The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) Initiative:
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, India joined the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) as an Observer, welcoming it as a major step in global efforts to conserve tropical forests through innovative, market-driven finance. The TFFF is a blended-finance mechanism aimed at incentivising countries to prevent deforestation and degradation of tropical forests by providing results-based payments funded through investment returns rather than traditional aid. First proposed by Brazil during COP28 (Dubai, 2023) and formally launched at COP30 (Belém, Brazil, 2025). Origin: A Global South-led initiative spearheaded by Brazil in coordination with other tropical forest nations such as Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with support from partner countries like Germany, France, UAE, Norway, and the UK. Aim is to create a permanent, self-sustaining global fund that monetises the ecological value of tropical forests—ensuring that “standing forests are worth more than felled ones”—while strengthening multilateral climate cooperation and equity in global finance.
