Leveraging climate finance: rainforests at the heart of transformation

Rainforests are vital for climate stability, biodiversity, and livelihoods, yet deforestation and degradation remain high, driven by unsustainable land use, commodity demand, and socio-economic pressures.
GIZ and the GCF will showcase how targeted climate finance delivers transformational impacts in rainforest countries. Building on BMZ and GCF-financed initiatives in Laos and Indonesia, the event will highlight how successful international collaboration achieves emission reductions, strengthens governance, empowers indigenous peoples & local communities and mobilizes additional finance. GCF will show its catalytic role in global forest finance, and GIZ, with partners from Laos and Indonesia, will share field experiences and success stories how sustainable forest management can leverage additional financial resources for long-term forest protection. A representative of a finance institution will add worldwide experiences. The session will explore how leveraging effects can unlock systemic change, proving that protecting rainforests is both a climate necessity and a driver of just, sustainable development.