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FOLU at COP30

COP30 in Belém, at the heart of the Amazon, offers a generational opportunity to put food and land use systems front and center of climate action. At COP30, FOLU will focus on mobilizing finance for farmers and large-scale land restoration, showcasing regenerative solutions, and advancing adaptation and resilience. By connecting climate, biodiversity, and food security goals, FOLU works to ensure food systems deliver tangible, lasting benefits for people, nature, and climate. Scroll down to learn more and stay tuned for key announcements.

RAIZ – Resilient Agriculture Investment for net Zero land degradation

The Resilient Agriculture Investment for net-Zero land degradation accelerator aims to bring together governments and investors to map and unlock finance for the restoration of degraded farmlands globally. FOLU is proud to be supporting the launch of RAIZ – which offers a ‘quadruple-win’ for climate, biodiversity, food security and addressing desertification. The accelerator is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (MAPA) under the FAO FAST Partnership with the collaboration of the UNCCD G20 Global Land Initiative and the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) in partnership with the Action Agenda for Regenerative Landscapes.

Governments, investors, farmer representatives and all existing initiatives working on farmland restoration are invited to join this collective mutirao. Share your interest to join here.

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“Despite millions pledged for regenerative agriculture in recent years, much of the financing remains fragmented — locked in small-scale, blended facilities tied to specific projects, commodities or geographies. To scale from millions to billions, we must move beyond a patchwork of efforts toward true systems change. Through RAIZ, FOLU and its partners are bringing investors and farmers to the table with governments to co-design joint investment mechanisms at national level that align public incentives with private capital, restoring degraded farmland at scale. Public and private investors alike recognize that restoring soils isn’t just about climate and nature — it’s about securing value chains, boosting farmer livelihoods, and strengthening rural economies.”

Morgan Gillespy

Executive Director at the Food and Land Use Coalition

1/3

of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

come from our food systems

+20%

of the world’s agricultural land

is currently degraded

$4.5

trillion USD

in new business opportunities from food systems transformation

Make COP30 the moment we move from commitment to action

Food systems can no longer sit on the sidelines of climate policy. COP30 must be the moment countries align national food system plans with climate goals, ensuring they are funded, implemented, and measurable.

Unlock and direct finance to farmers, food systems, and nature

Transformation won’t happen without financing that reaches the people and places driving change. We need to shift public and private finance toward regenerative agriculture, land restoration, and local food solutions that deliver for people, nature and climate.

Break down the silos and put people and resilience at the heart

food systems are where both the challenges and the solutions for climate, health, and equity intersect. Investments in food and nutrition must be climate- and nature-positive. And climate finance must deliver tangible outcomes for human development.