REDD+ Investments in Africa: implementation roundtable

This Roundtable is a direct follow-up to the first-ever REDD+ Investment Roundtable held in London in July 2025, which brought together jurisdictions and corporate buyers and began identifying practical pathways to high-integrity forest carbon deals.

While the London engagement focused on exploration—building trust, gauging interest, and identifying barriers—the Johannesburg event aims to deepen the dialogue through practical case studies and real-world applications. As jurisdictions such as Ethiopia, Ghana and Zambia move closer to implementing credit issuance, the emphasis shifts toward understanding the structuring of transactions: managing pricing risk, standardizing contracts, ensuring credit quality, and exploring pathways for private sector participation.

Ultimately, this aims to support the broader objective of demonstrating that a clear and structured market is emerging. This evolving signal is expected to inform discussions leading into COP30, highlighting that jurisdictional REDD+ is progressing from a policy concept toward practical implementation.

Agenda

Objectives

• Position selected REDD+ jurisdictions as near-term suppliers ready to transact with aviation and other potential buyers

• Facilitate structured discussions to de-risk and advance transactions

• Support collaboration and financial literacy among jurisdictions on deal structuring and conditions for fair, high-integrity deals at scale

• Identify key investment barriers that are preventing progress and practical ways we can move past them

Who’s in the room

• Government REDD+ programme leads from jurisdictional suppliers

• Buyers and procurement teams from aviation, mining, and other carbon-intensive sectors

• Carbon market investors and intermediaries

• Insurance providers / risk managers

• Legal, financial structuring, and technical advisors