Biodiversity & Climate Goals

The protection and management of natural and working lands, including forests, is an essential strategy in meeting the state’s greenhouse gas reduction, climate adaptation, and resilience goals and is now official policy. Recent legislation requires all state agencies, departments, boards and commissions to consider this policy when revising or establishing regulations, expenditures or grant criteria relating to the protection and management of natural and working lands. 


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Natural and Working Lands


For the first time, draft Scoping Plan includes quantification of GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in lands.

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Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy

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Expanding Nature-Based Solutions

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Inventory of Ecosystem Carbon in California’s Natural and Working Lands

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation


California Kicks Off 5th Climate Change Assessment

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CARB releases ambitious draft climate action plan to slash use of fossil fuels and reach carbon neutrality by 2045

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AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan

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California Climate Adaption Strategy

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California’s 4th Climate Change Assessment

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California Climate Investments In Your Community — Project Map

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Biodiversity Protection


California Launches 30×30 Partnership With Advance Implementation of 30×30

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Explore CA Nature: A suite of interactive mapping and visualization tools compiling statewide biodiversity, access, climate and conservation information to advance 30×30

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California’s 30×30 Initiative: Conserving 30% of our lands and coast waters by 2030

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What is 30×30?

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Work Group: Biodiversity & Climate


Partnering Organizations


California Natural Resources Agency 

California Air Resources Board

Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

California Strategic Growth Council

California Environmental Protection Agency

California Department of Food and Agriculture 

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Key Actions Assigned:

3.1 – 3.4