Issue 4 | April 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.  


Risk sharing between sectors at the heart of the solution in the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit
"If we want to secure a sustainable future, we must act now" - Ivo Mulder, Head of the Climate Finance Unit, shares his thoughts on how can progress from dialogue to direct action.

The Restoration Factory: A business accelerator to achieve the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration goals
UNEP and FAO are introducing a new e-learning programme that supports ecosystem restoration business models at the 16th session of the UN Forum on Forests on Thursday, 29 April 2021, 19:30 CET
Forest and landscape restoration as an economic enterprise and driver of job creation
How restoration can support a healthy climate, economy, and planet is discussed at the Global Landscapes Forum digital forum on Thursday, 29 April 2021, 15:00 CET.

Valuing Tropical Landscapes Finance: Lessons and Opportunities in Indonesia
The Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility with the support of Global Affairs Canada will hold a digital event on the values and opportunities of impact financing in Indonesia on 28 May 2021,10:00 CET.

UPCOMING
Flashship report: The State of Finance for Nature
UNEP, WEF and GIZ are revealing soon the results of a global analysis of investment flows into nature-based solutions and future investments needed to meet the biodiversity, climate and land restoration targets.
Positive Environmental & Social Impact Indicators for Sustainable Land-Use Financing
UNEP is releasing soon the Land-Use Financing Positive Impact Indicators directory, developed together with the ESKEN community of practice.