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Seedling Climate Alliance
Seedling Climate Alliance
Bridging Funding Gaps for Nature-based Solutions

  • Supporting Nature-based Solutions – for a Restorative and Regenerative Future

    Nature-based Solutions (NbS) restore, better manage, and protect ecosystems – to address climate change and support resilient communities.


    But many promising projects struggle to secure enough funding.


    We exist to unlock additional funding to support nature restoration, climate resilience, more vibrant local economies and regenerative food systems.

  • Let’s Get Funding to Nature-based Solutions supporting both People and Planet

    Seedling Climate Alliance helps community-centered NbS projects prepare for and find the right financing. We are a nonprofit helping bridge financing gaps – advising partner projects on investment readiness and financing pathways. 


    We partner to help these restorative and regenerative efforts attract investment, not the typical extractive and polluting alternatives.


    We work alongside project developers, accelerators, philanthropic funders, and impact investors.

Why Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can offer powerful, cost-effective ways to address the climate and nature crises, supporting the health and resilience of people and the planet.  By protecting, restoring, and regeneratively managing ecosystems and working lands, NbS can help us both mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change by increasing carbon sequestration, biodiverse species habitat, resilient food and water supplies, disaster risk protection, and economic livelihood opportunities. 


NbS could 

  • Reduce emissions by at least 5 (or up to 11.7) GtCO2e annually by 2030, and at least 10 (or up to 18) GtCO2e by 2050, a significant contribution to tackling climate change 

  • Reduce the intensity of climate and weather-related hazards by 26%, providing developing countries with at least US$104 billion in 2030 and US$ 393 billion in 2050 in cost savings 

  • Generate up to $7-30 of estimated benefits for every $1 dollar invested


Private vs Public vs Necessary financing

Financing is needed for NbS

To fully realize the impact potential of NbS, we need to significantly scale-up financing flows. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the current funding of $200 billion per year needs to double to $384 billion by 2025 and triple to $542 billion by 2030. Private sector investment, currently at $35 billion per year (18% of total NbS investment), must also grow significantly as should investments in Africa, Asia and Latin America, which currently only receive 18% of current NbS investment. With increased investment, NbS can play a pivotal role in creating a sustainable future. 


We are a nonprofit helping bridge the gap – advising partner projects on investment readiness, identifying barriers and proposing solutions to viable financing pathways for high-quality NbS.

Our Approach

Project Alignment

We engage with mission-aligned organizations and ecosystem actors to identify community-centered nature-based solutions with strong climate and social impact potential — prioritizing transparency, equity, and long-term viability.

Readiness Collaboration

We collaborate with project teams to strengthen their “investment readiness” – preparing them with better clarity around financing structures, impact potential, and viable funding pathways — helping them communicate more effectively and efficiently with aligned funders and platforms.


Catalytic Strategy Support

We support funders, philanthropic actors, and intermediaries in exploring catalytic funding approaches that can help unlock scalable climate action — with a focus on fit-for-purpose financing design and ecosystem alignment.