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USAID's Senior Climate Finance Advisor, Jacqueline Musiitwa, on the U.S. government's $150 billion climate finance investment goal, and target investment sectors.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) aims to catalyze $150 billion in climate finance by 2030. On the final episode
of USAID Green Invest Asia’s monthly podcast on sustainable land use investments in Southeast Asia, USAID's Senior Finance Advisor Jacqueline
Musiitwa discusses U.S. strategy to reach these targets through partnerships for nature-based solutions in agriculture and forestry. 

 

Full interview with director of investments at New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, about Tropical Asia Forest Fund, a closed-end fund investing in long-term investment opportunities in sustainable plantation forestry in Southeast Asia.

We talk to the director of investments at New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, about Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2, a closed-end fund investing in long-term investment opportunities in sustainable plantation forestry in Southeast Asia.

This final podcast of 2022 features Lestari Capital's  CEO Michal Zrust on market-based demand for conservation, and how corporates are collectively meeting climate goals through the conservation outcome purchasing mechanism Rimba Collective. Palm oil buyers and processors collectively support long-term, sustainable forest conservation and restoration through this mechanism, which  aims to collect US$1 billion to protect or restore 500,000 hectares of forest, supporting 32,000 individuals in forest communities in Southeast Asia, over 30 years, starting in Indonesia. Lestari Capital overseas these investments, which are channeled to conservation projects; contributions are correlated directly with procurement volumes.

Preview Green Invest Asia's final 2022 podcast featuring Lestari Capital's  CEO Michal Zrust on market-based demand for conservation, and how corporates are collectively meeting climate goals through the conservation outcome purchasing mechanism Rimba Collective. Palm oil buyers and processors collectively support long-term, sustainable forest conservation and restoration through this mechanism, which aims to protect or restore forests, supporting Southeast Asia's forest communities. Lestari Capital overseas these investments, which are channeled to conservation projects; contributions are correlated directly with procurement volumes.