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Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry and Emergent Sign MOU to Explore Climate Finance Opportunities for Forest Emission Reductions

26 June 2026 | London: The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore potential cooperation in support of Indonesia's forest emission reduction efforts, particularly through jurisdictional REDD+ programs. The MoU was signed at a special event at the Indonesian Embassy to the United Kingdom during London Climate Action Week by Eron Bloomgarden, CEO of Emergent, and R

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Costa Rica To Become First Country To Access Climate Finance From The LEAF Coalition

19 June: Costa Rica is set to become the first country in the world to access climate finance through the LEAF Coalition, recognising it’s achievements in forest conservation and restoration. This follows the announcement by the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) that it has issued high-integrity jurisdictional TREES credits for Costa Rica, enabling transactions to proceed with LEAF Coalition public and private sector participants, including the government of Norway a

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Nepal becomes first Asian country to sign LEAF Coalition Agreement

23 January 2026 | Kathmandu: Nepal’s government today signed a landmark deal to receive up to $55 million in climate finance from the LEAF Coalition, rewarding its efforts to tackle deforestation. Nepal becomes the first Asian country to sign an agreement to receive finance from LEAF, an innovative global public-private initiative comprising over 30 major companies and the governments of Norway, United Kingdom, United States and Republic of Korea. By signing the agreement, th

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Mato Grosso Signs New LEAF Coalition Agreement

11 November, 2025 | Belém: Mato Grosso has become the latest state in Brazil to make progress towards an agreement to receive climate finance from the LEAF Coalition by signing a new letter of intent with Emergent at COP30 today. The agreement signals the State of Mato Grosso’s intent to continue policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and generate social benefits, while continuing to pursue more sustainable agricultural productio

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Nepal becomes first Asian country to sign LEAF Coalition Agreement

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Goiás Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) With Emergent to Supply Carbon Credits to the LEAF Coalition

13 November, 2025 | Belém: Goiás has become the latest Brazilian state to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emergent. The agreement with the State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development of Goiás (SEMAD), expresses the interest of both parties in cooperating to enable potential future transactions of high-integrity forest carbon credits from Goiás’s jurisdictional REDD+ programs, following independent validation, verification, and issuance thro

Nov 13, 20251 min read

Côte d'Ivoire Signs Landmark $23 Million Deal for Verified Emissions Reductions with Emergent

13 November, 2025 | Belém: Côte d’Ivoire has signed a purchase agreement with Emergent worth up to $23 Million to commercialize high-integrity jurisdictional REDD+ emission reductions and removals, issued under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Standard. The agreement, negotiated between Côte d’Ivoire’s Carbon Markets Office and Emergent, covers the sale of excess emissions reductions and removals generated by the Jurisdictional-scale Emission Reducti

Nov 13, 20251 min read

Dominican Republic Becomes First Caribbean Nation Accepted To Supply To LEAF

13 November, 2025 | Belém: The Dominican Republic has become the first Caribbean nation to have a proposal accepted to supply high integrity jurisdictional emissions reductions and removals to the LEAF Coalition. The proposal, which covers the crediting years 2025 to 2029, was independently reviewed by the LEAF Technical Assessment Panel. It brings the number of governments eligible to supply emissions reductions and removals under ART’s TREES standard to LEAF Coalition buyer

Nov 13, 20251 min read

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Understanding Corporate Climate and Nature Strategies and the Role of Tropical Forest Protection

Our new white paper “Understanding Corporate Climate and Nature Strategies and the Role of Tropical Forest Protection” provides an in-depth analysis of emerging best practice for corporate climate and nature strategies, supported by real-world examples.

Oct 31, 20221 min read

Taking Action to Halt Tropical Deforestation with The LEAF Coalition

Our new report "Taking Action to Halt Tropical Deforestation With The LEAF Coalition - Corporate Perspectives" highlights the variety of reasons why major corporations including Airbnb, Amazon, Bayer, BCG, E.ON, McKinsey & Company, GSK, Salesforce, SAP, Unilever and Walmart Foundation are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to stop tropical deforestation.

Jul 18, 20221 min read

LEAF Coalition Article 6 Negotiations at COP26

The COP26 negotiations held in November 2021 resulted in the adoption of a set of decisions related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Article 6, among other things, includes provisions guiding the credible use of international carbon markets in relation to the implementation and achievement of nationally determined contributions (country-level climate targets known as “NDCs”).

Dec 20, 20211 min read

Jurisdictional White Paper launch

Emergent along with Forest Trends, UN Environment Programme and the Environmental Defense Fund are excited to announce the launch of our white paper: ‘Why large-scale forest protection must urgently be part of corporate climate mitigation strategies.

Jul 27, 20212 min read