Global study on Indigenous Peoples’ climate contributions (executive summary)

Led by ELATIA with support from the Mohamed bin Zayed Fund, this study offers the most comprehensive mapping yet of Indigenous Peoples’ climate leadership. It distills insights from more than 700 initiatives, highlighting self-determined solutions, nature-based innovation, and climate justice in action. It calls for a radical shift in climate finance and governance, redirecting flows, reframing impact metrics, and ensuring Indigenous Peoples are not just stakeholders, but powerholders in climate decision-making.

2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority actions for deforestation- and conversion-free finance

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.

2025 state of funding for tenure rights

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.

Finance solutions for nature: Pathways to returns and outcomes

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.

Unlocking forest finance: A roadmap for action

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.

The role of climate-positive policies in unlocking finance for inclusive green industrialization in Africa

Africa’s green industrialisation ambitions are constrained by limited finance. This Boston University report shows how climate-positive macroeconomic reforms, such as carbon pricing frameworks, climate-aligned budgeting, and public investment tools, can unlock capital at scale. It also examines the IMF’s role and offers concrete policy recommendations to align national industrial goals with climate resilience and sustainable development financing strategies.

From the ground up: Lessons from African communities on climate risk and building resilience with nature

Fauna & Flora’s report elevates grassroots perspectives from three African regions confronting climate impacts. It documents community-driven nature-based solutions in savannahs and coastal zones, offering insight into how local leadership and ecosystem stewardship deliver tangible resilience. The report calls for policy frameworks and adaptation finance flows that embed equity, empower Indigenous knowledge, and address region-specific vulnerabilities.

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.