Issue 5 | May 2021
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About UNEP’s Land Use Finance Programme

To pioneer the transformation towards sustainable land use at scale, the UN Environment Programme
Land Use Finance Programme, managed by the Climate Finance Unit aims to proactively unlock public and especially private capital for deforestation-free commodity production, restoration of degraded land and improvement of smallholder farmer livelihoods.  


State of Finance for Nature: Investments in nature-based solutions need to triple by 2030
A new report by UNEP and partners finds that the world needs USD 8.1 trillion investment in nature by 2050 to tackle triple planetary crisis.

Nature finance action track
A pathway for public and private actors, acting as a shared vision can guide land-use investments in support of healthy natural systems and sustainable development.

Investing in nature: what are the models?
The case studies contribute to demonstrate how investing in nature-based solutions can address the multi-faceted environmental crises and broader societal challenges that affect humanity today.
Harmonizing positive environmental & social impact in sustainable land-use finance
Learn about the positive environmental and social impact associated with investing in sustainable land-use solutions, and how financial actors can properly measure and demonstrate the positive outcomes of their investments.

New UNEP-Canada partnership to improve rural livelihoods in Indonesia
The Canadian government becomes an anchor donor to the Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility Grant Fund that brings promising projects to bankability, facilitating the mobilization of private capital to improve rural livelihoods, reduce emissions and protect biodiversity in Indonesia.

Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility