# Billions for forest fund a ‘powerful signal’ over climate aid, says Ed Miliband

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/billions-for-forest-fund-a-powerful-signal-over-climate-aid-says-ed-miliband/
- Published: 2026-11-12T13:48:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:07:59+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/cop31-uk-climate-aid-miliband-forest-lula-b3083666.html
- Topics: Americas, Climate, Europe, Politics, Science, UK, World

## Key points

- Brazil and Indonesia have each pledged $1 billion to a forest fund.
- The TFFF aims to reward countries for conserving standing tropical forests.
- Miliband says support from a wider group of nations sends a positive signal.

## Summary

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) has secured pledges from rainforest nations Brazil and Indonesia as well as wealthy European donors, a broader coalition that Ed Miliband called a “powerful signal” of support for climate and nature. The fund is designed to make recurring payments to tropical forest countries for keeping forests standing, at a time when wider climate aid is stalled and many wealthy nations are cutting aid budgets.

The UK has pledged £400 million, the Netherlands $500 million, and climate philanthropies nearly $100 million; Norway has offered to cover up to 20 per cent of the fund’s initial $10 billion target. Brazil and Indonesia have each pledged $1 billion, despite developing countries not usually being expected to provide aid on the same terms as wealthier nations. Brazil’s President Lula said conservation and development need not conflict, as the country reported its lowest Amazon deforestation in four decades last year.

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