AB 2184 would appropriate $400 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) to achieve nature-based climate solutions targets and sustainable agricultural practices identified through AB 1757 (C. Garcia and R. Rivas, 2022), the 2022 Scoping Plan, and SB 1383 (Lara, 2016). This bill is co-sponsored by The Climate Center, River Partners, and the California Climate & Agriculture Network.
In 2022, AB 1757 was signed by Governor Newsom, directing the California Natural Resources Agency to set targets for natural carbon removal and emissions reductions on natural and working lands. In 2024, 81 targets were identified across seven land types, from farms, ranches, wetlands, forests, and beyond. Nature-based climate solutions draw down existing pollution and store it in soils and biomass while enhancing biodiversity, cleaning the air and water, and improving food and water security. Out of California’s 105 million acres of land, approximately 90 percent has the potential to store planet-warming carbon.
Nature-based climate solutions are key to addressing the climate crisis, but have historically been underfunded. Nature-based climate solutions and sustainable agricultural practices are the only priority areas in the Cap and Invest reauthorization bill, AB 1207 (2025), that do not currently receive continuous appropriation.
Starting in 2027, AB 2184 would allocate the following:
- $150 million to the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to advance the AB 1757 (2022) nature-based climate solution targets
- $100 million allocated at the Legislature’s discretion to advance the AB 1757 (2022) nature-based climate solution targets
- $150 million to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for Healthy Soils, Organic Transition, Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP), and State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP)
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 and sustainable agricultural practices, create green jobs, deliver real benefits to those who need them most, and put these solutions at parity with the other priorities listed in the Cap and Invest program.
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Committee Status: This bill passed out of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee on April 6. It will next be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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