The Opportunity: For the first time in history, the Government of Canada has committed to making major investments in nature-based solutions to climate change, including initiating regional and urban forest plans and planting two billion trees. Nature-based climate solutions, such as forest protection and wetlands restoration, have an important role to play in Canadian climate policy as well as generating important conservation co-benefits to address the extinction crisis. Natural climate solutions contribute to the green economy through investments in land restoration and management, and they help build a more resilient society by fostering ecosystem health and mitigating the impacts of severe weather. There is a real opportunity for the nature community to be more