A new coalition of governments, Indigenous Peoples, investors, intermediaries, standard setters, and civil society today announced the launch of the Scaling J-REDD+ Coalition, a collective effort to accelerate action and finance for forests at the scale needed to meet global climate goals. UN-REDD is part of this coalition.
There is no path to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement without action on forests. Conserving and restoring forests could provide up to 20% of the mitigation potential needed to limit global warming, while safeguarding biodiversity, water, and livelihoods for over one billion people.
Building on progress through the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ and the commitments made in the Global Stocktake at COP28, the new Coalition brings together partners working to scale. Jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+), a high-integrity approach to channeling finance to entire forest jurisdictions. J-REDD+ offers a credible, mature pathway to mobilize $3–6 billion per year by 2030 to halt and reverse tropical deforestation, according to UNEP's State of Finance for Forests report. It is a critical part of a set of complementary solutions outlined in the recent Forest Finance Roadmap.
Collective ambition and concrete action
Coalition members are working to grow a stable, flourishing market for high-integrity jurisdictional forest carbon credits by strengthening the enabling environment and continuing to improve on it. This will mobilize much needed finance for forest conservation and restoration, and support and deliver social benefits. Members have already helped establish enabling policies, mobilize early finance, and pioneer transactions that demonstrate both integrity and scalability.
Under the Coalition’s shared declaration, members have committed to:
- Deliver measurable environmental, economic, and social benefits while respecting social and environmental safeguards through high-integrity J-REDD+ programs in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and with local communities.
- Ensure the inclusion of the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and of local communities, respect for their self-determination and other rights, and the strengthening of their relationship with States, grounded in trust, intercultural dialogue, and shared responsibility.
- Mobilize upfront finance and technical support to accelerate credit issuance and facilitate nesting of project-scale activities.
- Boost high-integrity demand for J-REDD+ credits, recognizing their role in corporate climate and nature leadership.
Next steps
The Coalition will build on these foundations by deepening collaboration, aligning integrity standards, and coordinating efforts across supply and demand to unlock large-scale investment in forests. Upcoming actions include the launch of ART’s Beyond Carbon Benefits Certification, implementation of new J-REDD+ programs under the World Bank’s Scaling Climate Action by Lowering Emissions (SCALE) partnership, and additional Article 6 & CORSIA trades featuring nature-based credits.
