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This discussion brief introduces the Clean and Green framework, a tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to manage waste-related risks and resources in Burkina Faso. The framework aims to expand sanitation and hygiene efforts beyond human excreta to include animal excreta, food hygiene, and water management, while promoting the safe reuse of nutrients and organic matter to improve agricultural production and environmental sustainability.

This technical note describes the Aqueduct 3.0 water risk framework, which aggregates 13 indicators—covering quantity, quality, and reputational risks—into a composite overall water risk score to help decision-makers identify high-risk regions or assets.

The FIPAT Guidebook describes the Food Security Indicator & Policy Analysis Tool, a Microsoft Excel-based framework designed for national and sub-national government decision-makers to identify climate vulnerabilities in food systems, establish resilience indicators, and assess the capacity of public policies to support these goals.

This briefing describes CLEANED (Comprehensive Livestock and Aquaculture Environmental Assessment for Improved Nutrition, a Secured Environment and Sustainable Development along Value Chains), a rapid, ex-ante framework developed by a consortium including SEI, ILRI, CIAT, and CSIRO. The tool is designed to assess the potential environmental impacts of planned interventions in livestock and aquaculture systems, with a specific focus on smallholder agriculture in developing countries.

This briefing describes a risk management approach to decision-making in the Caribbean, as outlined in the Implementation Plan (IP) for the Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change. The document emphasizes the need for a transformational change in policy setting to build low-carbon, climate-resilient economies by integrating risk management into national planning and sustainable development goals.

This fact sheet outlines approaches for enhancing local community resilience to climate change, focusing on vulnerability assessments, adaptive capacity, and the importance of multi-scale collaborative networks, with specific examples from the Caribbean.

The Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme is a global labelling framework launched in 2012 to ensure investments align with a 1.5°C pathway. It utilizes science-based criteria and independent verification to certify debt instruments, assets, and entities, having certified over USD350bn of Use of Proceeds Green Bonds as of 30 September 2025.

The Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) is a framework designed to identify, classify, and qualify investments that contribute to climate change adaptation and the strengthening of resilience. It provides a structured system for financial institutions, governments, and corporations to allocate capital toward investments that address physical climate risks.

The Climate Bonds Scientific Framework provides a scientifically grounded analysis of emission mitigation pathways and technology options to anchor the Climate Bonds Taxonomy and certification criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard.

This infographic by Ember outlines the complex framework of power system planning in the European Union, detailing the processes, actors, and timelines involved in ensuring system reliability, adequacy, and flexibility.

The World Resources Institute describes the Financial Institutions Net Zero Tracker, a tool and framework designed to evaluate the transparency, ambition, implementation, and credibility of net zero commitments made by financial institutions, including their consideration of equity and nature.

The Joint Benefits Authority (JBA) is a collaborative tool designed for city agencies and local communities to jointly finance and deliver resilient, transformative infrastructure. By shifting away from a 'business-as-usual' approach where agencies work in silos, the JBA integrates capital planning and funding to scale natural infrastructure, enhance climate resilience, and advance social equity through direct community leadership in project implementation.