This article identifies types of greenbelts, the role the greenbelts play, and policy recommendations to achieve greater climate resilience by elevating greenbelts.  The Bay Area is at a tipping point in its relationship to wildfire. Decision makers, planners, and advocates must work together on urgent solutions that will keep communities safe from wildfires while also addressing the acute housing crisis. There is huge potential for the Bay Area, and other places across the Western US, to accelerate greenbelts as critical land-use tools to bolster wildfire resilience.