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The Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood in Buenos Aires transitioned from an informal settlement facing high climatic risks and eviction threats to a resilient community through a collaborative strategy initiated in 2016. The Buenos Aires Housing Institute utilized a 'Territorial Team' to build trust with residents over eight years, leading to the formal recognition of land ownership in 2017 and the construction of 611 energy-efficient housing units with solar-powered water heating. Climate resilience efforts included canal remediation with a stormwater control system and a retaining wall to mitigate flooding. Additionally, the project fostered economic opportunities, such as the La Vivera Organica plant nursery founded in 2019, which provides local produce and connects the community to the broader city.

FSD Africa is implementing a program to promote the adoption of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) across Africa, focusing on adapting the global framework to local contexts. The initiative includes capacity building, the creation of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA), and strategic outreach to G20 and sovereign stakeholders. A key partnership with FirstRand has involved piloting the TNFD framework through nature-risk assessments in the agricultural and extractive industries and evaluating organizational readiness for disclosure.

The CoolCycle project in Lagos State, Nigeria, deployed a 15 kWp solar off-grid system with 30 kWh battery storage to power cold rooms and a packhouse. Funded by Zero Emission Generators (ZE-Gen), the project aims to replace diesel generators with clean energy to preserve agricultural produce. Initial results show a reduction in post-harvest losses by up to 90% and the creation of employment for 48 women in produce processing. The project utilizes 'Energy as a Service' and 'Cooling as a Service' subscription models to ensure commercial viability and is seeking $750,000 to expand to 30 additional locations.

The document argues that medical debt is a systemic issue in the United States, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations and causing severe financial and physical harm. It specifically highlights the role of private equity in increasing healthcare costs and employing aggressive debt collection strategies through Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) companies. The authors support the CFPB's proposed rule to stop the reporting of medical debt to credit agencies, noting that such data is an unreliable indicator of financial responsibility and is often inaccurate.

The document evaluates the alignment of Sénégalaise des Filières Alimentaires (SFA), a Senegalese rice miller supported by the Smallholder Safety Net Up-scaling Programme (SSNUP), with international responsible investment standards. SFA demonstrates moderate compliance, characterized by a transparent structure and positive contributions to local livelihoods, though it faces challenges with government price setting and operational health and safety enforcement.

The case study evaluates Mahembe, a Rwandan coffee producer, processor, and exporter, against the CFS-RAI standards. It finds that the company maintains a high level of compliance because it deliberately pursues socially responsible business development. However, the report recommends that Mahembe formalize its policies and procedures, specifically regarding community support and young farmers, to ensure long-term adherence to responsible investment standards as the business scales.

Tropic Coffee, a Rwandan coffee processor supported by the impact investor Alterfin, demonstrates a moderately high level of compliance with international responsible investment standards. While the company actively empowers women through improved market access and the formation of savings groups, it faces financial challenges due to competitive rates, lack of a dry mill, and reduced global demand for organic coffee. The study recommends that the board improve its understanding of responsible investment principles to enhance strategy and accountability.

The document evaluates LIMBUA Group Limited's adherence to international responsible investment standards in Kenya's fruit and nut sector, finding a high level of compliance and identifying areas for further improvement in farmer support and employee training.

The enee.io energy monitoring system identified that a 48V VRLA battery bank in Lagos, Nigeria, was being overcharged, reaching a maximum of 2.35vpc (56.4v) and remaining there indefinitely. This overcharging caused energy loss of 6.2kWh per day and reduced the estimated battery life from 4.0 years to 2.1 years. By adjusting voltage regulation and implementing ongoing monitoring, the system estimates total daily savings of $7.12, consisting of $4.64 from extended battery life and $2.48 from reduced diesel consumption. The enee.io system, costing $340 USD for hardware and the first year's subscription, offers a projected return on investment of 48 days.

A case study by the Alliance for Renewable Electrification detailing a portable solar power system developed by GadgetroniX for use in remote locations in Tanzania, specifically within the Manyara Region.

The report analyzes the mining sector's impact on greenhouse gas emissions and its essential role in providing minerals for energy transition technologies. It emphasizes the need for strategic management to reduce emissions and prevent biodiversity loss and pollution, while highlighting the specific challenge of fugitive methane emissions from coal mining. The study uses case studies from Chile, Indonesia, and South Africa to provide policy recommendations and explores the industry's use of voluntary disclosures and transparency initiatives to manage its carbon footprint.

The research paper examines the role of vertical industrial policies in Africa, contrasting them with horizontal policies and global value chain (GVC) theories. It highlights how Nigeria and Morocco successfully developed their cement sectors through targeted government interventions, while noting that replicating these specific tools in other sectors, such as sugar and tomato paste in Nigeria, has failed due to different raw material coordination needs.

The study tests the Tandem framework—a non-prescriptive guide for co-designing climate services—in Indonesia, Sweden, and Colombia. The authors found the framework effective in transforming climate information from 'useful' to 'usable' by building trust and institutional embedding. Based on these cases, the framework was enhanced to better incorporate vulnerability scoping, social equity, traditional knowledge, governance scales, and impact indicators.

RMI supported Washington State in creating the Transportation Electrification Strategy (TES) using a two-stage analytical approach. The first stage assessed EV adoption pathways and identified that reaching the 2030 goal of 100 percent zero-emissions passenger vehicle sales would result in 13.6 MMT of on-road emissions, which exceeds the target of less than 10 MMT CO2e needed to meet broader climate goals. To bridge this gap, the TES recommends point-of-sale rebates and low-cost leasing programs. The second stage utilized the GridUp tool's hyper-local travel data to forecast EV load and identify where grid investments are necessary to prevent bottlenecks and maintain affordability during the transition to electrified transportation and heating.

The report provides a 'Bank of Evidence' detailing the failures and risks of geoengineering, categorized into carbon removal and solar radiation management. It highlights specific project failures in carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Australia, the UAE, and Canada, and critiques the ecological risks of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and direct air capture (DAC). The document also examines speculative solar radiation management (SRM) experiments in the US, UK, and Mexico, and various marine geoengineering attempts, asserting that these 'false solutions' often benefit the fossil fuel industry while threatening biodiversity and human rights.

The report documents the negative impacts and risks associated with various geoengineering 'false solutions,' including carbon capture and storage (CCS), bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), direct air capture (DAC), solar radiation management (SRM), and marine geoengineering. It provides specific examples of project failures, environmental hazards, and social injustices across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, asserting that these technologies often perpetuate the fossil fuel economy rather than solving the climate crisis.

The document provides a comprehensive critique of geoengineering, categorizing it into carbon removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM). It details specific failures and risks of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS/CCUS), Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), Direct Air Capture (DAC), and marine geoengineering across various global regions, emphasizing that these 'false solutions' often facilitate continued fossil fuel extraction through Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and pose significant ecological and social threats.

The report examines benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSMs) in African carbon projects, highlighting the need for transparency, fairness, and community agency to attract high-integrity investment. It categorizes projects by risk—identifying community land-based projects as the highest risk—and proposes five core principles for best-practice BSMs. The authors argue that current low carbon prices fail to cover the costs of robust community engagement and call for regulatory frameworks and commercial financing tailored to the African context.

The report examines the case for eco-certification in Manitoba's commercial fisheries, highlighting the risk of losing international markets—particularly in Europe and the US—due to a lack of certification. It analyzes the costs and benefits for different lake sizes, noting that larger lakes see a higher return on investment. The document also discusses socio-economic and ecological co-benefits, such as improved stock health and community pride, while emphasizing the need to respect Indigenous Knowledge systems. It concludes with seven recommendations for the provincial government to prioritize funding and staffing to support the certification process.

The report argues that private equity firms are compromising the 'just transition' to a green economy by utilizing temporary staffing models that lower job quality, wages, and safety. It highlights specific cases, such as Blackstone-owned Tradesmen International and American Securities-owned Solv Energy, to illustrate a pattern of OSHA violations, wage theft, and unfair labor practices. The document concludes that implementing portfolio-wide labor standards and increasing unionization are essential to protect workers and mitigate investment risks.