Launched during New York Climate Week in collaboration with Brazil and supported by UNEP, the plan sets six priority actions to mobilize global finance and end deforestation by 2030
On 23 September at the New York Climate Week (NYCW), the Forest & Climate Leaders’ Partnership (FCLP), a coalition of 34 governments, released the Forest Finance Roadmap for Action, a six-point plan to close the world’s forest finance gap and accelerate progress toward halting and reversing forest loss by 2030.
Developed in collaboration with the Government of Brazil and supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Roadmap responds to new UNEP analysis estimating an annual $66.8 billion funding gap for forests in tropical countries.
The Roadmap is the first joint framework that unites governments from the Global North and South around a common vision for mobilizing and coordinating finance. Aligned with the COP30 Action Agenda and Presidency Priorities, it translates high-level pledges—such as the COP26 Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration—into concrete, finance-ready solutions that can be scaled in Belém and beyond.
At the launch, ministers and senior leaders outlined six priority actions designed to unlock billions in public and private investment:
- Establishing innovative financial mechanisms and the Tropical Forests Forever Facility,
- Expanding demand for high-integrity jurisdictional forest credits,
- Accelerating the forest bioeconomy,
- Redirecting supply-chain finance,
- Aligning fiscal policies, and
- Leveraging sovereign-debt instruments to reward forest resilience.
Collectively, these measures could conservatively generate tens of billions of dollars annually by 2030, demonstrating that forest protection and economic development can advance together.
Real-world momentum is already evident. Costa Rica and Guyana are channeling carbon-credit revenues into conservation and Indigenous community support. Kenya is scaling sustainable wood in green construction, Brazil is expanding rural credit for climate-smart agriculture, and Uruguay has issued the first deforestation-linked sovereign bond. Private-sector announcements, including the Brazil Restoration and Bioeconomy Finance Coalition’s $4.5 billion commitment, reinforced that the Roadmap’s vision is both practical and investable.
