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This report examines the clean cooking landscape in Bangladesh, detailing the prevalence of biomass fuels, the adoption of various clean cooking technologies, and the financing mechanisms and policy barriers affecting the transition to cleaner energy. It highlights the role of government-led initiatives and development finance institutions in promoting improved cookstoves and biogas, while noting a lack of private sector participation outside the LPG market.

This report chapter from Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) analyzes development finance for energy projects with gender equality objectives between 2008 and 2018. It highlights a significant gap between general development finance and energy-specific finance targeting gender equality, identifies methodological failures in current tracking systems, and proposes a new framework for reporting and measuring gender-focused energy outcomes.

This 2020 report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) analyzes the gap between financial commitments and actual disbursements for energy access in High-Impact Countries (HICs). Using OECD Creditor Reporting System (CRS) data, it evaluates the efficiency of development financing for electricity and clean cooking, identifying systemic delays and project design flaws that hinder the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7).

The 2020 Energy Trilemma Index for Colombia analyzes the electricity sector across its departments, highlighting a strong dependence on hydroelectric power (72% of the national matrix) and significant regional disparities. While departments like Antioquia, Boyacá, and La Guajira show high energy security, there are stark gaps in energy equity, particularly between the National Interconnected System (SIN) and Non-Interconnected Zones (ZNI). The report also notes that environmental sustainability is compromised in departments relying on fossil fuels, with Casanare and Atlántico recording high CO2 emissions per capita.

The Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership (UCP), established in 2013, works to restore the ecologically diverse but vulnerable Umzimvubu catchment in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Facing threats from climate change and invasive species, the UCP employs a collaborative, ecosystem-based approach to secure water for over two million people and improve local livelihoods. Key achievements include protecting 43 springs, designating 49,200 hectares for stewardship, and creating thousands of jobs through conservation and livestock-based economic support.

This guide, published by WWF South Africa in 2020, introduces the 'One Food' approach to sustainable agriculture. It promotes agroecology and rangeland management to create a resilient food system that integrates human, animal, and environmental health, specifically focusing on biodiversity and climate adaptation for farmers.

This guide, published by WWF South Africa in 2020, introduces the 'One Food' approach to sustainable food production. It promotes agroecology and nature-based solutions to help farmers manage risks related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and livestock management while ensuring long-term food security and environmental health.

This report by GEOSS South Africa for WWF South Africa details the establishment of a citizen science groundwater monitoring network in two pilot areas of Cape Town: Newlands and the Epping/Airport Industria area. The project aims to address the risks posed by unsustainable groundwater abstraction, which increased during the 2015–2019 drought, by characterizing groundwater resources and installing monitoring equipment to support future numerical groundwater modeling.

This report provides a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of selected eco-technologies for wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery across three catchment areas in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). By combining CBA with multi-criteria analysis (MCA), the study evaluates the economic efficiency of various technologies compared to baseline scenarios, focusing on the recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions.

This research paper evaluates the impact of climate communication projects conducted by the Swedish Forest Agency on the risk perceptions and adaptation intentions of Swedish forest owners, comparing a participant group (1,493 individuals) with a randomly sampled control group (909 individuals).

This case study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines how potential World Trade Organization (WTO) rules to discipline fisheries subsidies could impact the southern longline tuna fishery in the Western and Central Pacific, specifically regarding economic overfishing and the role of distant water fishing nations.

This executive summary examines the gendered impacts of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies and their reform in India, based on a survey of over 800 households. It finds that while LPG improves energy access and reduces women's labor and pollution exposure, current subsidy schemes are inefficiently targeted, often failing to reach the poorest households.

This case study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines the potential impact of World Trade Organization (WTO) fisheries subsidy rules on shrimp fisheries in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, focusing on overcapacity, overfishing, and the role of fuel subsidies.

The Earth Negotiations Bulletin provides a comprehensive report on the 2019 Chile/Madrid Climate Change Conference (COP 25, CMP 15, CMA 2), which took place from 2 December to 15 December 2019. The conference was marked by significant delays, becoming the longest in UNFCCC history, and failed to reach consensus on several key issues, most notably the operationalization of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. While some progress was made on loss and damage and gender, the overall outcome was viewed with disappointment by many delegates and civil society due to a perceived gap between scientific urgency and political delivery.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) filed an internal appeal on 13 December 2019 against the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries' decision to redact greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data and pollution prevention plans for several major South African emitters. The CER argues that the Department failed to provide adequate reasons for the redactions and that the information is of fundamental public interest, overriding claims of commercial confidentiality.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting on behalf of groundWork and Earthlife Africa NPC, sent a follow-up letter to Minister Gwede Mantashe on 13 December 2019, requesting written reasons for the updated Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) published on 18 October 2019.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), acting on behalf of groundWork and Earthlife Africa NPC, sent a follow-up letter to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) on 13 December 2019, requesting written reasons for NERSA's decision to concur in the promulgation of the updated Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP) published on 18 October 2019.

A statement by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) evaluating the chemical and waste-related commitments of the European Commission's European Green Deal, calling for a human rights-based approach to avoid exporting environmental impacts.

Sivan Kartha, a Senior Scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), argues that an equitable approach to the energy transition is the only practical way to address the climate crisis. Speaking at COP25, Kartha warns that a 5-degree Celsius increase in global temperature would represent an existential risk to humanity, comparable in scale to the transition out of the last Ice Age, and emphasizes that wealthy nations must lead in reducing emissions and supporting less privileged populations to achieve global net-zero emissions.

In a transcribed set of remarks delivered at COP25, SEI Senior Scientist Sivan Kartha argues that the only practical and fair way to achieve global zero emissions is for the world's most privileged populations to eliminate their own emissions and provide financial and technological support to less privileged populations.