Navigating climate finance opportunities: from policy design to results-based payments
FAO helps countries navigate the intricate world of climate finance to ensure policy measures are equipped with sufficient finance and information to be effectively delivered.
Maximizing the impact of forest and climate finance starts with knowing what works. We assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions and equip countries with the expertise, tools and insights to realize their forest and climate goals. By doing so, countries have robust evidence bases for policymaking and meeting their NDCs.
Our work supports countries to develop long-term national investment plans and forest finance strategies, mobilise and align upfront finance, and unlock international climate finance opportunities aligned with their NDCs. In recent years, FAO has supported countries to fulfill the requirements to access results-based finance, including through the Green Climate Fund’s Results-Based Payments, LEAF and Article 6 financing opportunities.
Latest news
Green Climate Fund approves landmark projects supporting forest conservation, sustainable livestock production, land restoration and climate-resilient development
28/10/2026
Songdo, Republic of Korea/Rome – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved two new projects valued at $184.8 million to bolster sustainable forest management, land restoration, and climate-resilient development in Algeria and Mexico with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Uganda launches landmark REDD+ Results-Based Payment project
11/10/2026
Uganda is turning proven climate action into new investments in forests, sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods following the launch of a USD 31 million Green Climate Fund (GCF) REDD+ Results-Based Payment Project.
Can aligning public spending and policies help reduce deforestation? Uganda is piloting a new policy coherence and public expenditure analytical framework
23/09/2026
Latest events
22/9
2026
Session 3: From Consultation to Shared Responsibility - Voices and Rights in Participatory REDD+ Governance
22/09/2026
This webinar's objective is to promote a regional dialogue aimed at identifying enabling conditions and practical solutions for participatory, multi-stakeholder, intercultural, equitable and rights-based REDD+ governance, with particular attention to decision-making processes, access to finance, benefit-sharing, monitoring and accountability. The dialogue will consider both the challenges an...
Latest publications
Global transformation of forests for people and climate: Focus on West Africa
16/03/2026
West Africa is home to over 72 million hectares of forests and woodlands that support biodiversity and sustain millions of people’s livelihoods. Yet,...
Brochure: OECD-FAO business handbook on deforestation and due diligence in agricultural supply chains
31/08/2023
The OECD-FAO Business Handbook on Deforestation and Due Diligence in Agricultural Supply Chains aims to help companies incorporate deforestation and...
OECD-FAO business handbook on deforestation and due diligence in agricultural supply chains
31/08/2023
This handbook was developed by OECD and FAO to help companies embed considerations on deforestation and forest degradation into their corporate due...
From reference levels to results: REDD+ reporting by countries
19/12/2022
This report provides an overview of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) modalities for REDD+ reporting and additional...
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