AB 2184 would appropriate $300 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to achieve nature-based targets identified through AB 1757 (C. Garcia and R. Rivas).
In 2022, AB 1757 was enacted to set targets for natural carbon removal and emissions reductions on natural and working lands. Climate solutions on farms, ranches, wetlands, forests, and more have the potential to draw down existing pollution and store it in soils and biomass while promoting biodiversity, clean air and water, and food and water security. Out of California’s 105 million acres of land, approximately 90 percent has the potential to store planet-warming carbon.
These nature-based climate solutions (NBS) are key to developing climate resilience, but they have historically been underfunded. Notably, ‘nature-based climate solutions’ is the only priority area in the Cap and Invest program that does not currently receive continuous appropriation.
AB 2184 would allocate the following:
• $150 million to California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA)
• $50 million to California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
• $100 million allocated at the Legislature’s discretion to advance the AB 1757 nature-based climate solution targets
This is not a one-time investment; it is a long-term commitment to climate, community, and economic health. Sustained funding will allow California to scale up proven nature-based solutions, create green jobs, deliver real benefits to those who need them most, and put nature-based climate solutions at parity with the other priorities listed in the Cap and Invest program.
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Committee Status: This bill has not been officially referred, but it will likely be heard first in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
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