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The brief identifies significant barriers to implementation, including weak governance, fragmented sectoral approaches, and a lack of funding for capacity development, recommending a holistic, multi-sectoral integration of nature-based solutions into national development strategies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Healthy ecosystems, including forests, wetlands, and coastal areas like mangroves and sand dunes, reduce disaster risk by acting as physical barriers and providing essential services that support livelihoods.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) are similar nature-based solutions, but differ in scope: EbA focuses on biodiversity and long-term climate change, while Eco-DRR includes immediate disaster components like early warning, preparedness, and recovery.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a critical lack of regional policies in Africa that explicitly connect biodiversity conservation and resilient ecosystems with disaster risk reduction.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The implementation of Eco-DRR in Africa is hindered by institutional and governance challenges, including a disconnect between international conventions and local activities, as well as a lack of cross-sectoral integration within national governments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature-based solutions are often undervalued compared to engineering options because their benefits take several years to materialize, leading to their exclusion from strategic and budget planning.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Specific examples of Eco-DRR application include wetland and dune restoration in South Africa's Eden District Municipality, flood mitigation in the Msimbazi Basin of Dar es Salaam, and catchment management in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Lukaya River.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000910#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["ecosystem-based adaptation","nature-based solutions","climate change adaptation","disaster risk reduction","biodiversity conservation","coastal management","urban resilience"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Tanzania","Mozambique"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","literature review"]},{"id":"sei-001554","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001554","title":"Rights-based claims in the extractive sector","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rights-based-claims-in-the-extractive-sector.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document identifies three typologies of rights-based claims in the extractive sector of South and Southeast Asia: environmental justice, Indigenous rights and land claims, and the right to conduct artisanal and small-scale mining. It highlights that while international law provides a framework for these rights, local actors face significant institutional, financial, and informational barriers. The brief recommends strengthening the rule of law, formalizing artisanal mining, and incorporating free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) into domestic legal frameworks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001554#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The study identified three general typologies of rights-based claims used by local actors in the extractive sector: environmental justice claims, which focus on the right to be free from ecological destruction; Indigenous rights and land claims, emphasizing the right to participate in decision-making; and claims regarding the right to conduct artisanal and small-scale mining to maintain livelihoods.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001554#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rights holders in South and Southeast Asia employ a variety of strategies to make their claims, which may be used simultaneously. 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A survey of peer-reviewed literature yielded only 20 relevant articles, though 17 of those specifically included claims made by Indigenous Peoples.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001554#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Resource extraction projects frequently fail to engage local communities in decision-making or observe the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), which contradicts international commitments and best practices in the sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001554#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Even when national legal frameworks exist, structural and institutional shortfalls often prevent affected communities from utilizing existing legal remedies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001554#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["extractive industry","mining","environmental justice","indigenous rights","Free, Prior and Informed Consent","human rights"],"geography_discussed":["Philippines","Latin America"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["literature review","policy analysis"]},{"id":"sei-002165","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-002165","title":"Assessing the gender and social equity dimensions of energy transitions","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/assessing-the-gender-and-social-equity-dimensions-of-energy-transitions-2020.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that low-carbon energy transitions do not automatically improve social equity and can replicate existing structural inequalities if power asymmetries are not addressed. 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Without early intervention, existing power asymmetries regarding resource distribution and access are likely to be replicated in new energy regimes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002165#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The most frequently documented positive impacts of energy transitions are economic, specifically poverty alleviation and energy self-sufficiency, which are mentioned in 46% of the reviewed literature. Conversely, land loss and displacement are dominant negative impacts, cited in 27% of the literature.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002165#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Energy transitions often shift rather than eliminate gender inequalities. While modern household electricity and solar lanterns can reduce workloads for women (e.g., cooking and firewood collection), evidence suggests this labour is often simply transferred to other domains, such as livestock care, leaving gendered divisions of labour entrenched.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002165#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Biofuel plantations often present a 'double-edged' impact on employment. While they may create initial jobs, these positions are frequently precarious due to unfair land allocation and plantation structures where smallholders receive unequal shares. Long-term land loss can further constrain livelihood options.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002165#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Large-scale renewable projects, including hydropower, mega solar, and wind power, frequently result in the loss of land and livelihood for indigenous and marginalized communities. 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It finds that claimants often use multi-scalar strategies, combining domestic litigation with mass protests and international advocacy. While some claims lead to the suspension of extractive activities or improved corporate engagement, others are met with state oppression or violence. 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However, the document notes that FPIC is often used by the state to provide \"false assurances of good governance\" without proper consultation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002722#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rights claimants typically employ simultaneous, multi-scalar strategies. These include domestic legal activism and public interest litigation combined with mass actions such as protests, blockades, and the use of media to garner national and international support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002722#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several factors impede the making of rights-based claims, including limited technical and legal knowledge, poverty, geographical isolation, and governance settings that privilege large-scale mining over ASM. 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The authors categorize decision-making levels (field, program, and strategic) and types of evidence (situational, indigenous, scientific, etc.), ultimately recommending five strategies to foster evidence-informed decisions: strengthening researcher-practitioner relationships, combining different knowledge types, supporting structured processes, increasing research accessibility, and influencing organizational norms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000221#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Decision-making in conservation and humanitarian sectors is often criticized for being based on personal opinion, past experience, or being 'informal, emergent, ad-hoc, and reactive' rather than scientific data.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000221#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Organizational decisions are frequently driven by cognitive biases and heuristics. 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