Forest Governments
Unlocking climate finance to scale forest protection and sustainable development
Providing Access to Long-Term Sustainable Income from Forest Protection
Emergent helps forest governments to maximize proceeds from Jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs, purchasing high-integrity credits for sale to public and private sector buyers.
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While the market for JREDD+ credits continues to mature and remains volatile, Emergent aims to support forest governments in navigating this uncertainty to manage risk while optimizing price.
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To date, Emergent has signed agreements with six forest governments - Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Ghana, the Brazilian state of Pará and Nepal - worth over $300 million.
Flexible Approach
Emergent is committed to a collaborative approach, forming long-term relationships with tropical and sub-tropical forest governments co-creating solutions that support individual government priorities. Three flexible transaction options are currently available:
Forward Offtake Agreements​
Prior to issuance, buyers agree to purchase a fixed volume of credits at a predetermined price over multiple years, supporting revenue predictability.
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Floor Price (Exclusive to LEAF)​
This offers sellers a guaranteed minimum price for a portion of credits, reducing risk - exclusively available through LEAF Coalition with support from Sovereign partners.
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Spot Transactions​
Immediate purchase and sale of carbon credits at the current market rate following issuance, offering liquidity for sellers seeking immediate revenues.​
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Ways of Working
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Simple Transaction Structure
We offer forest governments greater ease of doing business, with the potential to sell to multiple public and private sector buyers via a single contract with Emergent.
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Advance Payments & Technical Assistance
Emergent has raised a $25 million Advance Payment Facility to enable governments to access upfront finance to cover early-stage costs of generating and issuing jurisdictional emissions reductions and removals.
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Maximized returns
As a non-profit transaction facilitator, Emergent’s sole focus is on maximizing the flow of high-integrity funds to tropical forest countries. Emergent funding comes from grants and small transaction fees paid by buyers.
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High-Integrity Buyers
Access to a growing group of high-integrity private sector buyers via the LEAF Coalition, which are investing to protect forests, in addition to, not instead of, tackling their value chain emissions.
Wide Public-Private Buyer Network
Emergent has a pool of committed public and private sector buyers who have committed a total of $1 billion+ for purchases of credits via the LEAF Coalition:
Meeting the Market Challenges
​Emergent’s flexible transaction options and ways of working enable us to support forest governments in meeting key market challenges:
High Transaction Costs & Complexity​
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Problem: Jurisdictional programs are large, technical, and costly to implement.​​​
Solution: Emergent streamlines this by acting as neutral intermediary, aggregating multiple buyers under single standardized agreements.
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​Limited Market Access & Uncertain Demand​
Problem: Forest governments struggle to reach credible buyers in an immature and volatile market.​
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Solution: Emergent builds trusted, large-scale demand through guaranteed floor prices, integrity assurance, and efficient buyer aggregation.​
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Upfront Financing Gaps​
Problem: Jurisdictions need upfront capital to implement JREDD+ programs and achieve results.​
Solution: Emergent mobilizes advance payments and technical assistance from a range of partners to bridge pre-issuance funding & capacity needs and can directly provide advance payments.
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Work With Us
Reach out to Sean Frisby, Chief Partnerships Officer, to learn more about working with Emergent to maximize returns from the sale of JREDD+ credits.
Sean Frisby
Chief Partnerships Officer