New York Climate Week: Take-aways for Forest Climate Finance – with Jen Stebbing

In this episode, I speak to Jen Stebbing, a communications strategist working at the intersection of climate, nature, and markets. Jen shares her key takeaways from New York Climate Week, where forests are increasingly being seen as essential infrastructure rather than “nice-to-haves.” We discuss the emerging portfolio approach to forest finance—integrating conservation, restoration, improved management, and avoided deforestation—to help investors and policymakers see the full picture. Jen also shares insights on Brazil’s leadership through the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), the role of blended finance and philanthropy in catalyzing capital, and the importance of risk-sharing models that protect communities. She encourages listeners to explore the Forest Finance Roadmap as a key resource for developing new forest investment strategies.“I’m going to come back to my infrastructure point. So see forests as an essential, durable infrastructure and think about the portfolio — conservation, restoration, jurisdiction, sustainable forestry, all of these things together. And remembering that the biggest risk isn’t reversals, it’s delay. So the more you step in, the more value you have secure.” Useful ResourcesThe ForestLink newsletter signupJen StebbingJen Stebbing (LinkedIn)TFFF - Tropical Forest Forever FacilityGeneration Restoration: How to Fix Our Relationship Crisis with Mother Nature (book)HIFOR - A single investment, with multiple benefitsChapters[0:00] Welcome and introduction[0:21] Meet Jen Stebbing[2:00] Highlights from New York Climate Week[5:00] Forests as essential infrastructure[8:46] The portfolio approach to forest finance[11:41] Indigenous leadership and equity[13:42] Brazil’s TFFF and the Forest Finance Roadmap[18:13] Risk-sharing and community protection[21:47] Blended finance and the Restoration Generation[29:05] Overcoming capital-raising challenges[33:03] Optimism and collaboration in climate finance[34:10] Final advice for forest investorsProduction TeamFounding Director and Host: Shauna Matkovich - The ForestLinkProducer and Editor: Magdalena Laas - Unscripted CreativesSound LibraryNature by MaxKoMusic/SoundcloudSopwell Woodlands and Scohaboy Bog SAC, Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, IRELAND by wild_rumpus/SoundcloudAmbient Documentary by Sound Guru (Pixabay)Sign up now for the ForestLink’s newsletter, where you’ll receive technical advice, reflections, and best-practice guidance to support you with your forest-linked investment strategy or business straight to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.