Hawai'i Green Growth: 2015 - 2017 Legislative & Policy Priority 

Annual Aloha+ Challenge priorities for joint action agreed and advanced by state and county governments, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, University of Hawai‘i and higher education institutions, federal agencies, and private sector and non-profit leaders.  At least one major statewide sustainability initiative announced at the 2016 World Conservation Congress that leverages public and private funding. 

Hawai'i Green Growth: 2012-2014 Legislative Objective
Hawai'i Green Growth supports increases to green funding and other priority legislation for tangible progress toward HGG 2030 targets.
By fiscal year 2015, HGG's goal is to secure the following long-term increases* from the State Legislature to support action on Hawai'i's statewide sustainability targets:

• $11 million/year for at least 10 years for DLNR's the "Rain Follows the Forest"
• $4 million/year for DLNR's invasive species management
• $8 million/year to DOA for food security & agricultural development
• $8 million/year to DBEDT's clean energy initiative
• $1.2 million/year for DOH's oil spill response

*Increases will be gauged from FY12 budget as baseline