Scheduled for June 8 from 3 to 6 p.m., the climate workshop will explore how the Pathways to 30×30 and Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy can best deliver on the state’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality and build climate resilience.
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The panelists and the public participants are asked to address the following questions:
- What land and coastal habitats, including urban and community green spaces, should California classify as having significant opportunity to contribute to our goals of achieving carbon neutrality and building climate resilience? Do some landscapes inherently have greater potential than others? Of these landscapes, which have the longest-term sequestration benefits?
- Do we have the scientific understanding to identify areas of refugia in California that should be built into our approach to 30×30 and the NWL Climate Smart Strategy?
- How can conservation best support California’s goals of achieving carbon neutrality and building climate resilience? What factors are critical for increasing climate resilience in existing protected landscapes and coastal waters, and how should these be incorporated into new climate resilient acquisitions or conservation management decisions in California?
- What strategies or best practices would you identify as critical to accelerating climate smart land management across all of California’s landscapes? Are there barriers to scaling these actions, and if so, what can the State of California do to address them?
- How do you recommend we measure and track progress of our collective climate smart land management efforts? What are the leading science-based frameworks for evaluating and monitoring our progress, and what are their pros and cons for use in California?
The Expanding Climate Action Through Nature-Based Solutions panel features the following members:
- Lara Kueppers (Moderator), Associate Professor, Energy & Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley and Faculty Scientist, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
- J. Keith Gilless, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Forest Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Chair, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
- Patrick Gonzalez Ph.D., Principal Climate Change Scientist, U.S. National Park Service, and Associate Adjunct Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Tessa M. Hill, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Science and Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis
- Esther Margulies, ASLA, Associate Professor of Practice University of Southern California School of Architecture Master of Landscape Architect + Urbanism
- Tapan B. Pathak, Ph.D., Cooperative Extension Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Agriculture, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Merced
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The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) will launch a series of virtual topical workshops focused on the State’s commitment to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030 (30×30) and enlist California’s vast network of natural and working lands in the fight against climate change.
The first two workshops will focus on opportunities to deliver on climate change goals (June 8) and to advance equity (June 15). Workshops will feature an advisory panel presentation by followed by a public comment opportunity. Future workshop topics will include biodiversity and conservation of lands and coastal waters.
In 2020, California committed to protecting 30 percent of its land and coastal waters by 2030 through Governor Newsom’s executive order. To inform this effort, CNRA is developing a “Pathways to 30×30” document to identify strategies to achieve 30×30. The executive order also called for CNRA to develop a Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy intended to guide long-term climate action on California’s lands.
“California has set an ambitious goal to protect 30 percent of California lands and coastal waters by 2030 and advance nature-based solutions to address climate change, equity and species loss. We can only achieve this by holistically examining the depth and breadth of these issues with input from a variety of stakeholders,” said California Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot. “These conversations will be foundational to informing our strategic vision.”
Advisory panels will present insights and recommendations in a summary report that will be posted and shared publicly in advance of relevant workshops atwww.CaliforniaNature.ca.gov.
Public participation is key to these workshops, and participants will have an opportunity to share their perspectives and insights on the topic. Key takeaways related to each topic will inform the Pathways to 30×30 and Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy.
All meetings are open to the public and will be accessible by Zoom, a phone dial-in option, and YouTube livestream. Advance registration is required and participants who wish to make a 90-second public comment will need to register to provide verbal input during the public comment session.
