Brazil officially launched the Resilient Agriculture Investment for Net-Zero Land Degradation (RAIZ) Accelerator during the COP30 UN Climate Summit in Belém on November 19, 2025. This Brazil-led initiative, which aims to accelerate investments in climate-resilient agriculture and land restoration, has been backed by ten countries, including Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Uruguay, and the United Kingdom. RAIZ is structured to unite governments and private investors behind the shared goal of restoring the world’s degraded farmland.
The core purpose of the RAIZ Accelerator is to tackle the persistent $105 billion annual funding gap needed to restore degraded agricultural lands globally. The initiative seeks to mobilize and strategically allocate public and private investments for large-scale restoration by leveraging public finance to “de-risk” private capital and reduce the cost of capital for projects. RAIZ will provide tailored financing services, including mapping degraded landscapes to identify priority areas and co-designing optimal co-investment mechanisms with partners.By promoting sustainable and regenerative agriculture, RAIZ offers a “quadruple-win” for climate, biodiversity, food security, and land restoration. The accelerator is a central pillar of the COP30 Presidency’s Action Agenda on transforming agriculture and food systems, positioning Brazil at the core of global agri-innovation diplomacy and providing a replicable financing model based on lessons learned from Brazil’s own successful Green Way and Eco Invest programs.
