Plan to Conserve Global Forests

The Plan to Conserve Global Forests is a national sectoral plan of the United States. It sets forth a whole-of-government approach to conserving global terrestrial carbon sinks, leveraging a range of diplomatic, policy, and financing tools. Subject to Congressional appropriations, by 2030 the United States intends to dedicate up to $9 billion of our international climate funding to support the objectives of the document.
More specific objectives of the Plan include: incentivize forest and ecosystem conservation and forest landscape restoration, including through innovative market- and non-market-based mechanisms and results-based financing, to mobilize investment in conservation and enhancements of carbon stocks, sustainable forest management, critical ecosystem restoration, and improved land and forest management actions; catalyze private sector investment, finance, and action to conserve critical carbon sinks, including by increasing sustainable production and sourcing of climate-smart commodities and services, developing complementary economic development models, and promoting accountability; build long-term capacity to enhance sustainable land use planning, management, and resource governance by deploying technical assistance and new tools; improving enforcement and prosecutorial capacity; and strengthening data, transparency, monitoring and verification; and increase the ambition of governments and other stakeholders to set and achieve strong climate and conservation targets, including through diplomatic engagement, policy dialogues, and multilateral fora and institutions.