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A logistics guide for a field trip to the Green Market in Santa Cruz, part of the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) Meeting held from November 1st to 3rd, 2017, in Trinidad.

The report by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and IIASA analyzes greenhouse gas emission projections for 25 major emitting countries and regions up to 2030. It assesses whether current policies are sufficient to meet their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) and nationally determined contributions (NDCs).

This report maps the landscape of gender diversity and social inclusion within the sustainable energy and climate change sectors, analyzing data from 174 organizations and programs to identify systemic barriers and geographic distributions of initiatives.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework 2017-2019 defines the processes by which Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) monitors resources, activities, and results to improve organizational performance and ensure accountability.

This technical note from the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) provides guidance on developing baselines for scaled-up crediting programs under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, focusing on quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions while maintaining environmental integrity.

The document explains how targeting short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)—specifically methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, and hydrofluorocarbons—can help close the 'emissions gap' and meet the temperature targets of the Paris Agreement, especially when paired with CO2 reductions.

This policy brief summarizes a study by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and PUC-Rio on the economic impacts of hydropower plants (HPP) in Brazil. Analyzing 82 municipalities between 2002 and 2011, the research finds that while dam construction often provides short-term boosts to employment and revenue, these effects typically dissipate after five or six years and rarely transform the underlying structure of local economies.

This technical briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides a detailed analysis and critique of Minister Luiz Fux's vote regarding several Direct Actions of Unconstitutionality (ADIs) challenging the Brazilian Forest Code (Law No. 12.651/2012). The document highlights legal inconsistencies in the Minister's approach to the July 22, 2008, temporal milestone and the potential impacts of declaring the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) unconstitutional.

This executive summary describes a study by the NAPC/CPI and BNDES evaluating the local economic impacts of hydroelectric power plants (UHEs) in Brazil. Analyzing 82 municipalities across 13 states where construction began between 2002 and 2011, the study finds that positive economic effects are generally short-term and vary significantly by location, suggesting that UHEs do not fundamentally transform local economies.

This executive summary describes the role and impact of executive education (ExEd) within the financial sectors of sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies a growing demand for these non-degree graduate-level programmes to address the 'underdeveloped' nature of the continent's financial sector, while highlighting a need for more practical, less theoretical curricula and better alignment between education and employee compensation.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) audits data on energy subsidies, energy use, and gender in Indonesia, specifically focusing on the reform of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumer subsidies. It examines how the current subsidy regime fails to reach the poor and near-poor, particularly women, and analyzes the potential gender-differentiated impacts of removing these subsidies, such as increased health risks from indoor air pollution and economic vulnerability.

This commentary by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the practice of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judges serving as arbitrators in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases, questioning whether this 'moonlighting' conflicts with the ICJ Statute's prohibition on professional occupations and affects judicial independence.

This executive summary report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), in collaboration with ICF and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), provides the first comprehensive inventory of energy subsidies in India for the financial years 2014 to 2016. The report maps subsidies across coal, oil and gas, renewable energy, and electricity transmission and distribution (T&D), analyzing their magnitude, trends, and socio-economic and environmental impacts.

This briefing note by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) in Canadian cities. It evaluates health and well-being indicators—including neonatal mortality, chronic disease, substance abuse, and health worker density—using data from Statistics Canada and other national sources to compare trends across various Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs).

This report by the Institute for Security Studies examines the African Union's (AU) use of mediation as a conflict-prevention tool. It analyzes the institutional gaps, the tension between formal and informal approaches, and the need for a more structured, long-term strategy to address the root causes of conflict in Africa.

This report by the Institute for Security Studies analyzes the political and economic instability within the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) region. It examines how a decline in global commodity prices, coupled with neo-patrimonial governance and rapid population growth, creates a volatile environment. The authors use the International Futures (IFs) system to forecast trends up to 2040, warning that without significant investments in human capital and democratic reform, the region faces increased risks of instability and violence.

This report by the Institute for Security Studies analyses the 2013 Zimbabwean general election to challenge the 'legitimating narrative' that President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF won due to an expanded social base and popular policies. The author argues that the victory was instead secured through the capture of state institutions, systemic electoral fraud, and the use of violence and intimidation, suggesting that the electoral terrain for the 2018 polls remains fundamentally undemocratic.

This policy brief from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) argues that violent conflict in Africa is driven by the politics of water distribution and poor governance rather than physical water scarcity. While the continent faces significant environmental vulnerability and water stress, the authors find that scarcity often leads to cooperation rather than conflict. Instead, insecurity arises when water is managed as a 'club good,' favoring politically connected groups and allowing informal service providers, such as gangs and militias, to control access in urban areas.

This RMI insight brief presents the 'Sunshine for Mines' program, which provides a methodology for transforming legacy or inactive mine sites from financial liabilities into revenue-generating assets through the development of renewable energy and storage solutions.

The Carbon-Free City Handbook, published by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in November 2017, provides a guide for city governments to implement 22 "no-regrets" actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The handbook focuses on five key sectors: buildings, transportation and mobility, electricity, industry, and biological resources, offering a framework for cities to transition toward 100% renewable energy and carbon-free operations through immediate, actionable, and economically viable policies.