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St. Paul Climate <br />justice Advisory <br />- . Al <br />Board: <br />of the intersection <br />of the 3 Ps - <br />The City of St. Paul's Climate Justice Advisory Board (CJAB) was formed in August 2020 to <br />support the implementation of the city's Climate Action and Resilience Plan. According to <br />the City of St. Paul, the Board's "work will focus on ensuring that the costs and benefits of <br />new programs in clean energy, energy efficiency, the reduction of greenhouse gas <br />emissions, and climate resilience and adaptation are equitably distributed to ensure <br />Saint Paul's most vulnerable residents benefit as much or more from these changes as <br />the City's less vulnerable populations." <br />According to Mavor Melvin Carter, "Ensuring the many voices of our community are <br />heard in shaping our climate action and resilience work is vital." The CJAB is composed of <br />13-17 community representatives, taking into account geographic distribution, as well as <br />designating one seat each for the business community, the building/construction trades, <br />and academia. The Climate Justice Advisory Board is also a great example of inviting <br />youth onto your government boards and commissions: the CJAB has two youth <br />members. <br />One of those youth members—Adri Arquin—was featured, along with Russ Stark (St. <br />Paul's Chief Resilience Officer), in a July 2021 conversation about the CJAB, hosted by <br />Janiece Watts of Fresh Energy. That webinar can be found on the Fresh Energy website. <br />37 <br />