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This research paper examines the Jamaican specialty coffee industry through an environmental justice lens, analyzing how neoliberal restructuring, colonial legacies, and asymmetrical power structures affect smallholders' ability to adapt to climate change.

This research paper uses a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate vulnerability and institutional capacities regarding extreme rainfall events (EREs) in three Latin American coastal localities, focusing on the relationship between socio-economic indicators, legal frameworks, and citizen participation.

A study of sea surface temperature (SST) around southern South America from 1982 to 2017 reveals divergent trends: moderate to intense warming in mid-latitude regions (30°–50°S) and moderate cooling south of 50°S. Significant opposite trends were identified on the Patagonian Shelf, with the Northern Patagonian Shelf warming and the Southern Patagonian Shelf cooling, primarily driven by variability between 2008 and 2017.

This research paper examines the effects of long-term ungulate herbivory on leaf trait syndromes, leaf size, and spine size in grass and woody legume species, distinguishing between plastic and hereditary responses.

This white paper, based on a 2024 scientific diplomacy workshop in Panama, outlines the critical role of estuaries and mangroves in Central and South America for biodiversity, climate regulation, and coastal protection, while providing policy recommendations for their conservation and restoration.

This briefing by RMI outlines the challenges and potential solutions for the industrial permitting process in California, specifically for clean industrial projects like hydrogen production and carbon dioxide removal. It argues that while the current decentralized system provides necessary environmental and community safeguards, it also creates 'nonproductive friction' that delays or cancels critical decarbonization projects. The document provides strategic recommendations for both permit-seekers and state policymakers to streamline approvals without compromising safety or environmental justice.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative evaluates the current state of net-zero disclosures among global banks, identifying significant gaps in comparability, scope, and alignment with 1.5°C pathways. Based on a stocktake of reference studies and an analysis of five Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs), the report argues that current claims of net-zero alignment often lack the necessary transparency and ambition to effectively support the energy transition.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes post-issuance reporting practices for Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) bonds, based on a sample of 75 entities that issued USD 1.4 trillion between 2020 and 2023. While reporting is widespread and generally high quality, the study identifies significant gaps in project-level granularity, impact methodology disclosure, and the quantitative linking of bond-level impacts to entity-level sustainability strategies.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) examines the role of green guarantees in mobilizing private capital for the climate transition in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). It identifies key structural barriers—including complexity, lack of technical assistance, high costs, and time horizon misalignments—and presents case studies of innovative solutions from organizations such as the World Bank Group, Green Guarantee Company, TCX, GuarantCo, and a partnership between Sida and IFU.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes financial flows to India's sustainable agriculture sector for FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22. It employs a value-chain approach to map public and private funding across upstream, farming, and downstream activities, highlighting a heavy reliance on domestic commercial bank debt and government budgets, while noting a significant gap in international finance and diversified investment instruments.

The provided document is a public disclosure copy of the 2024 IRS Form 990 and associated schedules for the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It details the organization's financial status, governance, and program accomplishments for the 2024 calendar year, including its mission to provide science-based information on climate and energy to policymakers.

This policy brief argues that South Africa requires a fundamental transformation of its land administration system to secure tenure for unregistered (off-register) land rights. The author contends that existing empirical research on urban and rural tenure—including the 'family house' custom and household-level customary rights—provides the necessary evidence-based data to move away from opinion-based policymaking and create a system capable of recording and administering diverse forms of tenure.

This report examines the implementation of nature-based solutions (NbS) for municipal stormwater management in Sweden. It finds that while NbS principles are widely embedded in municipal planning, they are rarely called by that specific name. Key barriers to adoption include a lack of standardized cost data—especially for operations and maintenance—and a failure of policy frameworks to fully account for the multiple co-benefits of NbS. The report recommends standardizing cost libraries, clarifying stakeholder responsibilities, and broadening the focus of co-benefits to include heat island reduction and carbon sequestration.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the challenges of achieving equitable access to urban green spaces in low- and middle-income countries, with a focus on informal settlements. It argues that top-down planning often fails to meet the specific needs of marginalized populations and advocates for community-led, inclusive governance to improve public health and environmental resilience.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute quantifies the additional water lost to evaporation caused by the four lower Snake River dams compared to a free-flowing river state. The study finds that these reservoirs result in an average annual loss of approximately 30,000 acre-feet of water, which has significant economic and agricultural implications.

A World Resources Institute working paper assessing 10 years of the Our Ocean Conference, finding that of 2,618 commitments totaling $160 billion in pledges, 43% are completed and $133.4 billion has been mobilized, with 54% of finance targeting ocean-climate action.

These conference proceedings document a World Resources Institute (WRI) retreat held in Bogota, Colombia, from January 27th to 31st, 2025. The event aimed to integrate WRI's electromobility and air quality teams in Latin America to develop coordinated strategies and funding proposals that address urban pollution and decarbonization, with a specific focus on vulnerable populations.

This briefing by the African Food Systems Transformation Collective argues for the integration of agroecology into the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus framework to accelerate the transition toward sustainable and resilient African food systems. It positions philanthropic investment as a critical catalyst to overcome the fragmentation and short-term funding cycles that currently hinder the scaling of agroecological practices.

This briefing by the African Food Systems Transformation Collective examines the critical state of food storage, transport, and logistics infrastructure in Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana. It argues that underdeveloped infrastructure leads to high post-harvest losses and food insecurity, which are further exacerbated by climate change. The document proposes agroecological transitions—integrating sustainable storage, intermediate transport, and community-led logistics—to enhance food security and economic resilience for smallholder farmers.

This briefing by the African Food Systems Transformation Collective explores the use of 'agroecological territories' and integrated landscape approaches to transition African food systems toward sustainability. It argues for a holistic framework that connects agricultural practices, biodiversity conservation, and embedded food systems to address systemic environmental degradation and food insecurity.