The Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030 is an initiative of the COP30 Presidency to support the implementation of the first Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement. Its objective is to translate forest-related outcomes into coordinated, country-led action while respecting different national circumstances, priorities, and implementation challenges.

The Roadmap does not create a new negotiation process nor seek to reopen agreed decisions. Instead, it aims to organize existing commitments, public policy instruments, financial mechanisms, and cooperation opportunities into a practical implementation framework through 2030. The initiative seeks to support countries in defining priorities, strengthening institutions, mobilizing finance, and accessing technical cooperation.

The document proposes a flexible structure that countries can use to develop their own national forest roadmaps, building on existing national assessments, instruments, and actions needed to achieve tangible results by 2030. It recognizes the diversity of forest realities, including challenges related to deforestation, forest degradation, restoration, sustainable forest management, bioeconomy, agroforestry systems, and conservation, while identifying shared lessons and cooperation needs.

Continuity through 2030 is a central element of the initiative. Halting and reversing deforestation requires sustained implementation, periodic milestones, alignment with NDCs, and connections with future international agendas, including COP31 and the second Global Stocktake.

The Roadmap is led by the COP30 Presidency, with Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) serving as Secretariat and technical partner.

The first section presents the rationale for developing a Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030. Forest loss extends far beyond an environmental issue, triggering interconnected risks that affect climate stability, biodiversity, water security, livelihoods, food systems, infrastructure, and long-term sustainable development prospects.

Below are the three main categories of systemic risks associated with forest loss and degradation.

Physical Risks

Forests are indispensable to climate
stability, biodiversity conservation, water
regulation, and ecosystem integrity, while
deforestation, degradation, climate change
are already weakening forest systems.

Social Risks

Halting and reversing forest loss is
inseparable from rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, tenure livelihoods, food security, and inclusive implementation.

Economic Risks

Forest loss creates macroeconomic,
supply-chain, and infrastructure risks,
while forest protection can support
productive and resilient economies.

The second section is organized around two complementary dimensions: priority national actions and international enabling conditions.

NATIONAL ACTIONS

To translate global commitments into concrete results, the Roadmap organizes national actions around five main dimensions: deforestation; forest degradation; restoration, reforestation, and afforestation; sustainable forest management, bioeconomy, and agroforestry systems; and forest conservation.

For each dimension, the report presents key challenges, drivers of pressure, and examples of policies and instruments already adopted in different contexts. Rather than prescribing one-size-fits-all solutions, it offers a menu of approaches that can be adapted to the realities, capacities, and priorities of each country.

Deforestation

Deforestation is concentrated and driven
by diverse forces; a policy toolkit exists
but political durability is a key risk.

Forest Degradation

Forest degradation is a major and underaddressed source of emissions that requires its own strategy, clearer definitions, stronger monitoring, and specific responses.

Forest Restoration, Reforestation
and Afforestation

Restoration is one of the strongest near-term climate opportunities, but scale depends on ecological quality, ecosystem fit, local governance, and durable finance.

Sustainable Forest Management,
Bioeconomy, Agroforestry

Sustainable forest use should be treated as a structural solution,
with agroforestry, social forestry, sustainable practices of
indigenous peoples and local communities, and forest-compatible
production elevated as core strategies alongside protection.

Forest Conservation

Standing forests should be treated as strategic assets whose
protection depends on governance quality, territorial models,
rights-based stewardship, and stronger finance.

INTERNATIONAL ENABLING CONDITIONS

Effective implementation of forest actions depends not only on national efforts, but also on a supportive international environment. For this reason, the Roadmap highlights three complementary areas: technical cooperation, capacity building, and institutional strengthening; finance, markets, and partnerships; and international regulatory and institutional arrangements.

Together, these areas help countries access knowledge, resources, and governance tools, promoting greater alignment between national and international efforts and strengthening the ability to translate commitments into concrete action at scale.

Technical Cooperation, Capacity
Building, Institutional Strengthening

Implementation will require more interoperable monitoring systems, stronger delivery institutions, and practical cooperation platforms anchored in existing multilateral infrastructure.

Finance, Markets,
Partnerships

Forest action needs a more
fit-for-purpose financial architecture
that combines results-based finance,
market integrity, direct access, and
long-term stewardship instruments.

International Regulatory and Institutional
International rules need to better align
trade, due diligence, legality, crime
prevention, and rights protection with the
goals of halting and reversing forest loss.

This page serves as a central hub for the main materials developed to support the Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030.

It will be continuously updated as the process evolves.