- Developing a verification scheme and bolstering a new nature-based project registry that the state is developing (SB 27)
- Assist with the continued effort of incorporating NWL into the state’s climate strategy (e.g. Scoping Plan)
This position will work in coordination with the California Natural Resources Agency to develop the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy, as required by SB 27. This position will also play a lead role at the Air Resources Board in establishing carbon dioxide removal targets for 2030 and beyond, and shall take into consideration the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy, science-based data, cost-effectiveness, and technological feasibility in setting the targets.Duties include serving as an expert in natural and working lands issues. The selected candidate will help support CARB’s efforts in this policy domain by conducting technical and policy analysis and quantifying the costs, benefits, and equity implications of natural and working lands policies. Additionally, the candidate will identify research needs that advance CARB’s understanding of cutting-edge issues in natural and working lands. The candidate will engage and collaborate with relevant stakeholders including, but not limited to, public agencies, research institutions, equity stakeholders, developers, industry, and other CARB staff, management, and executive leadership teams. This candidate must understand the complexities of natural and working lands and the roles that policy, technology, and the natural environment play. The candidate should also be aware of the social equity implications of natural and working lands policies and be able to develop strategies to ensure low-income and Black, Indigenous, and people of color benefit from such policies.The candidate would need to have some quantitative skills. It is mostly STEM and not policy.