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It argues that the current international focus on new renewable energy projects overlooks the necessity of decommissioning or rehabilitating these failing systems, which include ageing power plants, inefficient grids, and second-hand appliances. The authors trace the origins of ZES to colonial legacies, poor maintenance, and political corruption, and propose a holistic strategy involving comprehensive system assessments, regulatory strengthening, and local capacity building to ensure a just and effective energy transition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Zombie Energy Systems (ZES) are defined as \"outdated, inefficient, and environmentally harmful energy systems that persist despite being obsolete\", encompassing both supply-side assets like ageing power plants and demand-side assets like inefficient domestic appliances.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"International development efforts often prioritize \"new and shiny\" renewable energy projects, such as solar PV mini grids, which can lead to the neglect of the more complex and expensive task of rehabilitating or repurposing existing ZES.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Colonial-era infrastructure was often designed for resource extraction rather than domestic development, creating a long-term misalignment of priorities. An example is the Kariba Dam, built in the late 1950s, which has deteriorated due to a lack of resources and technical expertise.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Inefficiencies in power transmission are widespread across Africa; only Botswana, Lesotho, and Mauritius maintain transmission and distribution (T&D) losses of 10% or less, while losses in the Central African Republic reach approximately 48%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Africa's demand side is characterized by a high prevalence of inefficient second-hand appliances and vehicles imported from Europe, Asia, and North America. In Ghana, approximately 75% of the 3.7 million refrigerators imported between 2004 and 2014 were second-hand.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Political corruption and vested financial interests contribute to the persistence of ZES. In Nigeria, the authors suggest a \"strong mafia\" may protect the market for mobile electric power generators (EPGs) to frustrate efforts to revamp the national grid.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic barriers significantly hinder the transition to cleaner transport; the average price of an entry-level 4-wheeler EV in Africa exceeds $25,000, which is far above the continent's per capita GDP of $2,955.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors recommend a comprehensive approach to eradicate ZES, including conducting detailed assessments of existing assets, strengthening independent regulatory bodies to reduce non-technical losses, and investing in local workforce training.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-000043#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["energy transition","energy efficiency","electrical grid","renewable energy","decarbonization","electric vehicle","climate finance","energy poverty","fossil fuel","hydroelectricity","photovoltaics","wind power","greenhouse gas emissions","air pollution","just transition"],"geography_discussed":["Nigeria","South Africa","Zambia","Zimbabwe","Botswana","Lesotho","Mauritius","Central African Republic","Eswatini","Ghana","Uganda","Kenya","Ethiopia","Tunisia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","conceptual framework"]},{"id":"client-000626","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/client-000626","title":"Ensuring EUDR benchmarking reflects human rights and environmental risks","publisher":{"name":"ClientEarth","organization":"clientearth"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2025-01-28","source_url":"https://www.clientearth.org/media/3dqn5gud/joint-letter-benchmarking-eudr-c280125.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"A joint letter from various NGOs urging the European Commission to ensure the EUDR benchmarking process is based on objective risk criteria rather than political factors or sanctions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The authors express concern that the European Commission may be politicising the benchmarking process, noting that the Commission anticipated most countries would be rated low risk before finalising the methodology or benchmarking any country.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The signatories argue that high-risk status must not be limited to countries under UN or EU sanctions, as the EUDR requires risk determination to be based primarily on deforestation rates, agricultural expansion, and production trends.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The letter contends that the Commission's current approach may only consider human rights violations and illegality in an optional 'further assessment', whereas these should be evaluated from the outset for all regions to capture real risks of non-compliance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors claim the proposed benchmarking methodology fails to adequately include forest degradation and production trends for all covered commodities, contrary to the requirements of Article 29(3) of the EUDR.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document warns that the EU-Mercosur Agreement may undermine objective risk classification if the Commission is obligated to 'favourably consider' the agreement when determining the risk status of Mercosur countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"client-000626#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["deforestation","forest degradation","human rights"],"geography_discussed":["Ghana","Ivory Coast","Brazil","Mercosur"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy critique","advocacy"]},{"id":"gclifun-005288","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gclifun-005288","title":"Gender Assessment for the Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2","publisher":{"name":"Green Climate Fund","organization":"green-climate-fund"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2025-01-24","source_url":"https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp263-genderassessment2.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report provides a gender assessment for the Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2 (MSLF2), identifying how land degradation and deforestation disproportionately affect women due to systemic gaps in land rights and resource access. It outlines a programmatic approach to integrate gender lens investing, aligning with the 2X Challenge criteria and GCF Gender Policy. The fund sets specific targets, including that 35% of jobs created will go to women and 44% of total beneficiaries will be women. The document also provides detailed gender profiles for Ghana, Costa Rica, Peru, the Philippines, and Malaysia, highlighting country-specific labour force participation and legal frameworks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005288#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Land degradation and deforestation disproportionately impact women, who are reported to be twice as affected by these issues as men. This is linked to gender biases in land rights, access to resources, and decision-making processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005288#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Women face significant global barriers in agriculture; while they make up 43% of the global agricultural labour force (rising to 60% in least-developed countries), they represent only 15% of landholders globally and 30% of cooperative memberships.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005288#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The MSLF2 aims for 50% of its portfolio to align with the 2X Challenge criteria by the end of the fund's life. It specifically targets that 35% of jobs created under the fund will go to women and 44% of total beneficiaries will be women.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005288#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Mirova will implement a gender lens across the investment cycle, including pre-screening, due diligence, and contracting. 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Only 10% of all landowners are women, which contributes to economic vulnerability and limited decision-making power in agriculture.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005288#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Malaysia's women's labour force participation is 56%. 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It contrasts the formal common-law property system with customary and informal rights, noting that the latter lack formal registration, precise demarcation, and integrated information management. The brief evaluates two international models for bridging this gap: the World Bank and UN-Habitat's 'Fit-for-Purpose' approach, which emphasizes flexibility and affordability, and the 'Talking Titler' evolutionary design approach, which focuses on social networks and context-specific adaptability. While the Fit-for-Purpose model saw success in Rwanda, critics argue it may overlook local power dynamics in South Africa, suggesting that a more flexible, adaptive system may be necessary to address the country's complex land-rights situation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Land administration is defined as the management of land tenure, land valuation, land use, and land development, serving as the mechanism that \"actualise\" land rights and land use to balance individual and societal interests.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a stark dichotomy in South Africa between registered rights, which are precisely recorded in the Deeds Registry and integrated into the cadastre system, and unregistered rights (including customary and statutory rights), which are largely unrecorded and not capable of recording in the deeds registry.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Off-register rights in South Africa typically lack formal land-use regulation, falling outside the regulated valuation, taxation, and compensation systems, with land use often determined by local traditional or community structures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Fit-for-Purpose' land administration approach, promoted by the World Bank and UN-Habitat, aims to provide solutions for the estimated 75 per cent of the global population lacking formal registration through flexible, inclusive, and affordable systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rwanda successfully implemented the Land Tenure Regularisation programme starting in 2009, registering 10.4 million parcels of land and issuing 8.8 million land-lease certificates over five years using a participatory 'para-surveyors' approach.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Critics argue that the Fit-for-Purpose approach may be unsuitable for some South African communities because it can gloss over entrenched power relations and fail to capture the local mechanisms people use to defend their interests.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Talking Titler' evolutionary design approach proposes a flexible model based on four classes—media, person, land object, and reference—to allow context-specific land administration designs to emerge from empirical testing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pari-000219#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["land tenure"],"geography_discussed":["Rwanda","Ghana","Somaliland"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy evaluation","comparative analysis"]},{"id":"sei-001530","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001530","title":"Pursuing more equitable access to urban green spaces","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2025-01","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/pursuing-more-equitable-access-to-green-spaces.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines how urban green space access is often socially determined by income, gender, and age, particularly in rapidly growing cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It highlights that lower-income communities often prioritize provisioning services—such as food and fuel—over the aesthetic or health-related benefits typically emphasized in high-income contexts. The authors argue that top-down planning frequently fails these populations and can lead to gentrification or social opposition. Using a case study from the Nakuru River area in Kenya, the report identifies systemic barriers to community-led management, including unclear governmental responsibilities, funding shortfalls, and the influence of external NGOs. 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It argues that integrating these systems into agroecological transitions\u0010such as using solar-powered cold storage and intermediate transport like bicycles and motorbikes\u0010can reduce waste and empower smallholder farmers. The brief highlights specific national hurdles, including aflatoxin contamination in Uganda, uneven road networks in Kenya, and a focus on national rather than household storage in Ghana. It recommends that philanthropic and government funding prioritize local stakeholder participation, renewable energy solutions, and evidence-based research to build climate-resilient food systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"africac-000014#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Underdeveloped food storage, transport, and trade infrastructures in Africa result in high post-harvest losses, which can reach 30\u001040% for perishable goods in Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"africac-000014#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Uganda, traditional storage methods are inefficient, leading to losses of 17.6% for cereals and up to 40% for fruit and vegetables. 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The urban population is projected to rise from 698 million (45.9% of the total) in 2025 to 966 million (50.9%) by 2035.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"africac-000047#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rapid urbanisation is driving a 'nutrition transition' characterized by increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and 'fast street foods' high in fat, salt, and sugar, contributing to rising rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases (DR-NCDs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"africac-000047#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Infrastructure deficits—including energy, water, fuel, and transport—significantly influence dietary choices. 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