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This case study describes the use of community radio in Niger to promote farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR), a technique used to restore degraded land by nurturing old tree stumps and roots to improve soil fertility, water availability, and crop yields.

This verification report by ISS-oekom confirms that Encavis AG's Green Schuldschein aligns with the Climate Bond Standard's Pre-Issuance Requirements, specifically regarding the Solar Energy Standard (version 2.1).

The Center for International Environmental Law criticizes the Trump Administration's Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule, arguing that loosening carbon emissions standards for 2021-2026 and rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program undermines climate goals and ignores global market trends toward low-carbon vehicles.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) examines the challenges of public sector employment in South Africa. It argues that while some view the public sector as bloated, it is actually small by international population benchmarks but suffers from a critical shortage of frontline workers and a disproportionate concentration of resources in high-level bureaucracy. The document proposes a strategy to reconfigure the public service by filling frontline vacancies, redeploying administrative staff, formalising stipend workers, and adjusting fiscal policy to move away from austerity-driven post freezes.

The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2018 is a strategic update to South Africa's electricity infrastructure development plan, extending the planning horizon to 2050. It evaluates various energy mix scenarios to balance security of supply, cost, and environmental impact, specifically focusing on the transition from coal to renewable energy and gas. The document also includes a Medium-Term System Adequacy Outlook (MTSAO) for 2018-2023 and a specific climate change and water resources assessment for the proposed Thabametsi coal-fired power station.

This briefing note by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) argues for the integration of human rights and people-centered principles into the Paris Agreement Implementation Guidelines. It provides specific wording proposals for the Bangkok session of the Subsidiary Bodies (September 2018) across four key areas: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Transparency Framework, the Global Stocktake, and Article 6 mechanisms.

This briefing note provides an overview of the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue on Climate Ambition, outlining how National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and civil society can integrate human rights-based perspectives into the process to inform future national climate commitments.

This executive summary by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the state of energy efficiency (EE) in Brazil, highlighting a historical tendency toward reactive, residential-focused policies rather than long-term industrial planning. Through an economic analysis of 106 industrial sectors from 2003 to 2015, the document finds a strong correlation between energy efficiency and productive efficiency, noting that while individual firms have improved, the market share of the most efficient firms has declined. The report concludes that correcting resource misallocation—particularly capital—could significantly boost aggregate productivity.

This research note argues that $2 billion in proposed federal subsidies intended to prevent the retirement of six FirstEnergy coal and nuclear power plants should instead be redirected toward economic transition and workforce development for the affected communities.

This case study describes the deconstruction and material recovery process at the 15 ha Woolworths Distribution Centre site in Montague Gardens, Cape Town, where 90% of demolition waste was reused to avoid landfill costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

This report evaluates the 2018 VAT increase in South Africa from 14% to 15%, arguing that it disproportionately affects poor and low-income households and makes the tax mix more regressive. The analysis finds that current zero-rating is well-targeted and proposes expanding the list of zero-rated items to 23 additional categories to support vulnerable groups, including female-headed households. To offset the resulting revenue loss, the report suggests implementing a 25% luxury VAT rate on specific high-end goods, which could generate up to R9.6bn in additional revenue.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) argues for the mainstreaming of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in South Africa to address risks to food security, water supply, and rural employment. The document proposes a transition toward agro-ecology and conservation agriculture (CA) to restore degraded land and protect strategic water source areas, suggesting that these labour-intensive practices can create new jobs in a 'Catchment Economy' and within the biofuel sector.

This policy brief, prepared by the Institute for Economic Justice for the Labour Caucus in the Jobs Summit Economic Sector Interventions working group, outlines opportunities and policy requirements for transitioning South Africa's manufacturing sector toward a low-carbon economy. It identifies specific growth areas in renewable energy, transport, agriprocessing, water, and the circular economy, while emphasizing the need for a 'just transition' that protects workers and includes the informal economy.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) outlines a strategy for South Africa's transition from a coal-dependent electricity system to a low-carbon model. It emphasizes the need for a 'just transition' to protect vulnerable workers, the urgent need to reform Eskom's business model, and the potential for localizing the manufacturing of renewable energy components to drive economic growth.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) outlines a strategic framework for transitioning South Africa's mining sector toward a low-carbon economy. It addresses the economic risks associated with coal dependency, the need for investment in minerals essential for clean technologies, and proposals for a 'just transition' to protect mineworkers and local communities through reskilling and infrastructure redeployment.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) argues that the expansion of the South African financial sector, or 'financialisation', has not benefited job creation and may instead hinder the real economy. The document proposes a series of regulatory interventions to shift bank lending toward non-financial corporations, reduce the cost of credit, stabilise volatile capital flows, and discourage the prioritisation of shareholder value over long-term investment to stimulate labour-absorbing economic growth.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) argues that South Africa's development finance institutions (DFIs), specifically the IDC and DBSA, are constrained by their funding models and cannot sufficiently support labour-intensive manufacturing. The document proposes recapitalising these institutions with public funds, establishing an export-import (EXIM) bank, and adopting a funding model similar to Brazil's BNDES to drive job creation and industrial growth.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) outlines sector-specific strategies to drive employment creation in South Africa through structural transformation. It identifies the decline of manufacturing—which fell from 21% of GDP in 1994 to 13% in 2016—as a critical issue and proposes targeted interventions in the metals, machinery and equipment, agriculture and agro-processing, and plastics conversion sectors to reverse deindustrialisation and leverage regional and global demand.

This policy brief, prepared by the Institute for Economic Justice for the Jobs Summit Inclusive Growth working group, examines the potential for agriculture and land reform to generate employment in South Africa. It analyzes the current state of the agricultural sector, proposes policy interventions for commercial farming and land reform, and presents three employment scenarios based on different levels of state support and land redistribution.

This policy brief by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), prepared for the Labour Caucus in the Jobs Summit Inclusive Growth working group, argues for decisive state regulation to reduce extreme wage inequality in South Africa. It proposes strengthening the Employment Equity Act to mandate wage ratios, capping executive pay, and using state procurement and investment levers to enforce wage equity.