International donor commitments made at the 2021 UN Climate Conference helped to substantially increased financial support for the communities on the frontlines of climate change. Yet what is the situation like in 2025?

Not so good, according to new data from Rainforest Foundation Norway and Rights and Resources Initiative. These figures show that, despite a 46% rise in annual disbursements since COP26, funding for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant Peoples peaked in 2021. Since then, it has declined every year.

The report shows that the largest contributor to the COP26 pledge so far has been Germany, which has doubled its funding for IPs, LCs and ADPs in since 2021. Other leading nations are more hesistant.