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To support scaling, the paper recommends that policymakers develop dedicated support policies and regulatory frameworks, build markets, utilize carbon markets, and collaborate with local and Indigenous Peoples using bottom-up implementation plans and traditional knowledge.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001065#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Across Latin America, Europe, North America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia, the most significant capacity gaps for the adoption and scaling of land-based mitigation technologies (LMTs) are related to understanding, awareness, and economics or finance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001065#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Addressing gaps in knowledge and understanding is recommended as the initial priority to make LMTs more appealing to stakeholders.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001065#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Successful LMT scaling requires a combination of regulatory frameworks that level the playing field against other sectors, market building, the use of carbon markets, ecosystem services payments, and the integration of local and traditional knowledge through bottom-up plans with local and Indigenous Peoples.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001065#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["agroforestry","bio-energy with carbon capture and storage","biochar","forest management","carbon emission trading","climate finance","traditional knowledge"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["capacity gap analysis"]},{"id":"sei-000458","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-000458","title":"Climate Resilient Urban Planning in Southern Africa","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2023-09-04","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-resilient-urban-planning-in-southern-africa/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines insights from the FRACTAL and FRACTAL-Plus projects, arguing that climate services should transition from a product-driven focus to a process-driven approach centered on decision-making needs, learning, and relationship-building.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000458#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The authors advocate for a shift in climate services from a focus on delivering specific products to an approach that prioritizes the processes, contexts, and needs of decision-making.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000458#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The development or provision of a climate information product should be considered a single part of a broader climate service process rather than the final objective.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000458#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate services achieve greater effectiveness and longevity when they prioritize the establishment of networks, relationships, and learning through engagement processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000458#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change adaptation","urban planning","Climate information service","climate information"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","lessons learned"]},{"id":"sei-001557","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001557","title":"Risk mitigation and transfer for renewable energy investments","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2023-09","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/risk-mitigation-transfer-investments.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines how the perception of risk increases the cost of capital, thereby hindering renewable energy deployment in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. 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Consequently, a higher Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) leads to a disproportionately higher Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) compared to fuel-based technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001557#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Developing countries face higher costs of capital due to perceived systematic risks, including weaker legal institutions, unstable exchange rates, and less developed financial markets. This creates a 'climate investment trap' where high capital costs reduce investment, which in turn exacerbates climate problems and further increases the cost of capital.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001557#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"From a developer's perspective, investment selection relies on the Net Present Value (NPV) rule, where a project is only selected if NPV > 0. Because the discount rate (often the WACC) is a key variable in the NPV calculation, higher perceived risk directly lowers the NPV, potentially rendering a project non-viable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001557#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy investments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are particularly constrained by the scarcity of trustworthy offtakers and interconnection issues. While the region has abundant resources, it received less than 1.5% of global renewable energy investments between 2000 and 2020.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001557#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Investment risks for renewable energy are categorized into several types, with counterparty risk (failure of the offtaker to pay) and grid/transmission risk being especially salient in SSA due to the poor financial health of national utilities and limited grid capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001557#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Risk Mitigation and Transfer (RMT) is divided into policy de-risking and financial de-risking. 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