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In 90% of countries and 63% of cities, these risk days at least doubled compared to a world without climate change. The most significant increases occurred in developing regions, particularly the Caribbean, where 15 countries saw an average of at least 60 additional risk days annually, representing roughly one-fifth of a typical pregnancy. 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By applying an adapted RAI Tool methodology involving self-assessments and interviews, the study explores UNI2's role in influencing sustainable practices and providing feedback to improve the RAI Tool's scoring and filtering mechanisms. 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The policy expands the institute's commitment to include open access for publications as well as data. Key implementation measures include the use of Data Management Plans (DMPs), the IAI Harvard Dataverse Repository, and the GBIF platform for biodiversity data. Between 2020 and 2025, the IAI reported a 600% increase in the number of databases in its open data catalog. 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The document recommends aligning emissions targets with a 1.5°C limit, accelerating health-related climate risk assessments, and implementing specific mitigation actions within the healthcare sector, which currently accounts for 6.7% of national emissions. It further suggests phasing out diesel subsidies, accelerating the coal phase-out date to 2030, and deprivatizing water to protect public health. 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It highlights a systemic gap where public policies prioritize economic growth and productivity over environmental and social sustainability, particularly for smallholder farmers. While Thailand leads in high-value bioproducts like bioplastics from cassava, it faces challenges with soil degradation and labor shortages. In contrast, Kenya and Colombia primarily use cassava for food security, with nascent industrial sectors. The paper also explores non-timber forest products (NTFPs), such as croton in Kenya and açaí in Colombia, noting that while they offer high value and conservation potential, they are hindered by complex regulatory permits and a lack of scaled investment. The authors recommend shifting from monocultures to sustainable production systems, strengthening smallholder cooperatives, and streamlining biodiversity regulations to ensure an inclusive and ecologically sound bioeconomy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Public policies for bioeconomy in Thailand, Kenya, and Colombia are relatively recent (launched between 2020 and 2022) and predominantly prioritize economic dimensions such as productivity and income generation over environmental and social sustainability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Thailand is a global leader in the cassava industry, producing high-value bioproducts including bioplastics and bioethanol, but faces a decline in yields—dropping from 21.7 tons/ha in 2017 to 17.7 tons/ha in 2023—and a reliance on imports to meet processing capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Kenya and Colombia, cassava is primarily utilized for food security and domestic consumption, with limited industrial transformation compared to Thailand.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The sugarcane industry in Thailand is heavily regulated by the Cane and Sugar Act, but sustainability is compromised by the widespread practice of burning cane leaves to facilitate manual harvesting, which causes severe haze pollution.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) like croton in Kenya and açaí in Colombia offer significant bioeconomy potential for biofuels and functional foods, but their growth is constrained by a lack of clear regulatory frameworks and the high cost of obtaining environmental permits for community enterprises.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Smallholder farmers across all studied bioresources face systemic vulnerabilities, including a lack of formal contracts, limited access to mechanization, and an ageing producer population with no clear strategies for generational renewal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Thailand has successfully integrated circularity into its industrial cassava processing, utilizing biogas systems for wastewater treatment and repurposing pulp for animal feed, a level of implementation not found in Kenya or Colombia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002180#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biobased economy","biofuel","circular economy","sustainable agriculture","biodiversity conservation","climate change adaptation","smallholder","agroforestry"],"geography_discussed":["East Africa","Southeast Asia","Latin America"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","comparative analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"transfor-000101","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/transfor-000101","title":"A CONTRIBUTION TO ENHANCING POLICY COHERENCE AND SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY REGIMES","publisher":{"name":"Transforma","organization":"transforma"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2025-04","source_url":"https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/250227-Policy-Brief-Sinergias-Clima-Biodiversidad.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the interdependence of climate and biodiversity, arguing that current international policy regimes operate in silos. It identifies risks where climate mitigation (such as bioenergy monocultures or transition mineral mining) harms biodiversity, and opportunities where ecosystem restoration provides mutual benefits. The authors recommend establishing a formal work programme or technical expert group under the UNFCCC to coordinate with the CBD, improving the science-policy interface between the IPCC and IPBES, and addressing the double-counting of synergistic finance reported by OECD DAC members.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"There is currently no dedicated institutional channel within the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies, or the CMA for effective collaboration and communication with the CBD and UNCCD, leading to siloed rules and instruments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors propose several options for creating a dedicated space at the UNFCCC to enhance coherence, including a new climate-biodiversity work programme under the SBSTA and SBI, reactivating the existing SBSTA agenda item on cooperation with international organizations, or establishing an ad hoc technical expert group.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature-based solutions (NbS) are a point of contention among states; some countries express concern that the term is used for measures with negative biodiversity impacts or as a justification for carbon offsetting that deters deep emission cuts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Certain climate mitigation measures pose significant risks to biodiversity: bioenergy crops can lead to habitat loss and monoculture expansion, transition mineral mining for renewables pressures freshwater and species, and large-scale hydropower fragments river ecosystems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature-based carbon offsetting can lead to 'mitigation deterrence,' where emitters use offsets to avoid reducing fossil fuel emissions, which ultimately harms biodiversity by accelerating global warming.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A significant barrier to synergistic finance is the risk of double- or triple-counting, where OECD DAC members report the same activity as both climate and biodiversity finance using Rio Markers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors recommend that the IPBES and IPCC collaborate on a joint assessment of biodiversity and climate change to close existing knowledge gaps.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"At the national level, Colombia and Panama are cited as examples of integrating climate and biodiversity planning; Colombia's revised NBSAP aligns four of six national targets with its NDC and integrates biodiversity governance into the National Climate Change System (SISCLIMA).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000101#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","climate finance","nature-based solutions","carbon offset","bioenergy","hydropower","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","Nationally Determined Contributions"],"geography_discussed":["Brazil","Colombia","Panama","Madagascar","El Salvador","Costa Rica","Indonesia","Peru"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","institutional assessment"]},{"id":"trendas-000119","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/trendas-000119","title":"Boom and Bust Coal 2025","publisher":{"name":"Trend Asia","organization":"trend-asia"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2025-04","source_url":"https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Boom-Bust-Coal-2025.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"In 2024, the world commissioned the lowest amount of new coal power capacity in twenty years (44 GW), yet the global coal fleet still grew by 18.8 GW because additions exceeded retirements. The report highlights a stark divergence: while the UK became coal-free and EU27 retirements quadrupled, China saw its highest construction starts since 2015 (94 GW) and India recorded its highest year for new proposals (38.4 GW). Together, China and India accounted for 92% of all newly proposed coal capacity in 2024. In the OECD, proposals have plummeted from 142 in 2015 to five today, though annual retirements must more than triple to 70 GW to meet 1.5°C pathways. The report also notes the rise of 'captive' coal plants in Indonesia and the promotion of ammonia co-firing in Japan and South Korea as strategies to prolong coal use.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Global newly operating coal power capacity reached its lowest level in two decades in 2024, totaling 44 GW, which is nearly 30 GW below the 2004-2024 annual average of 72 GW.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite the low commissioning rate, the global coal fleet grew by 18.8 GW in 2024 because the 44 GW of new capacity exceeded the 25.2 GW retired.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China experienced a significant surge in coal development in 2024, with 94 GW of construction starts, the highest since 2015, following a permitting boom in 2022 and 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"India saw a record high of 38.4 GW in new coal plant proposals in 2024, with the government aiming to add 93 GW of new capacity by 2032.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China and India are increasingly the only major drivers of new coal, together accounting for 92% (107.3 GW) of all newly proposed coal power capacity globally in 2024.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The United Kingdom officially became coal-free in September 2024 after shutting down its last coal plant, making it the sixth country to phase out coal entirely since the 2015 Paris agreement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Coal retirements in the EU27 grew fourfold in 2024, increasing from 2.7 GW in 2023 to 11 GW, with Germany accounting for 6.7 GW of that total.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the OECD, coal plant proposals have dropped from 142 in 2015 to five in 2024, but annual retirements must increase from 19 GW to 70 GW to align with the IEA Net Zero scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indonesia is seeing a surge in 'captive' coal plants for industrial use, which accounted for over 80% of the country's 1.9 GW of new capacity additions in 2024.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Japan and South Korea are promoting ammonia co-firing as a decarbonization strategy, despite the technology's high cost and failure to meet the 90% emission reduction threshold required to be considered 'abated'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia are increasing proposed coal capacity, with much of the development sponsored by Chinese companies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-11","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Private financial support for coal remains high, with commercial banks providing US$470 billion in loans and underwriting to the coal industry between January 2021 and December 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"trendas-000119#insight-12","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["coal power","phase-out","energy transition","Paris Agreement","Cofiring","carbon capture and storage","climate finance","Net-zero emissions","renewable energy","just transition"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","United Kingdom","European Union","United States","Indonesia","Japan","South Korea","Brazil","Zimbabwe","Zambia","Vietnam","Philippines","Russia","Mongolia","Kazakhstan","Turkey","Australia","Colombia","Chile","Pakistan","Bangladesh","South Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["trend analysis","policy assessment","geographic comparison"]},{"id":"wacc-000176","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wacc-000176","title":"Taking a Progressive and Decolonial Approach to Digital Ecosystems","publisher":{"name":"World Association for Christian Communication","organization":"world-association-for-christian-communication"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2025-04","source_url":"https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Progressive-Decolonial_Approach_DigitalEcosystems.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report critiques the current digital ecosystem as a form of 'data colonialism' driven by profit-seeking corporations from the Global North. It traces the history of the struggle for communication control from the 1970s NWICO debates to the current era of AI and Big Tech. 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Most companies focus on agricultural emissions reduction and food waste, but few engage in forest management or biochar. The report highlights the role of FLAG targets in accelerating no-deforestation commitments and identifies the need for more robust transition plans as target deadlines approach.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"As of the end of 2024, 149 companies have validated FLAG targets under the SBTi, with a growth rate of more than two companies per week in 2024.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The geographic distribution of FLAG targets is heavily skewed toward Europe, which accounts for 74% (110) of all validated targets, followed by North America (13), Asia (13), Oceania (7), Latin America (5), and Africa (1).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The majority of companies with FLAG targets (77%) operate within 'required' FLAG sectors, with food and beverage processing being the most prominent sector (73 targets).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"FLAG targets are acting as a catalyst for no-deforestation commitments; 125 companies have committed to achieving no-deforestation by December 31, 2025, and some, such as The Hershey Company, accelerated their target dates from 2030 to 2025 due to FLAG requirements.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Companies are utilizing both supply-side and demand-side mitigation levers, with 95 of 110 reviewed companies mentioning both. The most common supply-side measure is agricultural emissions reduction (85%), followed by food and agricultural waste and loss (82%) and land-use and land-cover change (75%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant gap in the adoption of certain high-potential mitigation strategies; only 7% of companies mentioned forest management and only 5% mentioned the substitution of cement and steel with wood products.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A high proportion of companies (85%) align their FLAG efforts with biodiversity or nature goals, with 16 specifically mentioning the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report identifies several limitations and areas for improvement, including the 2023 suspension of the timber and wood fiber pathway and the need for companies to adapt to the final Greenhouse Gas Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Significant growth in FLAG targets is expected, with an additional 645 companies already holding SBTi commitments required to set FLAG targets due to their sector, and an estimated 200 more across other sectors likely to be required.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000211#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["land-use change","deforestation","regenerative agriculture","agroforestry","biochar","forest management","carbon dioxide removal","biodiversity"],"geography_discussed":["Europe","North America","Asia","Oceania","Latin America","Africa","Brazil","Colombia","Costa Rica","Ivory Coast","Vietnam","Nigeria"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["corporate target review","sectoral analysis"]}]}