AB 1757 Ch 341, California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: climate goal: natural and working lands

Requires the State of California to determine an ambitious range of targets for natural carbon sequestration, and for nature-based climate solutions, that reduce greenhouse gas emissions for 2030, 2038, and 2045 to support state goals to achieve carbon neutrality and foster climate adaptation and resilience.

As called for in Assembly Bill 1757 (2022), the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Air Resources Board, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and more than 40 State agency partners collaborated to develop 81 nature-based solutions (NBS) climate targets for 2030, 2038, and 2045 that contribute to California’s goals of achieving carbon neutrality no later than 2045 and protecting Californians from the climate crisis.

What the targets call for by 2045: 

- 33.5 million acres managed to reduce wildfire risk, mostly through beneficial fire
- 11.9 million acres of forest managed for biodiversity protection, carbon storage, and water supply protection
- 7.6 million acres conserved with protections
- 3.4 million acres of croplands managed to boost healthy soils, drought resilience, and below-ground biodiversity
- 4.2 million trees planted to protect California communities from the climate crisis, remove carbon and increase access to nature where it’s needed most
- 2.7 million acres of shrublands and chaparral managed for carbon storage, resilience, and habitat connectivity
- 1.6 million acres of grasslands managed to restore native grasslands and protect biodiversity
- 1.5 million acres of sparsely vegetated lands (deserts, beaches, etc.) to protect fragile ecosystems

California's Nature-Based Solutions Climate Targets

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