Nature+ Coalition delegation engages at COP30 in Belém

The Nature+ Coalition was present at COP30 in Belém through a small delegation drawn from its member organisations. Hosted in the Amazon basin, the conference placed forest ecosystems and nature finance at the centre of the global climate agenda, and the coalition contributed to several conversations on these themes.

A forest-focused COP

The choice of Belém as host city symbolised the centrality of tropical forests in any credible mitigation pathway. The coalition's delegates took part in panel discussions hosted by partner networks on three subjects:

• the operationalisation of the Article 6.4 mechanism of the Paris Agreement;
• the integration of biodiversity co-benefits into forest carbon methodologies;
• the financing gap for Nature-based Solutions.

Article 6 implementation: fewer, sharper asks

One theme kept returning in the delegation's bilateral meetings: the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body needs to advance forestry methodologies aligned with the Core Carbon Principles of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). The coalition encouraged peers to focus advocacy on a small number of concrete improvements rather than a long catalogue of asks, to keep the negotiating pathway tractable. These priorities echo the coalition's paper on France's vision for the voluntary carbon market at COP30.

Building relationships

Beyond the formal programme, COP30 was an opportunity to develop relationships with project developers, jurisdictional REDD+ programmes, indigenous representatives and finance actors. The delegation reports back to the wider membership through an internal briefing, and a public summary of the main policy takeaways follows in the coalition's news.

Next steps

The coalition is using the COP30 momentum to accelerate its position paper on Article 6.4 biodiversity co-benefits and to convene a working group on Paris-aligned forest finance in early 2026. Organisations that want to take part can join the coalition.