Financing REDD+: matching needs and ends

► The availability of sufficient, predictable and long-term finance is essential for the eventual success of REDD+. ► Fast-start finance for REDD+ is slow in being disbursed, while long-term strategies for REDD+ remain missing. ► With stable demand and strong safeguards, carbon markets could facilitate investment into REDD+. ► Given the insecurities in REDD+ financing developing countries will have to develop financing strategies that rely on a mix of public and private funding sources.