Financing Forests: A Framework for Action

Today, funding for forests falls far short of what is needed to make preservation pay. But the tools to close this gap already exist – we just need to use them all, together, and at scale. That means growing the market for jurisdictional forest carbon credits, funding the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, and fuelling the forest bioeconomy. It means easing the debt burdens that hold back forest nations and redirecting subsidies to reward forest-positive choices.

Many countries, communities and coalitions are already making progress using these financial instruments globally. COP30 provides a unique opportunity to spotlight how these instruments can come together, outlining where there has been a step change in the availability of finance and creating a shared vision for how to unlock further finance as we move towards 2030.

Members of the Forest & Climate Leaders’ Partnership, together with the COP30 Presidency, have taken on this challenge, developing a strategic framework to bring these efforts together and to help scale coordinated global action. This event will launch this framework, setting the stage for concrete action at COP30 and beyond.