California Climate Change Laws from the 2023 Legislative Session
In 2023, California introduced several new laws that help address climate change. From promoting the expansion of clean energy to mandating climate-related disclosures for large businesses, new California laws are part of more widespread climate policy trends that support the transition to a sustainable economy.
In this report, Relae policy experts offer a summary and commentary of the most notable climate laws from last year. Download to learn the implications and benefits of California’s most recent climate laws.
Zara Ahmed, DrPH
Zara Ahmed, DrPH
Prior to working at Relae, Dr. Ahmed was the Government Affairs and Policy Lead for the COVID-19 Response at the CDC. She rejoined CDC in August 2021 after two years at the Guttmacher Institute as the Associate Director for Federal Issues. Before her time at the Guttmacher Institute, Dr. Ahmed spent 10 years with the CDC, including seven years based overseas at US embassies in Rwanda, Namibia and Haiti as a senior technical advisor, and three years as the Associate Division Director for Policy and Communications in the Division of Global Health Protection at CDC headquarters in Atlanta.In addition, Dr. Ahmed has worked as a sexual health counselor at an alternative high school in Michigan and as a consultant in Bangladesh on the labor rights of migrant women. Dr. Ahmed has also conducted field research on sex worker rights in Cambodia, health financing in rural Cameroon, and donor coordination of malaria programs in Senegal. She holds a BA in political science from Brown University, MPP and MPH degrees from the University of Michigan, a MBA from the University of Oklahoma, and a DrPH from the University of North Carolina, where she is also an adjunct faculty member.
Certificate of Appreciation for Extraordinary Effort and Impact, US Embassy, Port-au-Prince (2016)
Center for Global Health Director’s Award for Partnership, CDC (2015)
Certificate of Appreciation for Exceptional Technical Support, US Embassy, Port-au-Prince (2015)
Thaddeus Woody
Thaddeus Woody
Before joining Relae, Thaddeus worked in Washington, DC for more than a decade, focusing on energy, environment, and climate policy. Most recently, he served as Legislative Director for Congressman Marc Veasey where he led the Congressman’s legislative team. He is especially proud to have played a part in building transformative climate legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Prior to joining Congressman Veasey’s office, he worked at the U.S. Department of Energy in the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
