Global analysis of constraints to natural climate solutions implementation

According to Oxford Academic, NCS hold major climate mitigation potential, yet their implementation is hindered by social, political, economic, and informational barriers. This paper maps 2,480 constraint instances across 10 pathways and 135 countries, finding that reforestation and agroforestry are most impacted. Funding gaps, policy inefficiencies, and equity concerns dominate. The authors call for adaptive, cross-sector strategies to address co-occurring constraints and improve project feasibility.

Financing forests: Complementarities between TFFF and jurisdictional REDD+

This report outlines how the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) and jurisdictional REDD+ can jointly close over 50% of the tropical forest finance gap by 2030. By addressing different needs, long-term conservation and near-term emissions reduction, they offer complementary finance pathways without double counting.

Biodiversity credits: How to ensure their integrity and impact?

In this brief, the European Forest Institute outlines key risks facing biodiversity credit market, such as weak baselines, permanence gaps, and vague metrics. It proposes science-based safeguards, governance standards, and policy roles to ensure integrity and avoid repeating carbon market failures.

Forest resilience and disturbance: What role does biodiversity play?

This policy brief from the European Forest Institute outlines how biodiversity can enhance forest resilience amid climate-driven disturbances. It offers guidance for policymakers and forest managers on using species diversity, structural complexity, and novel management approaches to stabilise ecosystems.

NDCs as levers for prosperity, health & resilience

Climate Crisis Advisory Group argues that NDCs must go beyond emissions targets to unlock co-benefits like health, jobs, and resilience. The report outlines how just transition principles and localised, inclusive policy design can strengthen national climate strategies and deliver prosperity for the most vulnerable.

Unlocking the blue carbon premium: How natural capital and resilience are repricing carbon

Earth Security reports that despite their ecological and climate value, blue carbon projects remain underfunded due to undervalued credits. This report offers a premium pricing strategy, anchored in co-benefit certification, equitable benefit-sharing, and market positioning, to elevate blue carbon as a high-impact climate asset. It explores buyer trends, price benchmarks, and certification systems, calling for developers, buyers, and standard-setters to collectively reshape market expectations around value and integrity.

The great climate solution: The amazon rainforest and carbon market

A report by Earth Innovation Institute states that the Amazon Forest Climate Solution (AFCS) offers a near-term pathway to global climate impact, potentially achieving 1.5 GtCO₂e in reductions by 2030, double the EU target. Brazil’s jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs are central to this, generating credits tied to state-wide performance, not isolated projects. The report highlights regulatory clarity, Article 6 integration, and partnerships (e.g. with China) as critical to scaling. JREDD+ could yield $10–20B in revenue and support inclusive forest economies.

Nature Finance Focus: Tracking Global Trends in Nature Investment

This June 2025 report by Pollination highlights the growing importance of nature in investment strategies, with a focus on how institutional investors can engage with the voluntary carbon market. It offers practical tools to assess nature-related risks, dependencies, and opportunities across portfolios.

Evolving Markets, Emerging Solutions

This April 2025 report by the Carbon Market Institute and Westpac, examines how Australia’s carbon markets are maturing, exploring supply and demand trends, policy reforms, Indigenous leadership, technology innovation, and international opportunities for advancing decarbonisation.