Editing Jerry Brown (section)

== Post-public office ==
Following the conclusion of his career in public office, Brown has become increasingly involved with climate cooperation between United States non-state entities (including [[Michael Bloomberg]] and the Bloomberg Foundation) and China.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Joanna I. |title=Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector |date=2023 |publisher=The [[MIT Press]] |isbn=978-0-262-54482-5 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref>{{Rp|page=108}} Brown has also worked with former Chinese climate minister [[Xie Zhenhua (politician)|Xie Zhenhua]] to establish a new center for California-China climate cooperation at [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=108}}

Brown lives on a mountain ranch in California that he allows researchers including the [[California Native Plant Society]] to use as a meeting point. In 2023 a beetle in the genus ''[[Bembidium]]'' was named ''B. brownorum'' after Brown and his wife, after it was discovered on the ranch.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/28/jerry-brown-rare-beetle Insect infamy: rare beetle named for former California governor] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>