In this article, Irene Vélez-Torres, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, shares her thoughts on the outcomes of COP30 for forest protection, including the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF: "We’ve already achieved something quite remarkable here in Belém for forests. Until now, finance was fragmented and inconsistent. We didn’t have a proposition that truly gave the forests a living value that could start to rival the lands worth destroyed. The launch of a new tropical forest fund - the TFFF - with $5.5 billion in investment so far and set to rise in the coming months, stands to be the legacy of this COP. To those countries that have not yet invested I would say, this is the centre of gravity on forest finance now. If you don’t have a seat at the table, one day you will look your grandchildren in the eye and explain why you stood by and let our forests burn." Thank you for the support and partnership in making this possible. 🌍🌳 #COP30 #ClimateAction #ForestProtection #Sustainability #TFFF https://lnkd.in/euP8qYji
Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF
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A once-in-a-generation initiative that seeks to secure the future of tropical forests via a new financing mechanism
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The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) was proposed by the Brazilian government at COP28 in Dubai as an innovative mechanism to provide tropical forest countries with large-scale, predictable, performance-based payments to maintain and increase forest coverage — offering positive incentives aligned with national fiscal planning. The TFFF’s financing model combines public investment with private market borrowing, aiming to mobilize around USD 4 billion annually, to be distributed among forest countries. Countries will only receive payments proportional to their conserved tropical and subptropical broadleaf moist forest area—after satellite imagery confirms deforestation levels remained below a defined threshold. Deductions will apply for each hectare deforested or degraded. This amount is three to four times the discretionary budgets of environmental ministries in major forested countries—and dozens or even hundreds of times more than what is currently paid by the voluntary carbon market. In other words, TFFF could have a transformative impact on national forest conservation policies. The TFFF sets itself apart from traditional models through several key elements: it operates as a revenue-generating investment fund rather than a donation-based mechanism; it pays for results instead of financing projects; it rewards standing forests rather than compensating countries for avoided deforestation; and it maintains close dialogue with Indigenous Peoples and Local and Traditional Communities, who play a direct role in forest protection. The mechanism proposes allocating at least 20% of national payments to these populations. Tropical forests regulate the global climate, safeguard irreplaceable biodiversity, provide freshwater, and support the livelihoods of billions. Our survival depends on them. The TFFF offers a transformative opportunity to significantly scale up financial support for tropical forest countries. The TFFF is not just possible — it is essential.
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UNDP Climate and Systemiq Ltd. are joining forces to design, establish, and manage the TFFF Country Access Platform — a hub that will connect tropical forest countries with technical partners, share knowledge, and foster South-South collaboration. This platform will help countries meet TFFF eligibility criteria and accelerate access to innovative forest finance solutions. Open to all countries, voluntary, and independent from TFFF’s governing structures, it represents a major step toward turning ambition into action. Together, we’re building the architecture for a future where forests thrive and finance flows toward sustainability. #COP30 #TropicalForestsForever #ClimateAction #ForestFinance #SouthSouthCooperation #UNDP #Systemiq
📢 Breaking news at #COP30: Brazil announces a new platform to support countries in accessing the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF, an initiative endorsed by more than 50 countries and supported by over 5.5 billion dollars in commitments. At Brazil’s request, UNDP and Systemiq Ltd. will design and establish this platform to guide countries through the eligibility and preparation process. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gGmtNR6H
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Great to see this insightful analysis from Andrew Deutz on how the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF financial model works — by one of the world’s leading experts in biodiversity finance. As Managing Director, Global Policy and Partnerships at WWF and co-author of the Paulson Institute’s landmark report Financing Nature, Andrew brings deep expertise and clarity to this crucial conversation. #TFFF #TropicalForests #COP30 https://lnkd.in/eQDam__6
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On November 11, the National Council of Extractive Populations (Conselho Nacional das Populações Extrativistas) of Brazil publicly endorsed the Tropical Forests Forever Facility. Their statement is a powerful recognition of the TFFF as an innovative financial mechanism to support forest conservation and improve the lives of Amazonian extractive communities. The CNS highlighted the importance of the TFFF’s Global South leadership, its shift from donation-based models to shared responsibility, and its use of global financial tools to protect — rather than exploit — tropical forests. They emphasized the need for resources to reach communities quickly and effectively, and called for the strengthening of territorial community funds to ensure participatory and locally controlled management. The CNS represents around one million people living and working across 74 million hectares of community territories in Brazil’s Legal Amazon. This makes it one of the world’s largest networks of active forest conservation and climate action. Their support for the TFFF is a meaningful step toward building a financial architecture that values standing forests and empowers those who protect them. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ePD6xeBH #TFFF #COP30 #Belem #TropicalForests
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Deeply grateful to Professor Nicola Ranger for her powerful and clear articulation in support of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF — and for standing with us on this journey. Her voice, grounded in both scientific rigor and policy insight, is a vital contribution to the growing momentum behind this bold initiative. As we work to build a financial architecture that truly values standing forests as global public goods, having allies like Nicola makes all the difference. 🌿 Thank you for your leadership and partnership. Onward! 🌿 #TFFF #COP30 #BELEM #TropoicalForests
Executive Director | Earth Capital Nexus at LSE | Professor in Practice, Natural Capital, Risk & Finance | Nature Co-Lead for LSE’s Global School of Sustainability
"Tropical forests are 'too big to fail'. We welcome the Brazilian COP30 Presidency initiative to create the Tropical Forests Forever Facility" Last week, I had the pleasure to speak with Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Brazil's Ambassador to the UK, and Fernando Bastos, Head of Climate and Energy at the Brazilian Embassy, alongside my wonderful colleagues Erika Berenguer, Aline Soterroni and Nathalie Seddon at Oxford about the systemic importance of tropical rainforests and the global significance of the TFFF to mobilise investment in this global public good at scale. I was asked to speak on the financial vehicle of the TFFF. My key points: 🌿 TFFF fills a critical gap in the financial architecture - the financing of 'standing forests'. Existing mechanisms finance forests for one service - e.g. its carbon, its timber. TFFF recognises the value of forests as a fundamental global public good that is essential for global stability, security and resilience 🌿 It's really big! TFFF hopes to raise capital of $125bn including $25bn from public/philanthropic junior capital that enables it to mobilise a much larger private investment. This is big in development finance terms. For example, the capitalisation of IBRD (the World Bank) is about $326 bn (since 1945!) and its last recapitalisation in 2018 raised $7.5bn + $53bn 'callable capital'. 🌿 It would be difficult to do any other way - unlike other facilities, it generates grants for countries i.e. cash to invest in forest protection. The TFFF investment fund - its financial 'engine' - works like an endowment fund, with the 'spread' in interest rates generating grant finance for forest countries. This is why it has to be so large - to generate enough returns to achieve its target $4/hectare/year payout to countries with tropical forests 🌿 It's big, but 'sponsor' capital is not unprecedented. For example, the UK has invested $2.6bn in IFFIm, an innovative financial vehicle to finance vaccine development that has helped immunise 1 billion children, saving 17.3 million lives. 🌿 It represents a new model in global cooperation on financing public goods led by forest countries themselves. Brazil has committed $1bn and Indonesia has also committed. Countries are expected to give loans, with the goal of the vehicle being 'self-financing' rather than dependent on grants/cash. 🌿 Payouts are performance-based - linked to deforestation rates - creating an important incentive for tropical forest countries. More on this soon. In the meantime, you can read more about this great dialogue supported by The Agile Initiative and The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery here: https://lnkd.in/eJY5UgRV Earth Capital Nexus@LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment Global School of Sustainability at LSE Edward Davey Louise Heffernan Thomas Pickford Maggie Charnley Joanna Macrae OBE Clare Shakya Arend Kulenkampff
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🌍 We’re thrilled for the incredible support to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF, Minderoo Foundation. Commitments like these fuel our mission to protect the lungs of our planet and turn bold climate ambition into real, lasting action. 🌳💚 This is more than funding — it’s a global movement for our forests, our climate, and our future. Thank you for standing with us 🙌 #TFFF #COP30 #ClimateAction #TropicalForests #GlobalSolidarity #NatureFinance #TogetherForForests
Tropical forests are among our strongest natural defences against climate change, absorbing carbon, stabilising rainfall and safeguarding biodiversity. At #COP30, Dr Andrew Forrest announced a US$10 million investment in the Tropical Forest investment Fund - a landmark initiative which underpins the Tropical Forest Forever Facility to protect and restore the world’s tropical forests. The Fund will reward countries for keeping forests standing, helping show how collaboration and innovative finance can turn conservation into lasting climate action. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gVhqxyaj The World Bank
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As the COP30 Brazil Belém Climate Summit comes to a close, we are reflecting on a hugely successful launch. Yesterday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was joined by global leaders to officially launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF, marking a significant step toward protecting the world’s tropical forests and advancing climate action. The response exceeded all expectations: on just day one -- $5.5 billion was pledged -- more than half of the $10 billion goal set by Brazil’s Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad to achieve by the end of 2026. On day two, we saw further commitments from countries and the private sector alike. Below are the key highlights: 🌍 53 countries endorsed the TFFF Launch Declaration, including 19 potential sovereign sponsor countries and 34 Tropical Forest Countries. 🇳🇴 Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced a potential investment of NOK 30 billion ($3 billion). 🇧🇷 President Lula reaffirmed Brazil’s $1 billion contribution to the Facility. 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s Special Presidential Envoy, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, confirmed a matching $1 billion investment. 🇫🇷 France joined the initiative with a €500 million pledge. 🇵🇹 Portugal’s Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, committed $1 million. 🇳🇱 The Netherlands’ Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, confirmed $5 million for the TFFF Secretariat. 🇩🇪 Chancellor Merz confirmed Germany’s intention to contribute a considerable amount, and indicated his cabinet would meet to discuss the quantum on Wednesday, the 12th. 💰 The Minderoo Foundation announced a US$10 million (A$15.4 million) of catalytic capital. 📸 Fernando Donasci/MMA
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A historic milestone for our planet’s tropical forests. Over USD 5.5 billion has been announced for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF, as 53 countries endorse the TFFF Launch Declaration at COP30 Brazil. This marks a new era of collaboration between tropical forest nations and partner countries, driving large-scale, lasting protection for the world’s most vital ecosystems. At the TFFF, we are committed to turning this momentum into measurable impact — ensuring sustainable forest stewardship, strengthening local and Indigenous partnerships, and securing a resilient future for generations to come. Read the full press release on this historic moment here: https://lnkd.in/ehvqeGM4 #ClimateAction #COP30 #TropicalForests #Sustainability #NatureFinance
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Today marks a pivotal moment for our planet. 🌍 As we prepare to launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF later today, we call on governments, the private sector, philanthropies, and civil society to come together in support of this global effort to value and finance the conservation of tropical forests. The TFFF represents a new way forward — one that ensures lasting protection for the world’s most vital ecosystems and the communities that safeguard them. It’s time to turn ambition into action. Let’s make tropical forests last forever. #COP30 #TFFF #ClimateAction #NatureFinance #Sustainability #Forests #CollectiveAction
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Congratulations to this year’s The Earthshot Prize winner in the Protect and Restore Nature category re.green. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is proud to have stood alongside such inspiring innovators and changemakers at The Earthshot Prize in Rio. We send our congratulations to the winners and to all our fellow finalists. Your work gives hope and momentum to a global movement that values nature. Now we look forward to the official launch of Tropical Forest Forever Facility - TFFF tomorrow at the COP30 Brazil Leaders Summit in Belem! Photo © Carolina Demper #EarthshotRio #ProtectAndRestoreNature #TropicalForests #ClimateAction #NatureBasedSolutions #TFFF
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