International forest-related climate finance

Forests are complex ecosystems, which fulfil many functions. They also have a major global role as carbon sinks. The project improved the effectiveness of climate financing approaches that have a positive impact on forest conservation. In the partner countries capacities were increased to reduce emissions from forest and land use. The project pursued three active approaches aimed at achieving more climate protection through the strengthening of forests: At the international level, the issue of climate financing was better positioned and more private involvement in this area was encouraged. The cooperation of stakeholders was also improved, resulting in more efficient implementation of forest-relevant climate financing and better achievement of the goals of the New York Declaration on Forests. In addition, it improved the coordination of donors, who were responsible for climate financing and knowledge transfer from the project activities.

Project data

Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Peru
IKI funding: 9,200,000.00 €
Duration: 05/2018 till 04/2025
Status: completed
Political Partner: Diverse climate change relevant institutions in the respective partner countries/Diverse klimarelevante Institutionen in den entsprechenden Partnerländern
Implementing Partner: GANSO
Online: https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/80328.html

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State of implementation/results

Project completed.
Organisation and implementation of numerous technical events, including on the environmental integrity of forest-related standards in carbon markets, the measurement of forest area change and the role of integrated approaches ("nesting") in forest conservation.
Workshops on "Implications of the new rules of the Paris Agreement/Article 6 for the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)".
Organisation of meetings of the GER-NOR-UK-USA donor partnership on Forest & Climate Finance to strengthen policy dialogue and coordination.
Technical and coordination support to the governments of DEU, NOR and UK in planning, implementing and monitoring a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) on forest protection with Colombia and preparing its renewal after 2025.
Continued support to DEU, NOR, UK and US governments in forest-related climate cooperation with Peru, especially on the preparation for the renewal of the JDI with Peru after 2025 through coordination, dialog formats and analyses.
Publication of Orbitas reports and a web-based tool analyzing climate and deforestation risks for investors and companies linked to tropical products and commodities.
Publication of technical articles, including on the role of China and the EU in promoting deforestation-free supply chains (Econet Monitor 08/2020) and on forest-related quality standards in carbon markets, basic income for forest and nature conservation.
Technical support to the client in the implementation and monitoring of multilateral donor programs to finance forest conservation and support indigenous communities.
Conceptual support for piloting innovative digital tools for forest climate finance, such as the Football for Forests (F4F) initiative and an app that restored tropical forests in Colombia with the participation of local communities.
Technical advice to the Federal Foreign Office on the World Bank's "BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes" (ISFL) and on the IKI contribution to the World Bank's PROGREEN Trust Fund for Brazil.

Latest Update:
12/2025