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It advocates for systemic recovery strategies, including 'farm-to-fork' agricultural approaches and sustainable supply chains for commodities like coffee, cocoa, and cotton. The text emphasizes the need for 'do no harm' standards in recovery investments, the scaling of green finance—citing that mangrove investments can yield $7 in economic benefits for every dollar spent—and the alignment of biodiversity goals with the Paris Agreement's NDCs and the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2030 goals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001199#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"A 'One Health' approach is necessary to address the link between environmental and human health, as the loss of ecosystem integrity and human encroachment on natural habitats create a \"connecting highway\" for pathogens. Approximately 70% of new emerging diseases, potentially including COVID-19, are zoonotic in origin.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001199#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic recovery should employ systemic approaches to biodiversity and nature-based solutions, specifically adopting a 'farm-to-fork' approach similar to the European Green Deal to manage how food systems and livestock pressure ecosystems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001199#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Private sector engagement and sustainable supply chains for commodities such as cotton, cocoa, and coffee are essential for protecting ecosystems. A proposed pact between producer and consumer countries to reduce deforestation through these supply chains was envisioned as a key deliverable for COP26 in November 2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001199#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Recovery packages must be screened against a minimum \"do no harm\" standard for investments in agriculture, biofuels, and infrastructure to prevent large-scale economic stimulation from increasing biodiversity loss. Accountability can be ensured through ex-post assessments and alignment with the post-2020 global biodiversity framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-001199#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature-based solutions offer significant economic returns, such as a $7 return for every dollar invested in mangroves, and can have an economic impact comparable to traditional infrastructure. 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Despite the adoption of environmental safeguards by financial institutions and the mobilization of Indigenous peoples, systemic barriers—including limited corporate transparency, slow government implementation of forest policies, and continued financial flows to destructive activities—hinder progress. 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It aims to ensure that the best knowledge and practice on resilience are used to shape policies and investments, particularly in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The coalition operates through three interrelated functions: 'Collaborate' (peer-to-peer learning and capacity building), 'Connect' (virtual knowledge-sharing platforms), and 'Apply' (measurement, incubation, and scaling support). 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By applying a 'social reproduction lens'—which examines the intersection of paid and unpaid work and the organization of everyday life—the authors highlight how these structural asymmetries, combined with the 'feminisation of informality,' create barriers to gender equity and sustainable livelihoods. The proposed framework consists of three dimensions: global distribution of value, work and livelihoods, and ecological justice. It emphasizes that a 'just transition' requires moving beyond individual capabilities to address systemic issues such as 'ecologically unequal exchange,' where the Global North appropriates land, labour, and materials from the South. The document concludes with an assessment matrix to guide policymakers in creating high-quality, formal jobs that are compatible with the social reproduction needs of marginalized groups.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Renewable energy value chains (REVCs) are characterized by a vast disparity in value addition; high-value activities such as research and development, consulting, and financing are concentrated in the Global North, while labour-intensive, low-value activities like resource extraction and installation occur in the Global South.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global North economies dominate the high-tech segments of REVCs, with Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands alone contributing 42% of global value-added in these chains.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African economies are predominantly integrated into REVCs as providers of raw materials, which limits their ability to achieve structural transformation and industrialization.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'feminisation of informality' is a critical barrier to gender equity, with 84% of women in Sub-Saharan Africa working in the informal economy, often in precarious roles that fail to recognize unpaid care work.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In South Africa's renewable energy sector, employment is heavily skewed toward temporary, low-skilled construction jobs, with women representing only 16% of the workforce.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Kenya, while the overall energy sector is dominated by men (75%), decentralized renewable energy shows higher female participation at 41%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Social reproduction is fragmented in African contexts due to neoliberal globalization, leading to a 're-privatisation' where the state retreats and the burden of welfare falls back onto households, often relying on older women for childcare.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The global energy transition is marked by 'ecologically unequal exchange,' where high-income countries are net appropriators of raw materials, energy, land, and labour from the Global South.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'imperialist drain' from the Global South in 2015 was estimated at US$14.1 trillion in raw materials, US$5.1 trillion in land, US$3.6 trillion in energy, and over US$20 trillion in labour.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iejza-000341#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["just transition","ecological justice","solar energy","wind energy","climate finance","industrial policy"],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Kenya","Ghana","Africa","Global North","Global South"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual framework","literature review","comparative analysis"]},{"id":"iisd-003339","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-003339","title":"On Behalf of My Delegation …","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"guide","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/books/on-behalf-my-delegation-second-edition.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document serves as a survival guide for climate change negotiators, detailing the scientific basis of the climate crisis, the evolution of the international regime from the 1992 UNFCCC to the Paris Agreement, and the formal and informal structures of the UN process. 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