The world is watching as leaders across the globe meet in Glasgow this week for a 13-day global summit on climate change, coined COP26.
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With an economy that is larger than all but four countries, it wouldn't be a climate summit without a sizable delegation from California, and sure enough, the Golden State is well represented this go round.
In addition to the roughly two-dozen official delegates representing the state, a number of other Californians are also in attendance, including Daniel Kammen, a professor of Energy at UC Berkeley, who's brought with him a list of ambitious climate policy goals that he's hoping to see California leaders and others adopt.
"Climate justice, racial and social justice, has become a core issue," Kammen told KCBS Radio's "In Depth" podcast. "California's own Cap-and-Trade program actually devotes 35% or more of those funds to marginalized frontline disadvantaged communities. It has a large role to play and talk about what's succeeded and what’s failed in terms of making justice job one."
Surprisingly, not in attendance is Gov. Gavin Newsom, who abruptly canceled his plans to attend the summit last week. He's now receded from public view to deal with unspecified family obligations, his office reported.
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