State of Finance for Forests 2025: Unlock. Unleash.
The report by UNEP benchmarks current flows against needs and finds a large annual gap to 2030. It proposes unlocking capital through clear national rules (including Article 6 readiness), integrity standards, and pipelines that blend public instruments with private demand from VCM/compliance markets. Case references show how registry, MRV and safeguards architecture, paired with de-risking tools, can mobilise scaled, durable investment aligned with climate and biodiversity goals.