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SDG News Exclusive: At UNCCD’s CRIC23, Panama Pushes a New Era of Alignment — and Hosts High-Level Nature Summit on the Margins

December 2, 2025 No Comments

December, Panama City — One week after the close of UNFCCC’s COP30 in Belém, the global climate community has shifted its attention to Panama City for UNCCD’s 23rd Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC23). As negotiators from more than 190 countries gather to confront accelerating

Nigeria Launches BIOFIN to Unlock Private Investment for Biodiversity

December 1, 2025 No Comments

Abuja, November 2025 — The weekend launch of Nigeria’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) unfolded not as a ceremonial policy announcement, but as a recalibration of how the country intends to protect its ecosystems in the decade ahead. In a hall filled with government officials, private-sector leaders, development partners and UNDP

European Parliament Agrees to Delay EU Deforestation Regulation and Ease Supply Chain Rules

November 28, 2025 No Comments

Strasbourg, November 2025 — Applause broke gently across the hemicycle in Strasbourg as the final tally appeared on the screen: 402 in favour, 250 against, eight abstentions. With that vote, the European Parliament agreed to slow down the EU deforestation regulation, the bloc’s flagship law meant to keep forest-risk commodities

COP30 Momentum Shifts to Panama as UN’s CRIC23 Set to Tackle Global Land Degradation

November 25, 2025 No Comments

Panama City — December 2025 Heat rises over Panama City as the country prepares to welcome delegates from 196 nations and the European Union for the twenty third session of the Review Committee on the Implementation of the Convention. When CRIC23 opens on 1 December, Panama will step onto the

Amazon Water Restoration Projects to Replenish Over 2 Billion Liters Annually

November 18, 2025 No Comments

In an era defined by rising water stress, intensifying droughts, and shrinking river systems, Amazon is accelerating a global strategy built not on concrete or pipelines, but on forests, wetlands, and soils. The company announced four new nature-based water restoration projects expected to replenish more than 2 billion liters of

IDB Amazon Restoration Guarantee Launches First Multilateral Backing for Forest Recovery at COP30

November 14, 2025 No Comments

Under the dense canopy of Pará’s eastern frontier, the Inter-American Development Bank chose COP30 to introduce a new financial instrument with the potential to shift how the world restores the Amazon. The announcement marked a breakthrough not only for Brazil but for multilateral development finance: the first guarantee ever issued

IDB Issues First Social Amazonia Bond Under New Sustainable Debt Framework

November 11, 2025 No Comments

In New York’s capital markets, where mandates are increasingly judged as much by impact as by yield, the Inter-American Development Bank has taken a deliberate step. Under its new Sustainable Debt Framework, the IDB has issued a 100 million dollar Social Amazonia Bond, designed to channel funding into social priorities

Tropical Forest Forever Facility Launches at COP30 With $5.5 Billion and 53 Nations to Transform Forest Finance

November 7, 2025 No Comments

A working lunch at the Belém Climate Summit turned into a decisive financing moment as leaders from more than thirty countries and the UN Secretary-General joined Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility at the COP30 Leaders’ Summit. The agreement sets in motion

Google Backs Amazon Reforestation in Largest-Ever Carbon Removal Deal

November 7, 2025 No Comments

Belém — The forest canopy outside Belém is becoming a testing ground for corporate climate action. In its largest-ever carbon removal deal, Google has agreed to finance the restoration of degraded Amazon land through a partnership with Mombak, a Brazilian startup replanting native forests to lock carbon back into the

IKEA Launches Forest Investment in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Under €100M Climate Plan

November 7, 2025 No Comments

São Paulo — The roar of chainsaws that once defined Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is being replaced by the quieter rhythm of restoration. Inter IKEA Group has announced a new forest investment project in southern Brazil — a pilot that blends commercial forestry with ecosystem recovery — as part of its