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This research paper examines inefficiencies in the South African schooling system, specifically the contradiction between high enrolment rates beyond compulsory age and low Grade 12 completion rates. The author argues that poor education quality and flawed assessment mechanisms drive grade repetition and drop-outs, and proposes the introduction of a General Education Certificate (GET) at Grade 9 as a medium-term policy response to improve labour market signaling and vocational transitions.

This policy briefing examines the tropical timber trade from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to and through Uganda into the wider East African region. It highlights the challenges of regulating a trade characterized by informal operators and middlemen, and provides recommendations for improving regional coordination, domestic regulation in Uganda, and the use of existing platforms like the ICGLR and the Albertine Rift Strategic Planning Process to promote sustainable development.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI Tallinn) analyzes the history, current state, and future needs of nature and environmental education in Estonia. Based on a January 2012 survey of teachers and specialists, it highlights a lack of a national development plan and a fragmented, project-based system. The document advocates for a coordinated national approach, potentially through a joint agency managed by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Education and Research, to ensure equitable access and sustainability.

The document is a user guide for the Green Resources and Energy Analysis Tool (GREAT), an application framework based on the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) software. Developed by the China Energy Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, GREAT is specifically designed for energy policy analysis and emission assessments at the provincial and municipal levels in China.

This case study examines Viet Nam's efforts to develop a benefit distribution system for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) programme, leveraging the country's history of decentralised forest management and international capacity building.

This case study examines Grenada's use of the Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) to integrate climate resilience into poverty reduction and sustainable development, highlighting lessons on country-specific responses, comprehensive mainstreaming, and the role of multilateral finance.

A manifesto by Friends of the Earth International and other organizations denouncing the execution of two AHOMAR leaders, Almir Nogueira de Amorim and João Luiz Telles Penetra, in June 2012. The document links these deaths to a pattern of violence against artisanal fishermen in Guanabara Bay, Brazil, who have opposed the construction of the COMPERJ petrochemical complex by Petrobras. It demands government protection for activists, the reopening of local police detachments, and accountability for multiple unsolved murders of association members.

The action list from the 34th Meeting of the IAI Executive Council, held on 29 June 2012 in Arlington, Virginia, details the election of the Bureau and decisions regarding voting procedures and rule amendments.

The document lists the action items approved during the 34th Meeting of the Executive Council of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) held on June 29, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia.

This document is a list of participants for the 34th Executive Council Meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, which took place on June 29, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

A statement from an unnamed Association to the Department of Mineral Resources objecting to the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and public participation process conducted by Green Flash Trading 251 and 257 (Pty) Ltd regarding prospecting rights for marine phosphates between Cape Columbine and Cape Infanta.

The document is a participant list for the IAI 20th Conference of the Parties Science-Policy Dialogue held in Arlington, Virginia, from June 27 to June 29, 2012. It provides contact details for representatives from various American countries, the US, Canada, and international organizations.

Amory Lovins criticizes a Senate Armed Services Committee vote that restricts the U.S. Department of Defense from purchasing alternative fuels that cost more than traditional fossil fuels, arguing that such restrictions stifle military-led innovation and potential civilian economic savings.

SEI Executive Director Johan L. Kuylenstierna argues that climate change action and traditional environmentalism are not mutually exclusive, asserting that human well-being is fundamentally dependent on the maintenance and restoration of healthy ecosystems.

The document introduces a framework for analyzing Sustainable Development – Policies and Measures (SD-PAMs), which are policy proposals designed to promote sustainable development with climate benefits as side effects, particularly within the context of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by developing countries.

This research paper explores how linking a Sustainable Development – Policies and Measures (SD-PAM) mechanism to rice policies in Mozambique can simultaneously increase production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It argues that for least developed countries, climate mitigation is achieved by changing development paths to avoid future emissions, supported by capacity building and the consideration of contextual factors.

This CIEL issue brief examines the travaux préparatoires of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) to determine the meaning of the phrase "normal operations of a ship," specifically in the context of how it interacts with the Basel Convention's exclusion of wastes from such operations.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International criticizing the outcomes of the Rio+20 Summit, arguing that industrialised governments are retreating from the Rio principles of 1992 and promoting a 'Green Economy' model that commodifies nature.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Work Plan for July 2012 to June 2013 outlines research initiatives, capacity building events, and administrative restructuring, including a planned move to Montevideo.

This research paper examines the evolving role of the BRICS grouping amidst a slowdown in China's economy. It argues that while the group was initially viewed through the lens of economic growth engines, its current value lies in political economy and its collective assertiveness in global economic governance, including efforts to reform the IMF and reduce reliance on the US dollar.