Nature4Climate: We Know What Indigenous and Local Communities Can Do for Forests. Here’s What Climate Finance Can Do for Them.

World leaders in Glasgow are recognizing the contributions of Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLC) in safeguarding forests and biodiversity and pledging at least $1.7 billion in additional funding for these communities. But climate finance systems are not set up to work for them, and no clear path exists for private investment in high-integrity community-based projects at scale