Report, Seeding Capital: Policy Solutions to Accelerate Investment in Nature-Based Climate Action

This June 2021 report from Berkeley Law, UCLA, and Bank of America addresses policy mechanisms to drive investment in negative emissions from land-use, improvement of natural carbon sinks, and agricultural sector emissions reductions, among other nature-based solutions. The report proposes several policy solutions and innovations to tackle these challenges, including:

• Aligning nature-based investment products with existing international standards and labels
• Leveraging California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) mitigation to fund projects on natural and working lands
• Standardizing accounting practices for measuring greenhouse gas impacts, environmental impacts, and community impacts
• Conducting advance planning and permitting for multiple potential projects to create “portfolios” for grantors and investors to finance