programs; and
(K) Substantially increase the supply of
qualified teachers.
(5) Goal 5. Gender equality. Achieve gender equality and empower all individuals.
(A) End all forms of discrimination
against all individuals in Hawaii;
(B) Eliminate all forms of violence
against all individuals in the public and private spheres, including
trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;
(C) Eliminate all harmful practices against individuals,
such as child and forced marriages 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 each individual's full and
effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of
decision-making in political, economic, and public 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;
(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;
(D) Substantially increase water-use
efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable 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+ Challenge, and World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(F) Protect thirty per cent of priority
watersheds, pursuant to the sustainable Hawaii initiative, and restore
water-related ecosystems, including watersheds, mountains, forests, wetlands,
rivers, aquifers, and lakes;
(G) 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 and reuse technologies; and
(H) Support and strengthen the
participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation
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;
(C) Achieve one hundred per cent
renewable energy in electricity by 2045, pursuant to the goals of the
sustainable Hawaii initiative;
(D) 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
(E) Expand infrastructure and upgrade
technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all.
(8) Goal 8. Decent work and economic growth. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable
economic growth; full and productive employment; and work for all.
(A) Sustain per capita economic growth
in accordance with national circumstances and at least one per cent gross domestic
product growth per annum;
(B) Achieve higher levels of economic
productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation,
including through a focus on high-value added and labor-intensive sectors;
(C) 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;
(D) 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 World
Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(E) Achieve full and productive
employment for all individuals, including for young people and persons with
disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value;
(F) Substantially reduce the proportion
of youth who are not employed and increase the proportion of youth who are
receiving an education or enrolled in a job or skill training program;
(G) Take immediate and effective
measures to eradicate forced labor, end modern slavery and human trafficking,
and secure the prohibition and elimination of child labor;
(H) Protect labor rights and promote
safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant
workers, in particular migrants, and those in precarious employment;
(I) Devise and implement policies to
promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and
products; 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.
(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 enterprises to financial services, including affordable
credit, and their integration into value chains and markets;
(D) Upgrade and develop infrastructure
and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use
efficiency and greater 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 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
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 political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, 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 promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and action in
this regard;
(D) Adopt policies, especially fiscal,
wage, and social protection policies, and 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 improving road
safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the
needs of those in vulnerable situations, all individuals, children, persons
with disabilities, and older persons;
(C) Increase livability and resilience
in the built environment through planning and implementation at the state and
county levels, pursuant to the goals of the Aloha+ Challenge;
(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,
pursuant to the World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(E) Significantly reduce the number of
deaths and the number of people affected and substantially 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 giving heightened attention to air
quality and municipal and other waste management in line with the goals of the
World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(G) Provide universal access to safe,
inclusive, and accessible, green and public spaces, for all individuals,
children, older persons, and persons with disabilities;
(H) Support positive economic, social,
and environmental links between urban and rural areas by strengthening
development planning consistent with the goals of the sustainable Hawaii initiative,
Aloha+ Challenge, and World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 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 all levels.
(12) Goal 12. Responsible consumption and production. Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns.
(A) Achieve the sustainable management and efficient
use of natural resources;
(B) Reverse the trend of natural
resource loss mauka to makai by increasing freshwater security, watershed
protection, community-based marine management, invasive species control, and
restoration of native species as established by the goals of the Aloha+
Challenge;
(C) Conduct management-driven,
comprehensive resource baseline assessments around every island in Hawaii;
(D) Increase food security by improving
the cost efficiency 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 World
Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(E) Reduce by fifty per cent the 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;
(J) Ensure that all persons 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 World Conservation Congress Hawaii
Commitments of 2016;
(B) Integrate climate change measures
into state policies, strategies, and planning; and
(C) Improve education, raise awareness,
and increase human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation,
adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning, pursuant to the goals of the
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 pollution;
(B) Sustainably manage and protect
marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts and take
action for their restoration through on-the-ground efforts via public-private, community-based
partnerships in order to:
(i) Improve ocean-related enforcement by
enhancing state capacity to create more effective and streamlined adjudication
processes;
(ii) Increase the amount of sufficiently
and effectively managed nearshore waters throughout the State to allow for healthy
fisheries and habitats;
(iii) Increase the amount of communities
that are formally and actively managing marine resources statewide;
(iv) Secure appropriate levels of support
for agencies 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;
(C) 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;
(D) By 2024, 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 feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum
sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics;
(E) By 2024, prohibit certain forms of
fisheries subsidies that 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;
(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 substantially increase afforestation and reforestation
statewide;
(C) Combat desertification; restore
degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought,
and floods; and strive to achieve neutrality of land-degradation worldwide;
(D) Ensure the conservation of mountain
ecosystems, including their biodiversity, in order to enhance their capacity to
provide benefits that are essential for sustainable development;
(E) Promote fair and equitable sharing of the
benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote
appropriate access to such resources;
(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
World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 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;
(H) Implement Hawaii's interagency
biosecurity plan by 2027, 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 and torture against individuals;
(C) Enforce the rule of law at all
levels and ensure equal access to justice for all;
(D) Significantly reduce illicit
financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets,
and combat all forms of organized crime;
(E) Substantially reduce corruption and
bribery in all their forms;
(F) Develop effective, accountable, and
transparent institutions at all levels;
(G) Ensure responsive, inclusive,
participatory, and representative decision-making at all levels;
(H) Broaden and strengthen the
participation of citizens in the institutions of state and local governance;
(I) Ensure public access to information
and protect fundamental freedoms; and
(J) Strengthen relevant state
institutions to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
(17) Goal 17. Partnerships for the goals. Strengthen the means of implementation.
(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, consistent
with the World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments of 2016;
(D) Enhance cooperation regarding 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;
(G) Enhance macroeconomic stability statewide,
including through policy coordination and policy coherence;
(H) Enhance policy coherence for
sustainable development;
(I) Respect each agency's policy jurisdiction
and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and
sustainable development;
(J) Enhance capacity-building support to
significantly increase 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 with regard to gross domestic product."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Codifies sustainable development goals based on the United Nations' Global Goals and indicators.
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