Pacific Forest Trust: California’s Game-Changing Climate Solution – Nature Based Climate Credits

Even as California in facing increasing impacts of climate change on the ground, it is also in an intense policy discussion to reauthorize its pioneering climate policy and the Cap and Invest program. Addressing both of these issues is a groundbreaking new tool which offers unprecedented potential to rapidly and affordably scale up carbon emissions reduction while restoring and protecting vital ecosystems. Aligned with the priority of leveraging the climate healing powers of forests and other ecosystems, Nature Based Climate Credits (NBCCs) represent a powerful, cost-effective alternative that could revolutionize how we address climate change through natural and working conservation. Unlike traditional carbon offsets, NBCCs work through permanent conservation easements that deliver comprehensive environmental benefits beyond carbon storage alone. Read ON.