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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) reviewed federal legislation from the 115th through the 117th Congress to identify laws promoting climate adaptation and resilience. EESI identified 41 laws that address over 16 different climate impacts, ranging from acute events like wildfires to slow-onset events like thawing permafrost, though much of the federal approach remains centered on disaster response and recovery.

This fact sheet explains the formation and types of glaciers, the drivers and consequences of their melting due to global warming, and the importance of legal protections for these freshwater reserves, highlighting Argentina's National Glacier Law.

This briefing by RMI outlines the energy affordability crisis in the US, driven by high fossil fuel prices and rising electricity rates, and provides a toolkit of short-term and long-term regulatory solutions for state public utility commissions to reduce the energy burden on vulnerable households.

A policy brief by civil society organizations Traction Energy Asia, Trend Asia, and Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) calling for a low-emission and just energy transition in Indonesia. The document warns that current bioenergy policies, specifically biofuel and biomass co-firing, risk increasing deforestation and carbon emissions while threatening food security and social justice.

This case study describes an e-mobility pilot by ENGIE Equatorial on Lolwe Island, Uganda, which deployed 15 electric outboards for fishermen on Lake Victoria to replace internal combustion engines. The project, co-funded by the IKEA Foundation and UK Aid, evaluates the technical and economic feasibility of electric fishing boats, noting significant potential for reducing operational costs and CO2 emissions despite challenges with equipment durability and battery handling.

This briefing from RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance (CCAF) outlines six key trends expected to influence the climate strategies, implementation, and reporting of financial institutions (FIs) in 2023. These trends include the shift toward short-term transition plans, the political debate surrounding ESG, the growth of renewable energy investment, the need for workforce upskilling, increased regulatory scrutiny of greenwashing, and the move toward using transition-relevant data for portfolio steering.

This case study describes a nano-grid project on Lelepa Island, Vanuatu, implemented by Power-Blox and funded by the UNDP. The project utilizes a modular, self-regulating 'internet of energy' technology to provide disaster-resilient electricity to households and critical infrastructure, utilizing a prepaid business model operated primarily by women.

This case study describes the installation of a 15 kWp vortex hydropower system by Turbulent at the Green School in Bali, Indonesia, to replace an unstable national grid and provide reliable, clean energy for students and the surrounding community.

A case study on the implementation of a solar-powered e-mobility solution for Tanganyika Expeditions' safari lodges in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, integrated by Asantys Systems.

This case study describes a project managed by Camco Clean Energy via the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) to deploy Solar Home Systems (SHS) in Cameroon through the provider upOwa. The initiative addresses electricity gaps in rural areas using a pay-as-you-go model to support households, micro-businesses, and essential services.

This case study describes the Luz en Casa Amazonia Microgrid Pilot Project in Copal Urco, Peru, implemented by the acciona.org Foundation. The project replaced a limited diesel-fed system with a solar PV microgrid to provide more reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to a rural community in the Amazonian rainforest.

This case study documents the community-led efforts of Kamarkhali village in north-central Bangladesh to combat accelerating riverbank erosion along the Someshwari River. Through the formation of a resistance committee, non-violent protests, and multiple attempts to build embankments, the community eventually secured government assistance to construct a sandbag embankment completed in April 2021.

This report provides an evidence-based and costed roadmap for transforming agriculture and food systems in Ethiopia to address hunger, nutrition, and climate change.

The 'Policy Action Framework: Improving product sustainability information in e-commerce' report provides guidance for policy-makers to leverage the growth of e-commerce and increasing consumer environmental concern to accelerate sustainable consumption. It proposes five core and three supporting actions to ensure online consumers have access to clear and reliable product sustainability information.

The research paper 'Toward Multipurpose Trade Policy?' by Nicolas Lamp describes a paradigm shift in international trade, moving from a primary focus on economic efficiency and liberalization toward 'multipurpose trade policy.' This new approach integrates substantive policy objectives—such as climate mitigation, national security, and labor rights—directly into trade policy rather than treating them as externalities. The author outlines the domestic challenges of balancing incommensurable goals and the international implications, including a declining role for multilateral trade law and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Center for International Environmental Law and other organizations urge the Biden administration to publicly condemn the killing of at least 48 civilians and the use of excessive force by security forces in Peru under President Dina Boluarte.

This policy brief argues that the United States power grid lacks a comprehensive national development plan, unlike the European Union and China, leaving it fragmented and vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather. It advocates for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to mandate minimum inter-regional power transfer capabilities and establish a robust planning process to improve grid resilience and resource sharing.

This policy brief examines climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts within ASEAN member states, specifically focusing on the agriculture, energy, and land-use, land-use change, and forestry sectors. It explores how international trade cooperation and trade-related policies can support these regional efforts and aims to provide a bottom-up, developing country perspective to counter the dominance of advanced economies in global trade and climate discussions at the WTO and other international settings.

Iloilo City, Philippines, implemented a Participatory Housing and Urban Development project to protect vulnerable urban poor communities from flood risks. Through a partnership between the local government and the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines Inc. (HPFPI), the city moved 1,250 households from flood-prone waterways to secure, within-city housing. The initiative replaced forced evictions with community-driven planning and innovative financing, including over 560 collective savings groups, and integrated urban poor representatives into city government boards for land use and disaster risk.

This report by the African Center for Economic Transformation analyzes the cocoa value chain in Liberia, identifying significant binding constraints in production, logistics, and governance. It argues that the sector must transition from a traditional commodity model to a high-value-adding industry to drive economic transformation.