Ecuador signs deal for $30m in climate finance from LEAF Coalition
- Jan 29, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 15, 2025
Ecuador has become the first country in the Amazon region to sign an agreement with the LEAF Coalition to access climate finance. This agreement, worth $30 million, recognizes and rewards the country’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the forestry sector.
The agreement was confirmed today at a ceremony in the Amazon city of Puyo, attended by Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa, Inés María Manzano Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, representatives of Indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian and Montubio peoples, Emergent and Norway’s Ambassador to Ecuador.
