CA's Bold Land vs. Climate Fight

California is implementing a comprehensive plan to combat climate change through its land use policies by setting 81 targets to strategically utilize millions of acres of land for carbon absorption, aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. This plan includes managing 33.5 million acres to reduce wildfire risk, conserving 11.9 million acres of forest for biodiversity and carbon storage, enhancing 7.6 million acres with protections, managing 3.4 million acres of croplands for healthy soils and drought resilience, planting 4.2 million trees to remove carbon and increase access to nature, and managing millions more acres of shrublands, chaparral, grasslands, and sparsely vegetated lands for carbon storage and ecosystem protection12. This ambitious initiative is part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s California Climate Commitment, leveraging nature-based solutions to address climate change impacts12.