As with legal reforms, changes to the global funding ecosystem don’t happen overnight. They are backed by long-term, sustained advocacy that often takes place along the sidelines of major platforms well before change becomes visible.
Youth pose for a photo
after a successful youth-led
side event at UNFCCC
COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Photo: RRI, 2025
RRI and its allied organizations played a pivotal advocacy role in shaping the $1.8 billion Forest and Land Tenure Pledge as well as the landmark Intergovernmental Land Tenure Commitment (ILTC) announced at the COP30 World Leaders Summit in November 2025, where 15 countries and numerous philanthropies pledged to secure tenure rights over 160 million hectares of land held by IPs, ADPs, and LCs by 2030, accompanied by an increase in public financing.
Learn about how RRI contributed to these historic wins in 2025:
FULL YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE:
– Coordination of the Path to Scale network of donors and intermediaries
– The Pledge We Want campaign with Tenure Facility and If Not Us Then Who?
– Sharing impacts from CLARIFI’s direct funding to communities in the Tropical Andes and Congo Basin
