State Public-Private Partnerships
for Natural Climate Solutions

Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) have immense potential to counter climate change through greenhouse gas mitigation and increased adaptation and resilience. Through practices such as regenerative agriculture, reforestation, and ecosystem restoration, NCS can support biodiversity, promote equity, and foster economic growth and community development.

However, large-scale NCS implementation depends on significant investment, and currently there are massive gaps in traditional funding streams and a dearth of resources across federal, state, and local governments. Therefore, state-level public-private partnerships have the potential to be catalytic in driving the necessary scale to solutions  through innovative financing.

At this convening, we will strategize on how to scale, de-risk, and deploy capital through partnerships at the state and regional levels and private investment.

In addition to brainstorming and proposing practical solutions, this  gathering offers the opportunity for participants to slow down in a beautiful setting in order to connect with peers and the  natural world they seek to serve. At VCI, we’re meeting this moment by bringing leaders together to slow down, connect, and restore so that they can think, discuss, innovate, and plan.

This convening will build upon a previous VCI  climate finance-focused convening held in October 2025.