Climate Action Works
Nature-based climate change solutions that are corporate-driven, community-minded, and biodiversity-based
Privately-owned corporate lands are critical for climate action, whether as a source of carbon sequestration or increased resilience for the built and natural environments. Yet most corporations do not view their lands in this way and do not include nature-based solutions in their published climate action targets.
Climate Action Works was made possible through funding from ArcelorMittal.
The Initiative
Climate Action Works created a framework in which corporate leaders viewed their lands as contributing to their science-based climate targets and took action in accordance with these targets. The framework also addressed engagement of employees and community members in meaningful restoration efforts that, in the words of Tom Lovejoy (the ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’) “can empower individuals who previously could see no way in which they individually can make a difference about climate change.”
Climate Action Works Addressed the Following
- Mindset of corporate landowners who do not view their own lands as having potential for climate mitigation and adaptation
- Relevancy for nature-based climate action on a variety of corporate lands
- Scaling of local-level climate action for global recognition
- Verifications for recognizing nature-based climate action
- Alignment of nature-based climate action with existing GHG reductions
- Value of nature-based climate action to existing conservation programs
- Corporate reporting needs surrounding climate issues
