英国政府宣布计划投资“热带森林永续基金”(TFFF),这是一项由巴西牵头设立的基金,旨在通过一笔4亿英镑(约合5.4亿美元)的新贷款,为全球热带森林保护提供资金支持。英国政府在宣布该投资的声明中强调,英国在气候融资方面采取了新做法,“以投资者而非捐助者的身份行事”,该项投资以贷款而非赠款的形式安排。声明同时指出,森林国家无需偿还这笔资金,因为该基金的设计依托其基于绩效的模式产生投资回报,从而既能向投资者偿还资金,也能奖励成功保护热带森林的国家。
英文原文如下:
UK Loans Over $500 Million to Tropical Forest Preservation Fund
The Uk government announced plans to invest in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), a Brazil-led fund aimed at financing the protection of tropical forests globally through a new £400 million (USD$540 million) loan.
In its statement announcing the investment, the government highlighted the UK’s new approach to climate finance, “acting as an investor instead of a donor,” with the investment structured as a loan and not as a grant, while noting as well that forest countries will not be expected to repay the funding, as the facility is designed to generate investment returns from its performance-based model, enabling it to both repay investors and reward countries that successfully protect tropical forests.