Nature-based carbon projects face acute early-stage finance gaps. This report applies the Capital Continuum Framework to match project risk profiles with appropriate financial instruments, from concessional capital and prepayments to credit-backed securitisation. It outlines how carbon finance can serve both catalytic and transitional roles, bridging high-impact landscapes to long-term sustainability. Backed by investor interviews and project case studies, it offers a structured pathway for unlocking finance at scale.

This annual progress report by Forest Tenure Funders Group tracks funding commitments under the $1.7B IPLC Forest Tenure Pledge. It shows how much has been disbursed, where it’s gone, and which delivery models are working to strengthen Indigenous land tenure, rights, and governance globally.

The Forest Declaration’s 2025 roadmap offers targeted actions for embedding deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) standards across the financial system. Tailored guidance is provided for policymakers (fiscal tools, finance alignment), regulators (risk frameworks, stress testing), and investors (portfolio screening, nature disclosure). Designed to accelerate DCF capital alignment by 2030, the paper serves as a companion to the Global Forest Vision and complements national-level priority actions.

Compiled by RRI and RFN, this report provides the clearest picture yet of the state of funding for tenure rights between 2011–2024. It maps funding flows, reveals chronic underfunding of Indigenous and local tenure systems, and identifies key trends in disbursement mechanisms. The report offers six actions to rewire donor systems and ensure that more funding reaches the frontline defenders of land and forests. It serves as the data backbone of the global Path to Scale initiative.

This WEF report identifies and ranks 10 high-impact finance solutions for nature, including green bonds, PES, and debt-for-nature swaps, and outlines practical actions to unlock them at scale. It’s a blueprint for aligning returns and outcomes in the emerging nature finance market.

This Roadmap by FCLP sets out six feasible strategies to unlock tropical forest finance ahead of COP30. Developed with support from the COP30 Presidency and UNEP, it targets public and private actors and aims to close the tropical forest finance gap by scaling initiatives with proven potential.