Financing Rights-Based Climate and Conservation Solutions

Rights and Resources Initiative and The Tenure Facility, in collaboration with the Forest Tenure Funders Group, co-host a hybrid meeting to discuss the status of, and new opportunities for, financing rights-based climate and conservation solutions. This meeting sought to advance the Path to Scale (P2S) targets and the historic Forest Tenure Pledge committed at CoP26 to support efforts to secure, strengthen, and defend Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ rights to their lands and forests.

This hybrid meeting accommodated both in-person and virtual participation and had two distinct sessions: a dialogue in the morning to assess the state of play in 2022 and 2023; and an operational session in the afternoon to set the agenda for the Path to Scale Network in 2023. Invitees were welcome to attend one or both sessions.

Context

Despite the critical role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in protecting forests and nature, only a small fraction of them have secured rights to own, manage, and control their lands and resources. Rightsholders also have little access to the support and services required to protect forests and nature and to pursue sustainable livelihoods. To achieve the ambitions of the IP and LC Forest Tenure Pledge made at CoP26 in Glasgow and the Path to Scale targets, it will be critical to increase collaboration among diverse stakeholders, channel more funding directly to Indigenous and local communities, and catalyze greater investments to meet the scale of the challenge.