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

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

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

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