Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 15 November 2025 By Day Five in Belém, delegates have settled into their groove. The frantic energy of earlier in the week has given way to something more.

Discovered the hidden food court (vegan sandwiches + Guaraná Zero = summit fuel).

A peaceful protest at the main gate rerouted thousands of people.

Catch the full dispatch from Belém: buff.ly/seaoD6p

#COP30 #ClimateAction #BelémBuzz #ForestFinance #ClimateJustice #InsideCOP30

How can the new #TropicalForestForeverFacility succeed?
The upcoming launch of the #TFFF at #COP30 represents a major step toward scaling #ForestFinance. But its success depends on fundamental structural changes: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre... #TheCurrentColumn

State of Finance for Forests 2025 The first State of Finance for Forests (SFF) report: Unlock. Unleash. Realizing forest potential requires tripling investments in forests by 2030 provides a global overview of public and private fores...

@unep.org releases its State of Finance for Forests 2025 report 🌍

Findings - Forests are severely underfunded 🌲🌳🌲

Annual investment must jump from $84B in 2023 to $300B by 2030 and $498B by 2050. This leaves an annual gap of approx\$216B

#ForestFinance #Conservation

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Ecosia’s Call, Kenya’s Bet and the Fight for Forest Funds From Mexico’s green cuts to Microsoft’s cement bet and stalled Indigenous funding, this week’s stories trace climate finance fault lines.

This week in forest finance 🌱💰

🌍 Ecosia opens fund to planters
🇧🇷 Brazil’s TFFF eyes $125B
🇰🇪 Kenya links trees to GDP
🇪🇺 Nordics push back on LULUCF
🌐 CDOP launches data fix

#forestfinance #carbonmarkets #naturebasedsolutions #REDDplus #climatefinance #forests

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At #ClimateWeekNYC, I joined “A New Moment of Potential” with Ruth Davis, Jen Morris & Nigel Topping. Forests are central to climate action, together we explored how policy, finance & regenerative agriculture can unlock forest-positive solutions.

#ForestFinance #ClimateAction #COP30

UK Aid, Singapore Buys and the Debate Over Forest Offsets From UK offsets to REDD+ reform and Singapore’s carbon spree, this week’s forest finance roundup follows the money—and the questions.

This week in forest finance 🌲💸

🇬🇧 UK offsets dominate aid

🇧🇷 JREDD+ grows, questions follow

🇧🇩 SIDA funds mangroves

🍏 Apple’s redwood math

🇸🇬 Singapore buys big
#forestfinance #carbonmarkets #REDDplus #biodiversity #climatefinance #naturebasedsolutions #forests

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The “A New Moment of Potential” panel at Financing the Forest Agenda during #ClimateWeekNYC highlighted forests, climate finance, and solutions that work. Grateful to share the stage with Ruth Davis, Jen Morris, and Nigel Topping.

#ForestFinance #ClimateAction #COP30

Renoster’s Pivot, ForestScan’s Map and Tropical Trade-Offs As Renoster launches Apollo and ForestScan sets new benchmarks, the path to credible carbon unfolds in this week's forest news.

Weekly forest news:
🌲 Renoster pivots from rating to removals with Apollo

🛰 ForestScan sets a new biomass benchmark

🌊 Blue carbon gains in the Maldives

📑 Brazil’s Amazon states prep integrity playbook

#forestfinance #VCM #biomass #bluecarbon #Brazil #Maldives

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Blue Carbon Tools, Brazil’s Pitch and California’s Push From Brazil’s pasturelands to California’s wildfire plans, new funding models test how far restoration can go—and who it really serves.

🌍 This week in forest finance:
🇧🇷 $141B on Brazil’s restoration ledger

🌊 A cost tool for blue carbon investments

🌲 California’s $18B wildfire fund

💸 $250M for Chestnut Carbon

#forestfinance #Brazil #BlueCarbon #California #wildfire #carbonmarkets #NetZero

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Mayan Maps, Missing Data and the Price of Planting Trees From Mayan jungle borders to global planting claims, new tools are exposing the cracks in reforestation data and the maps meant to guide it.

🛰️ 1.2M planting sites checked — 79% fail at least one integrity test.

🌍 Mayan jungle pact spans 14M acres.

🔥 Canada’s wildfire smoke now a health risk.

#forestfinance #carbonmarkets #reforestation #dataintegrity #MayanJungle #CanadaFires #NetZero #forests

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This Week In Forest Finance, June 12 Forest finance in motion: how global investment is beginning to reflect the true value of nature-based solutions.

🌍💰 Forests are finally getting their financial due—sort of. From Togo’s billion-tree blitz to billion-dollar carbon markets, #ForestFinance is having a moment.

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#NatureBasedSolutions #climatefinance #reforestation #IndigenousRights #carbonmarkets 🌿🔥📊

This Week In Forest Finance, May 22 Re.green lands $14M, UNDP boosts green startups in PH, DFC backs Nigeria SMEs, Base Carbon bets on India trees, ASEAN-UK opens NbS bids.

Big $$ for trees this week: re.green gets $14M, Nigeria funds green SMEs, and ASEAN-UK opens NbS bids. 🌳💰 #ForestFinance #ClimateAction

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Weekly Forest News, May 16 From billion-tree pledges to mixed-reality forest tools, this week’s reforestation roundup unpacks who governs, who funds, and who’s coding the future of global forest restoration.

🌳 From billion-tree
pledges to biodiversity in 3D, this week’s forest recap dives into the
politics, code & cash behind reforestation
💬 Who’s funding the forest? Who’s governing it? Who’s tracing your cocoa?
#forestfinance #reforestation #NatureTech #ClimateData

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Weekly Forest News, May 2 Forests, offsets, wetlands & carbon sinks: this week’s global reforestation roundup is one for the climate books.

🌳 From Uganda to the Amazon, carbon to canopy—this week’s forest news has roots, routes & revelations. Reforestation, carbon credit data drops, and climate capitalism—catch up now!
#Reforestation #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #ForestFinance 🌱 groundtruth.app/weekly-fores...

This Week In Forest Finance, May 1 This week in forest finance: $30M for Mombak, $463M for Tanzania, FSC-Mirova pact, and carbon markets still lagging.

🌳💸 $30M for Amazon reforestation, carbon markets stall, and Laos goes green. #forestfinance #ClimateAction #CarbonRemoval groundtruth.app/this-week-in...

This Week in Forest Finance, April 03 U.S. funding freeze hits rhino conservation; global reforestation efforts surge with new public-private partnerships

Rhino patrols stall, Amazon trees boom 🌳🦏 U.S. funding freeze shakes forest finance—this week’s roundup is wild.
#ForestFinance #Conservation #Reforestation groundtruth.app/this-week-in...

This Week In Forest Finance February 13 Reforestation scales globally: Indigenous-led funds like Nusantara and IPAS, Hudson Valley grants, and Brazil’s Ambipar partnership."

Reforestation scales globally: Indigenous-led funds, major grants, and carbon removal innovations. #Reforestation #ClimateAction #ForestFinance

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This Week In Forest Finance, January 30 Forest finance updates: $450K in NY grants, NZ afforestation funds, $1.5B Amazon project, Manulife & Microsoft invest in carbon credits.

Money is flowing to forests! Grants, investments, and carbon deals are shaping global reforestation. #ForestFinance #ESG #Transparency #Reforestation

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This Week in Forest Finance, January 2 This Week in Forest Finance: from Niagara’s reforestation push to $100M Tunisian landscape grants, global efforts plant trees and who's funding them.

Explore the latest in #ForestFinance: key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping restoration funding. #Reforestation #ClimateAction

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This Week in Forest Finance, December 18 Forest Finance: Colombia’s mangroves, Brazil’s babassu forests, Australia’s plantations, and Canada’s forest restoration drive sustainability.

This week in #ForestFinance: $47.4M for Colombia’s mangroves, Brazil empowers women in babassu forests, Australia boosts plantations with $73.76M, and Canada invests in Tekwänt’e Man restoration. Read more: groundtruth.app/this-week-in...