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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Wednesday putting America's most populous state on a path to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by the end of the decade. The plan, known as 30x30, is designed to offset the effects of climate change and protect biodiversity.
Newsom's order directs state agencies to complete a plan by early 2022 to reach the protection goal. "Climate change is not just about greenhouse gas emissions emanating from tailpipes of vehicles," Newsom said. "It's the ability to sequester these greenhouse gas emissions in our soils."
California's leadership comes as U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico champions a 30x30 resolution at the national level, which the Center for Western Priorities has highlighted this year in our Road to 30 virtual tour.
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We developed this real commitment to keeping fire out, and of course that was completely backwards from what Indigenous people had done for thousands and thousands of years.”
