UN-REDD Programme

🌿 Empowering Indigenous leadership in forest conservation across Latin America Across Latin America, Indigenous Peoples are reshaping the future of forest conservation and climate finance, ensuring that global mechanisms translate into real territorial benefits and long-term community impact. 🌎💚 From 6–8 October 2025, Indigenous leaders and technical experts gathered in Lima for a powerful exchange on forest monitoring, governance, and climate finance, with a special focus on Jurisdictional REDD+. 🔍 Key insights from the dialogue 💡 Strengthening governance: Innovative approaches to local governance are emerging as communities integrate forest monitoring and climate finance frameworks into their territorial management systems. 🌱 Territorial revitalization: Technical tools are helping Indigenous organizations reaffirm stewardship over their lands while improving coordination with government institutions. 🤝 Expanding alliances: Participation in climate finance mechanisms is paving the way for new regional and global alliances, uniting Indigenous Peoples around shared goals: 🌍 Why this matters These exchanges mark a significant shift, from being participants to becoming co-architects of forest and climate governance. Their leadership is shaping not only local outcomes but the future of global conservation strategies. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dzTmrSw3 #SaveForestsNow

🌍✨ Happening from 24–27 Nov: Regional Learning Lab on Benefit-Sharing for REDD+ in Africa The UN-REDD Programme, in collaboration with the African Forest Forum (AFF) The World Bank, is coordinating a Learning Lab in Lusaka, Zambia, bringing together representatives from 12 African countries to strengthen effective, just, and fair benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSMs) for REDD+ in Africa. 💡 The lab is focusing on;  🔹 Financing social inclusion at scale 🔹 Managing consultation costs and processes 🔹 Linking BSMs to carbon rights and land tenure 🔹 Bridging national frameworks to community-level implementation 🔹 Ensuring benefit-sharing systems meet market and donor requirements This week’s discussions aim to accelerate high-integrity, people-centred climate action across Africa. 📢 Stay tuned for more updates!  #ClimateFinance #BenefitSharing #SaveForestsNow

🌿✨ Women leading climate-smart agriculture in northern Ghana In the Tungteiya Women’s Cooperative in Bunlung, Savelugu District, the Ghana Shea Landscape Emission Reductions Project, funded by the Green Climate Fund, is creating new opportunities for women to grow, lead, and thrive in climate-smart agriculture across the Northern Savannah region. Yesterday, with support from UN-REDD Programme, UNDP, and the Global Shea Alliance, a focus group discussion was held with women beneficiaries to better understand how the project is transforming their lives. Using The W+ Standard, the project is now measuring and quantifying women’s empowerment, tracking improvements in livelihoods, decision-making power, and overall well-being. This ensures that climate action not only reduces emissions, but lifts up the women who are central to sustainable land management. 👉🏻 Learn more about the W+ Standard here: https://www.wplus.org/ #SaveForestsNow #WomenEmpowerment #ClimateAction

Asia moves from readiness to implementation on REDD+ investments The UN-REDD Programme convened a high-level REDD+ Investment Roundtable in Seoul, Republic of Korea, bringing together governments, corporate buyers, and investors to accelerate results-based finance and Article 6 implementation under the Paris Agreement. 🔥 Building on July’s breakthrough in London, the Seoul Roundtable pushed momentum forward, moving from exploration and trust-building to implementation and real transactions. 💡 Key Highlights 🤝 Governments, corporate buyers, and investors aligned on scaling high-integrity REDD+ transactions 🌱 Strong focus on results-based finance and clear pathways toward Article 6 operationalization 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/daPm6mQq #SaveForestsNow #COP30 #ClimateFinance

✨ New learning Journal released: National Strategies or Action Plans (NS/AP) Crafting strong National Strategies or Action Plans is at the heart of effective #REDD+ implementation, and now, learners have a dedicated space to explore, reflect, and deepen their understanding. 🌱📘 This journal helps practitioners: ➡️ Understand the essential elements of REDD+ National Strategies & Action Plans ➡️ Reflect on real-world examples and country experiences ➡️ Connect REDD+ policy design with practical implementation pathways ➡️ Strengthen their capacity to develop robust, country-driven strategies 📝 What you’ll find inside;  ➡️ Guided reflection prompts ➡️ Key concepts and summaries ➡️ Links between national planning & global climate goals ➡️ Space to connect theory → action ➡️ Micro-learning tools 👉 Explore the Learning Journal here: https://lnkd.in/dD6d4nBj  #ClimateAction #NationalStrategies #SaveForestsNow #COP30

Brazil leads global dialogue on financing solutions for forest protection As the world looks toward #COP30, one message is getting louder: protecting forests requires bold, innovative, and scalable financing. In a new update from the COP30 Secretariat, Brazil brought together countries, experts, and global partners to accelerate financing solutions for forest conservation, focusing on long-term impact and shared responsibility. 💡 Key highlights from the dialogue 🌍 Brazil positioned itself as a global convener on forest protection and climate finance 💰 Discussions focused on new financial mechanisms to scale forest conservation 🤝 Collaboration was emphasized between governments, Indigenous Peoples, and international institutions 🔄 The goal: align global commitments with practical, sustainable funding pathways 🌱 A strong push for innovative mechanisms that reward countries for keeping forests standing 👉 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eDG7pz3G #ClimateFinance #SaveForestsNow

🌍 High-risk forests give us the highest return, Let’s act now Did you know that the forests most at risk are also the ones delivering the greatest benefits to our climate, water, food security, and livelihoods? 🌱🔥 A new UN-REDD report reveals just how essential these ecosystems are, and how urgent it is to protect them. Protecting forests is one of the highest-value investments we can make, for people and the planet. 🔗 Explore the co-benefits in the full assessment here: https://lnkd.in/df8JxMix  #SaveForestsNow #ClimateAction #COP30

📢 A major new coalition launches at #COP30 A game-changing global alliance was just launched in Belém: The Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition — uniting governments, Indigenous Peoples, investors, standard setters, civil society and UN-REDD to rapidly scale high-integrity forest finance like never before. 🌳💸 🌱 Why this matters 🌍 Tropical forests provide up to 20% of global mitigation potential 💰 J-REDD+ could unlock $3–6B/year by 2030 🧑🤝🧑 Indigenous Peoples & local communities are central to governance and benefit-sharing 🔍 High-integrity carbon markets are critical to halt & reverse deforestation This coalition raises the bar for collaboration, strengthens integrity across the system, and aligns policy, finance, supply, and demand to accelerate climate, nature, and community outcomes. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dqtte9Q6 #ClimateAction #JREDD #ClimateFinance 🌿

📣 Join the solutions dialogue on unlocking forest finance on the road to 2030, happening today at #COP30 🗓️ Nov 17, 2025 ⏰ 10h30–12h 📍 Blue Zone, Room Parnaíba (In-person) Let’s explore how to scale high-integrity finance for forests, communities, and climate. See you there! 🌍✨ #SaveForestsNow

Uganda’s REDD+ breakthrough: A milestone for Africa, and a call for predictable climate finance 🌍🌱 Uganda has made history. In October 2025, it became the first African country to secure results-based payments from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), unlocking USD 31 million for more than 8 million tonnes of verified emission reductions achieved between 2016–2017. This marks not only a national achievement, but a continent-wide milestone demonstrating what long-term investment, strong institutions, and strategic partnerships can deliver for forests and climate action. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dj6iqHNk #ClimateAction #COP30 #SaveForestsNow