Pará is set to become the first state in Brazil to secure finance from the LEAF Coalition to support its efforts to reduce deforestation, following the signing of a landmark agreement worth an estimated $180 million.
Emergent has announced the release of a new call for proposals, inviting forest governments to supply emissions reductions and removals to the LEAF Coalition.
The LEAF Coalition today announced that it has mobilized $1 billion USD for countries and states committed to increasing ambition to protect tropical and sub-tropical forests and reduce deforestation.
As the world reaches for solutions to meet globally-agreed targets for climate, biodiversity, and land degradation, the LEAF Coalition has received more than 30 proposals by sub-national governments that together encompass over half a billion hectares of forest.