30 x 30 California and Climate Science and Resilience of California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment (Fifth Assessment)

2023 Earth Stewardship Symposium

In October 2020, Governor Newsom signed his Nature Based Solutions Executive Order N-82-20, elevating the role of natural and working lands in the fight against climate change and advancing biodiversity conservation as an administration priority. As part of this Executive Order, California committed to the goal of conserving 30 percent of our lands and coastal waters by 2030.

Speaker: Jason John, Policy Lead for Biodiversity and Habitat and 30x30 Initiative, California Natural Resources Agency

California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment (Fifth Assessment) is a suite of original research and tools describing the impacts and risks of climate change to equip communities and leaders across the state with the best available science to inform their adaption planning and decision-making processes.

Speaker: Elea Becker Lowe, Senior Planner