The Wildlife Conservation Board offers an existing state model for resolving the capital stacking problem that prevents multi-benefit climate projects from moving from planning to implementation. Rather than requiring applicants to independently assemble complex multi-funder packages (with each funder waiting for others to commit first) the Wildlife Conservation Board listens to project proposals and coordinates funding from multiple sources on its end, awarding aligned resources directly to shared project goals. Participants at the Catalyst Convening in the Central Coast participants named this approach as a model the state should replicate more broadly, particularly through SGC, to help regional climate plans move into coordinated, multi-benefit implementation without organizations spending their limited capacity navigating funder-by-funder negotiations.
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