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Follow the Money: Can Climate Finance Compete with Extractive Land Investments?
Climate finance is often presented as a solution to deforestation, yet forest landscapes are shaped by competing financial and land-use interests. This seminar examines the transformative potential of REDD+ finance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, showing how its influence is constrained in contexts dominated by extractive activities. Tracing financial and commodity flows, the seminar highlights how overlapping mining, timber, carbon, and oil interests shape land-use change and can reinforce inequality, calling for a rethinking of deforestation narratives.
Date:
10 February 2026, 15:10
Venue:
Dyson Perrins Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QY
Venue Details:
Desert Room (ECI) and online.
Speaker:
Dr Niak Sian Koh (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Environmental Change Institute
Organiser:
Andrey Levitskiy (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
andrey.levitskiy@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Environmental Change Institute (University of Oxford)
Part of:
NatureFinance@Oxford Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/28c8645a-0833-473d-8db1-0839d82b7a61@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Andrey Levitskiy
