Landscape Accelerator Brazil Action Plan

The Landscape Accelerator Brazil (LAB) Action Plan outlines the initiative’s multistakeholder alignment on pathways for a regenerative transformation across Brazilian landscapes in three interconnected pillars: blended finance, policy, and monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). The Plan also sets its ambition for the future. 

About the LAB 

The LAB is a private sector-led, multistakeholder initiative under the global COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes (AARL). The LAB unites agribusinesses, consumer goods companies, financial institutions, Brazilian government ministries and civil society actorsaround a common mission: to accelerate the regenerative transformation of key Brazilian landscapes, delivering net-positive climate and nature outcomes, economic benefits for producers and improved supply chain resilience. 

The opportunity 

Scaling regenerative landscapes in Brazil presents a major economic opportunity, balancing agricultural productivity with environmental stewardship. In recent decades Brazil has grown into a global agricultural powerhouse as a leading producer and exporter of soy, beef, coffee and other commodities. It is well-documented that this growth has come at an environmental cost, but there is good reason for hope: Our research shows that restoring degraded lands and improving sustainable management on some 50 million hectares (an area nearly the size of France) could add up to USD $28 billion annually to Brazil’s GDP while benefiting over 600,000 growers and ranchers 

The LAB’s approach 

The LAB has prioritized three interconnected pillars which together can help unlock large-scale capital flows supporting regenerative landscapes in the Cerrado and Amazon: 

1. Blended finance to activate the transition: Developing context-specific baseline assessments, quantifying specific investment opportunities and barriers 

2. Aligned public policy to underpin the transition: Building convergence on key policy levers to unlock private sector investment and scale-up impact 

3. Cost-effective monitoring, reporting and verification to enable the transition: Harmonizing metrics and developing context-specific guidance for implementation in Brazil 

Path forward 

In 2025 the LAB has established itself as the leading hub for private sector-led, multistakeholder alignment on pathways for a regenerative transformation across Brazil. In 2026 and beyond, the LAB will evolve into an action platform mobilizing co-investment along the pathways outlined. The LAB can continue to advance system-level drivers for scaling regenerative landscapes in Brazil, at two complementary scales: 

• Macro-scale hub: activating blended finance and policy levers 

• Landscape-scale accelerator: expanding and/or establishing implementation clusters in high-priority Brazilian sub-regions 

The LAB aims to aggregate collective priorities and align investments among our corporate members in collaboration with financial, public sector and civil society partners, especially Brazilian public and private institutions and initiatives.