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This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines how Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) can mitigate financial risks for financial service providers (FSPs) investing in agriculture in developing countries. By analyzing 12 VSS across economic, environmental, and social dimensions, the document identifies gaps in current standards—particularly regarding economic viability and climate adaptation—and provides recommendations for FSPs, VSS developers, and governments to catalyze investment in sustainable agriculture.

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes Provisional Measure (MP) nº 1.150/2022, which proposes changes to the rules for joining the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) and the deadlines for the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) in Brazil. The analysis compares the original MP text with two reports presented by Deputy Sergio Souza, highlighting risks of legal insecurity and the loss of incentives for environmental compliance.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio) evaluates the 10-year implementation status of Brazil's Forest Code (Law no. 12,651 of 2012). It identifies the analysis of Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) data as the primary bottleneck and provides a seven-point priority agenda for the Lula administration to accelerate environmental regularization and the implementation of Environmental Compliance Programs (PRA).

This stakeholder toolkit provides a directory of digital tools, monitoring platforms, and organizational coalitions designed to track deforestation, map supply chains, document land rights, and hold private sector actors accountable for forest commitments.

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a curated list of resources, frameworks, and initiatives designed to help financial institutions, investors, and companies manage deforestation risks and integrate nature-related financial disclosures into their decision-making processes.

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a guide published by Forest Declaration Assessment that lists various frameworks, tools, and networks designed to help financial institutions and investors manage deforestation risks and integrate nature-related losses into financial decision-making.

The Stakeholder Toolkit, updated in March 2023 by the Forest Declaration Assessment, provides a curated list of frameworks, guides, and initiatives designed to help financial institutions and investors manage deforestation risks and transition to sustainable portfolios.

The Stakeholder Toolkit, updated in March 2023 by the Forest Declaration Assessment, provides a curated directory of resources, reports, and organizations designed to assist national and local governments in improving forest governance and sustainability.

The Stakeholder Toolkit, updated in March 2023 by the Forest Declaration Assessment, is a guide that compiles resources, reports, and organizational networks to support forest governance and sustainability. It categorizes tools and entities based on their relevance to national governments, local governments, and other stakeholders such as NGOs and research institutions.

The Stakeholder Toolkit (March 2023) is a guide providing a curated list of resources, reports, and organizations designed to support national and local governments in improving forest governance, sustainability, and the protection of tropical forests.

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a guide published by the Forest Declaration Assessment in March 2023. It provides a comprehensive directory of frameworks, standards, and organizations designed to help stakeholders in the agricultural supply chain, mining, and infrastructure sectors implement sustainable practices, reduce deforestation, and align with global climate goals.

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a guide published by the Forest Declaration Assessment that lists frameworks, standards, and organizations designed to help stakeholders in the agriculture, mining, and infrastructure sectors implement sustainable practices and meet forest-positive targets.

The Stakeholder Toolkit, updated in March 2023 by the Forest Declaration Assessment, provides a curated directory of frameworks, standards, and organizations designed to help stakeholders in the agricultural supply chain, mining, and infrastructure sectors align their operations with forest-positive goals and sustainability standards.

This guide by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) presents a 'market access methodology' to quantify the direct and indirect environmental impacts, specifically deforestation and carbon emissions, of transportation infrastructure projects. Unlike traditional methods that rely on geographical distance buffers, this approach uses social and economic dynamics—specifically how a project changes the cost and ease of connecting markets—to estimate the area of influence and predict ex-ante land use conversion.

This guide by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) presents a methodology for assessing the direct and indirect areas of influence of transport infrastructure projects, specifically focusing on their impact on deforestation and carbon emissions in Brazil. Unlike traditional geographic buffer methods, this approach uses 'market access' to capture the socio-economic dynamics that drive land-use changes.

A policy brief by civil society organizations Traction Energy Asia, Trend Asia, and Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) calling for a low-emission and just energy transition in Indonesia. The document warns that current bioenergy policies, specifically biofuel and biomass co-firing, risk increasing deforestation and carbon emissions while threatening food security and social justice.

This fact sheet defines global warming as the excessive accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, explains its causes rooted in human activity, details its environmental consequences, and outlines global political commitments and individual actions to mitigate the phenomenon.

This 2023 report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) provides a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code (Law No. 12.651/2012) across Brazilian states. It focuses on the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA), detailing the progress in registration, data analysis, and the formalization of environmental recovery commitments. The document highlights a significant acceleration in 2023, with several states adopting automated analysis tools and expanding the number of signed commitment terms, while identifying persistent bottlenecks in communication with landowners and the lack of technical staff in certain regions.

In 2022, global deforestation increased by 4% over 2021 to 6.6 million hectares, with emissions rising 6% to 4 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent. While Tropical Asia showed some progress against baseline levels, Tropical Latin America and the Caribbean were significantly off track for 2030 goals. Despite exponential growth in tropical forest regrowth, the report highlights a critical lack of transparent data on global restoration efforts.

The Forest Finance 2023 report assesses the alignment of global public and private finance with forest goals, highlighting a significant gap between current funding and the investment required to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.