The TFFF requires $25 billion in sponsor capital from governments and foundations. It is to serve as the core of the TFFF’s investments and as junior debt in the case of losses. The sponsor capital is intended to leverage $100 billion in private investments.
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BackgroundThe United Kingdom is a leading supporter of tropical forest conservation, combining political leadership, financial commitment, and international partnerships to tackle deforestation. As COP26 President, the UK launched the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration and helped establish the Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership. It has pledged over £1.5 billion to forest-related climate finance, including major support for the Amazon, Indonesia, and global carbon markets. The UK backs Indigenous Peoples and local communities, promotes sustainable commodity trade through the Forest, Agriculture and Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue, and continues to drive action through programmes like Scaling Climate Action by Lowering Emissions (SCALE) and Mobilising Finance for Forests. As a member of the steering committee, UK is actively involved in the design and development of the TFFF.
StatusUK has been a key supporter of the TFFF since its inception and has also been financially supporting the facility through the UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT). UK PACT has been reported to have funded the development of concept notes, consultations, and related preparatory work of the TFFF. The UK is also represented on the fund’s steering committee, and its backing was visible during London Climate Action Week. While no official investment amount has yet been committed, clarity on a financial pledge expected at COP30 in Belém.
Endorsements"We believe [TFFF] can be the missing piece of the puzzle with the potential to solve the long-standing problem of how we finance the world's most intact forests,"
- Kerry McCarthy, Undersecretary of State, Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom
"the tropical forests forever facility—TFFF—championed by Brazil, will inevitably assume centre stage as we progress towards Belém and COP30. By using arbitrage between the cost of long-dated Government bonds and loans and the returns of a more diversified portfolio, the TFFF fund seeks to provide a long-term payment for conservation and restoration of tropical forests. The facility would help to address a significant market failure, placing a value to the ecosystem services that those forests provide, and returning that to the forest communities that curate them"
- Barry Gardiner, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom
“No one has ever solved the problem of financing something that exists. That’s why the TFFF is pioneering—it focuses on conserving intact forests, a historically underfunded area. [...] This is one of those areas that cuts across all three Rio Conventions—on land, biodiversity, and climate.”
- Maggie Charnley, Head - International Forests Unit, United Kingdom, June 2025
"One of my first trips as Minister for Energy and Climate Change was to Brazil, specifically to the Amazon, because I recognized just how critical this ecosystem and tropical forests more broadly are for all of us. That’s why it’s exciting that there’s a new kid on the block – Brazil’s brilliant initiative, The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). We believe it offers a bold, inspiring, and incredibly promising solution for the future, and we are delighted to be working with the government of Brazil on this initiative. TFFF offers an opportunity for the global north and the global south to work in partnership as a coalition of the hopeful and determined in a world of doubt and questioning. “
- Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, United Kingdom, June 2025
“The beauty of the TFFF is creating a product that everyday investors can understand, analyze, and make a decision about,”
- Tim McNeill, Head of Mobilizing Finance and REDD+ ,UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, June 2025
CSOs working on TFFFWorld Resource Institute UK (WRI) ·
Royal Society of Birds/CAN UK ·
Rainforest Foundation UK ·
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