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Our Policy by Issue
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U.S. Climate Action Partnership
We are a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of major corporations and leading environmental organizations urging the federal government to enact legislation that sets a “regulated economy-wide, market-driven approach to climate protection.”
Recent perspectives from The Nature Conservancy on legislation and regulations dealing with climate change:
Tell us what you think about our climate change work. What national or international policies should be implemented to fight climate change?


The Nature Conservancy is calling on the United States government to quickly enact strong national legislation to address climate change.
The Conservancy is working to support mandatory policies to reduce emissions from all economic sectors by:
The Conservancy encourages the use of credits for forest conservation and restoration within a market-based emission reduction program. A cap-and-trade program should:
Including incentives for land conservation and restoration in a cap-and-trade program can help lower the overall compliance costs of such a system, increase support for the program, and allow for more aggressive emission reduction goals.
The Conservancy is calling for setting aside a significant portion of the revenue generated from the sale of emissions allowances to help natural areas adapt to the impacts of climate change. This revenue would fund efforts to:
Implement strong adaptation plans with science and nature as an integral part of the planning process.
Legislation introduced by Senators Joseph Lieberman and John Warner would dedicate 20 percent of the revenue generated from a national greenhouse gas cap and trade program to help natural areas adapt to climate change, resulting in more than $2 billion per year in dedicated conservation funding.
We work towards our climate change policy goals in close collaboration with scientists and our many conservation partners. We also engage in policy discussions through:
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Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Harvey Payne (Bison in tall grass prairie); Mark Godfrey/TNC (visitors at the Piney Grove Preserve of Southeastern Virginia).