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This report provides a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of an assisted natural regeneration (ANR) project covering 2,868 hectares in Sodo Woreda, Ethiopia, demonstrating that land restoration provides direct economic benefits to farmers and climate services.

RMI argues against the use of climate finance from wealthy nations to support natural gas development in the Global South, asserting that such a move would jeopardize the 1.5°C global warming target and the goals of the Paris Agreement. The document contends that fossil gas is a poor investment for developing countries due to supply dependency, price volatility, and the risk of methane leakage.

A commentary by members of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) urging the Swedish government to use its presidency of the Council of the EU in 2023 to increase the European Union's sustainability ambitions and lead on the European Green Deal.

This research paper assesses the environmental and societal impacts of three urine concentration technologies—alkaline dehydration, nitrification-distillation, and ion-exchange with struvite precipitation—within a planned residential area in Malmö, Sweden, to provide guidance for scaling up nutrient recovery for a circular economy.

A joint submission by five environmental and health organizations, including the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Ecojustice, providing recommendations to strengthen Bill S-5, the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act. The brief focuses on the recognition of the right to a healthy environment and the modernization of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) regarding the management of toxic substances.

This briefing from the International Institute for Sustainable Development argues that Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in South Africa, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Senegal should facilitate a direct leap from fossil fuels to renewable energy, bypassing fossil gas to avoid economic volatility and asset stranding.

This briefing presents a needs assessment for establishing a publicly accessible cross-sector collaboration space in the Nations area of Geneva to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Climate Change Performance Index 2023 executive summary evaluates the climate mitigation efforts of the 60 largest emitters. It highlights that no country is currently on a 1.5°C pathway, leaving the top three ranks unoccupied. While Denmark leads in most categories, major emitters like China and the US are ranked in the 'very low' category. The report notes a wide disparity in performance among EU member states and identifies Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan as the worst overall performers.

This briefing by RMI argues that integrating urban nature—such as forests, street trees, and bodies of water—into city planning reduces greenhouse gas emissions, lowers energy costs, and improves equity. The document highlights that the global value of urban nature's benefits is nine times the costs, and it calls for a significant increase in annual investment to reach a potential $2 trillion in annual net benefits by 2030.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics argues that the global energy crisis is driven by fossil fuel volatility rather than clean energy policies. It asserts that natural gas is incompatible with Paris Agreement climate goals and that renewable energy is now a more cost-effective and secure alternative for power generation globally, including in Africa.

The IDFC Green Finance Mapping 2022 report details the green finance commitments of International Development Finance Club (IDFC) member institutions for 2021, noting a record high of USD 224 billion in total commitments.

The Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge is a joint initiative by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and Shockwave Foundation to identify and scale nature-positive agricultural innovations in East Africa. The program provides selected winners with mentoring, leadership training, and connections to private investors to transform seed-level ideas into sustainable, funding-ready businesses.

This report by the African Center for Economic Transformation evaluates the sustainability of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Ghana. It finds that after 25 years, the EPZ model has failed to meet many of its original objectives and lacks integration with broader industrial policies, environmental standards, and anti-corruption measures. The report recommends a comprehensive policy overhaul, increased private sector involvement in infrastructure, and the adoption of climate-friendly investment strategies.

The People's Accord towards a New Social Contract is a call from a coalition of civil society movements for world leaders and citizens to establish new social contracts to address intersecting crises of climate, economics, biodiversity, and inequality.

This policy guide provides a framework for policymakers and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region to integrate environment-health risks into public policies, specifically focusing on biodiversity loss, food systems, and climate change to safeguard human health and ecosystems.

This report by the NewClimate Institute analyzes the impact of the global energy crisis on Southeast Asia, specifically focusing on Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. It argues that while these nations have implemented short-term measures to secure fossil fuel supplies and protect consumers, they have yet to address underlying vulnerabilities through structural shifts toward clean energy and energy efficiency.

The executive summary of 'Global Climate Action 2022' by the NewClimate Institute analyzes International Climate Initiatives (ICIs), noting a downward trend in productivity and performance since 2019. It highlights a significant underrepresentation of the Global South and evaluates the potential of 'Glasgow Initiatives' from COP26 to bridge the 2030 emission ambition gap, provided more large-emitting countries join and implement them.

This methodology document outlines how Ember estimates the fossil fuels and costs avoided through solar energy generation in Asia. It details the use of counterfactual scenarios for fuel substitution, the application of linear regression models to estimate 2022 fuel prices using spot price lags, and the reliance on National Energy Plans for 2030 projections. It specifically notes adjusted assumptions for Indonesia and the use of regional averages for countries with missing 2022 trade data, including Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) criticizes the $8.5-billion Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and its Investment Plan (JET-IP) as a market-centric deal that prioritizes private investor profits over South African local development. The IEJ argues that the deal's reliance on loans and private-sector 'de-risking' threatens to increase energy costs, maintain high state financial risk, and fail to provide adequate social security or local manufacturing support for workers in the coal belt.

The NewClimate Institute reports that global expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and fossil gas is undermining the Paris Agreement and the 1.5°C warming limit. Despite some policy progress in the US, China, and the EU, current 2030 targets put the world on a path toward 2.4°C of warming, while the pipeline of new LNG capacity threatens to significantly increase emissions by 2030.