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<\/p>\nSacramento, CA…Harnessing the innovative spirit of California, Governor Gavin Newsom today advanced an executive order enlisting California\u2019s vast network of natural and working lands \u2013 forests, rangelands, farms, wetlands, coast, deserts and urban greenspaces \u2013 in the fight against climate change. A core pillar of Governor Newsom\u2019s climate agenda, these novel approaches will help clean the air and water for communities throughout the state and support California\u2019s unique biodiversity.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOnce again, California is taking on the mantle of global climate leadership and advancing bold strategies to fight climate change,\u201d said Governor Newsom. \u201cThe science is clear that, in our existential fight against climate change, we must build on our historic efforts in energy and emissions and focus on our lands as well. California\u2019s beautiful natural and working lands are an important tool to help slow and avert catastrophic climate change, and today\u2019s executive order provides important new tools to take on this existential threat.\u201d<\/p>\n
The order directs state agencies to deploy a number of strategies to store carbon in the state\u2019s natural and working lands and remove it from the atmosphere. The order also sets a first-in-the-nation goal to conserve 30 percent of the state\u2019s land and coastal water by 2030 to fight species loss and ecosystem destruction.<\/p>\n
Specifically, state agencies are directed to pursue innovative actions,\u00a0strategies\u00a0and partnerships\u00a0to maximize the full climate benefits of our natural and working land, through:<\/p>\n
California\u2019s lands provide an important\u00a0resource in limiting\u00a0the impacts of climate change while protecting our communities from climate change-driven events such as wildfire, floods, droughts and extreme heat. The state\u2019s natural and working lands sustain our economy, support our unique biodiversity and contribute to the global food supply.<\/p>\n
California is considered one of the world\u2019s 36 \u201cbiodiversity hotspots\u201d because of its high concentration of unique species that are also experiencing unprecedented threats. Of the estimated 5,500 plant species found in California, 40 percent are \u201cendemic,\u201d found nowhere else on Earth. California relies on 100 million acres of land for food, water and habitat, and feeds the nation and world through its agricultural activities. The $50 billion California agriculture industry produces over 400 commodities, including over a third of the nation\u2019s vegetables and two-thirds of the nation\u2019s fruits and nuts.<\/p>\n
In advancing this executive order, California joins\u00a038\u00a0countries to support the global effort to\u00a0achieve protection for 30 percent of the planet by 2030.\u00a0The executive order directs the California Natural Resources Agency to form a\u00a0California Biodiversity Collaborative<\/a>\u00a0to bring together experts, leaders and communities to pursue a unified approach to protecting biodiversity and develop strategies to support the 30 by 30 goal.\u00a0Through this inclusive stakeholder process, Californians will help chart the path forward to these critical conservation goals.<\/p>\n 30 by 30 has been championed internationally and is supported by a concerted United Nations effort. In addition, international NGOs and business groups \u2013 including the International Chamber of Commerce \u2013 wrote a\u00a0letter<\/a>\u00a0in June calling upon CEOs to push governments to include ambitious policies to reverse nature loss as part of green recovery plans.\u00a0The World Economic Forum recently calculated that $44 trillion of economic value generation \u2013 over half the world\u2019s total GDP \u2013 is potentially at risk as a result of\u00a0climate change and\u00a0the dependence of business on nature and its services.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s executive action follows Governor Newsom\u2019s historic\u00a0executive order<\/a>\u00a0in late September to require that, by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles.<\/p>\n The text of today\u2019s executive order can be found\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and a copy can be found\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sacramento, CA…Harnessing the innovative spirit of California, Governor Gavin Newsom today advanced an executive order enlisting California\u2019s vast network of natural and working lands \u2013 forests, rangelands, farms, wetlands, coast, deserts and urban greenspaces \u2013 in the fight against climate change. A core pillar of Governor Newsom\u2019s climate agenda, these novel approaches will help clean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Gavsigning-400x250.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}