Unlocking High-Integrity Jurisdictional REDD+: Building the Pipeline for Forest Finance at Scale

Forests are increasingly recognised as essential to achieving global climate goals, while also supporting biodiversity, sustainable development, and the rights and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. As governments, companies, and financial institutions seek credible pathways to meet climate commitments, demand is growing for high-integrity forest carbon solutions capable of delivering durable emissions reductions alongside meaningful social and environmental outcomes.

Jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD) programmes are increasingly recognized as central to the future of forest finance. Operating at national and subnational scales, they address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation through public policy, governance reforms, sustainable land-use approaches, and partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

Many jurisdictions have strong governance, safeguards, benefit-sharing, and institutional systems required to generate high-integrity jurisdictional forest carbon credits. However, significant gaps remain between jurisdictional progress and market understanding.

Strengthening transparency, visibility, and understanding is therefore essential to scaling high-integrity jurisdictional forest carbon finance. The event will introduce the JTAP J-REDD Market Readiness Platform, a new transparency and market engagement tool designed to improve visibility on jurisdictional progress toward issuance and transactions.

This event will convene governments from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, and Papua New Guinea, alongside Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, corporate buyers, financial institutions, philanthropic organizations, and technical partners to:

• Strengthen understanding of high-integrity jurisdictional REDD+ programmes and their role in delivering scalable climate solutions
• Improve visibility on the pathway from implementation to issuance and transactions;
• Highlight the importance of strong social integrity systems in in supporting the delivery of benefits to communities and forest governance, programme credibility and market confidence;
• Foster dialogue between jurisdictions, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, buyers, and financial partners; and
• Catalyse partnerships, financing opportunities, and long-term engagement in high-integrity jurisdictional forest carbon markets.

The afternoon programme will conclude with a networking reception with drinks and canapés.