Providing Access to Long-Term Sustainable Income from Forest Protection
Emergent helps forest governments to maximize proceeds from Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs, purchasing high-integrity credits for sale to public and private sector buyers.
While the market for JREDD+ credits continues to mature and remains volatile, Emergent aims to support forest governments in navigating this uncertainty to manage risk while optimizing price.
To date, Emergent has signed agreements with six forest governments - Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, the Brazilian state of Pará and Nepal - worth over $300 million.
Flexible Approach
Emergent is committed to a collaborative approach, forming long-term relationships with forest governments co-creating solutions that support individual government priorities. Three flexible transaction options are currently available:
Forward Offtake Agreements
Prior to issuance, buyers agree to purchase a fixed volume of credits at a predetermined price over multiple years, supporting revenue predictability.
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Floor Price (Exclusive to LEAF)
This offers sellers a guaranteed minimum price for a portion of credits, reducing risk - exclusively available through LEAF Coalition with support from Sovereign partners.
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Spot Transactions
Immediate purchase and sale of carbon credits at the current market rate following issuance, offering liquidity for sellers seeking immediate revenues.
Ways of Working
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Simple Transaction Structure
We offer forest governments greater ease of doing business, with the potential to sell to multiple public and private sector buyers via a single contract with Emergent.
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Advance Payments & Technical Assistance
Emergent has raised a $25 million Advance Payment Facility to enable governments to access upfront finance to cover early-stage costs of generating and issuing jurisdictional emissions reductions and removals.
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Maximized returns
As a non-profit transaction facilitator, Emergent’s sole focus is on maximizing the flow of high-integrity funds to tropical forest countries. Emergent funding comes from grants and small transaction fees paid by buyers.
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High-Integrity Buyers
Access to a growing group of high-integrity private sector buyers via the LEAF Coalition, which are investing to protect forests, in addition to, not instead of, tackling their value chain emissions.
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Wide Public-Private Buyer Network
Emergent has a large pool of public and private sector buyers who have committed a total of $1 billion+ for purchases of credits via the LEAF Coalition:
$1B
of public-private finance committed
30+
major corporations
$300m+
of nature-based climate finance in signed LEAF Coalition agreements
Emergent and LEAF: Global Reach
Meeting the Market Challenges
Emergent’s flexible transaction options enable us to support forest governments in meeting key market challenges:
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