Authored by Alvaro Vallejo, this report consolidates current thinking, market data, and emerging standards for voluntary biodiversity credits, mapping methodologies, governance, verification, and market design features shaping credible, investable nature-positive outcomes.
Published by Forest Trends, this landscape report maps finance architecture affecting IPLCs, identifies barriers to access and accountability, and compiles tools and data portals to improve transparency, direct access, rights safeguards and equitable benefit-sharing in climate and conservation finance.
The report by UNEP benchmarks current flows against needs and finds a large annual gap to 2030. It proposes unlocking capital through clear national rules (including Article 6 readiness), integrity standards, and pipelines that blend public instruments with private demand from VCM/compliance markets. Case references show how registry, MRV and safeguards architecture, paired with de-risking tools, can mobilise scaled, durable investment aligned with climate and biodiversity goals.
Published by UNEP, this analysis maps tropical “high-risk forests” where protection yields the greatest combined returns for people and climate, quantifying services for water, food, hazard mitigation and livelihoods to guide where finance and policy should prioritise action.
Published by IFC’s, this guidance frames blue finance within green/sustainable markets and adds clearer eligibility screens across water, plastics, shipping, aquaculture and marine conservation. It offers example KPIs/indicators, links to IFC Performance Standards and Paris alignment, and case studies for structuring blue bonds/loans and SLIs. It helps market participants select activities, manage E&S risks, and disclose results that build integrity and investor confidence.
Published by the Forest Declaration Assessment coalition, the 2025 edition tracks progress toward 2030 forest goals with a focus on finance and market signals, integrity developments, uptake of forest credits across VCM and compliance channels, and policy pathways (including Article 6) shaping investment into priority forest landscapes.
Published by the Green Finance Institute’s Revenues for Nature, this practical guide catalogues nature-positive revenue models that channel private capital into supply chains. It sets design criteria, shows cashflow structures, and explains risk-sharing, MRV and governance features corporates and investors need to scale investment. Case examples illustrate when to use outcome-based payments, credits and certification, and how to align incentives from farmers to finance.
This guidance by Patch, BCG and Oxford Net Zero shows how to set and operate an internal carbon price aligned with net-zero goals, covering price types (implicit, shadow, real), governance, capital allocation, and case studies that link pricing to credible abatement.
Published by Patch, this practical guide helps companies procure high-integrity carbon credits. It outlines buying pathways, contract types, and risk factors, with RFP and due-diligence tools to ensure integrity and value. Case studies from Bain, Nokia, DocuSign, and Etsy show how to structure timelines, manage pricing, and align purchases with credible claims.
Published by Supercritical, this report analyses the barriers and breakthroughs shaping biochar’s path to 2030 as a leading carbon-removal technology, highlighting financing gaps, feedstock challenges, and the need for diversified supply and bankable offtakes.