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This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute evaluates the Makeni Project in Sierra Leone, a €400 million agro-industrial investment by Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (ABSL). The project focuses on sugarcane production for ethanol export and electricity generation. While the investment has provided significant infrastructure, jobs, and agricultural training, the brief highlights risks regarding land access, local skill gaps, and a lack of government oversight that limits the project's potential for comprehensive rural transformation.

A fact sheet by Friends of the Earth detailing how climate change and extreme weather patterns threaten the production of common Valentine's Day gifts, including chocolate, coffee, wine, flowers, and other agricultural products.

This report identifies key climate-related impacts and issues facing Colombia's road sector, emphasizing the vulnerability of transportation infrastructure to floods and landslides and the need to integrate climate risks into future investments and institutional coordination.

This policy brief examines climate change risks for rice farmers in the Pangasinan and Tarlac provinces of the Philippines, highlighting the severe impact of typhoons and intense rain on farm income and projecting future rainfall changes for the region.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) assesses a pilot program for Direct Benefit Transfer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies in the Mysore district of India. Based on surveys and focus groups conducted in October 2013, the report finds that the scheme faced significant administrative hurdles, caused financial instability for poor households, and led some users to return to biomass fuels, ultimately resulting in the program's suspension by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on January 30, 2014.

This report evaluates a pilot project launched in December 2011 in Kotkasim, Alwar, Rajasthan, which tested the direct transfer of kerosene subsidies to the bank accounts of ration cardholders. The project aimed to reduce leakages and black-marketing inherent in the Public Distribution System (PDS). While the scheme successfully reduced kerosene sales and plugged leakages, it also led to a decline in consumption due to higher upfront costs and poor banking access. The evaluation highlights significant challenges regarding beneficiary awareness, banking infrastructure, and the financial losses suffered by Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) examines federal climate change adaptation and resiliency efforts in the United States as of January 2014. It details the economic impacts of extreme weather in 2012, analyzes legislative proposals and executive orders aimed at increasing national resilience, and reviews the specific adaptation plans developed by various federal agencies.

This briefing, published by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network in 2014, distils the findings of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report specifically for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It outlines the observed and projected impacts of climate change on SIDS, including sea level rise, temperature increases, and the degradation of critical ecosystems like coral reefs. The document discusses the high economic costs of adaptation relative to SIDS' GDP, the risks of 'maladaptation', and the necessity of international cooperation and finance to avert existential threats to atoll nations.

This World Resources Institute working paper assesses the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction impact and implementation of the Beijing Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) between 2013 and 2015. Using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Policy and Action Standard and the Climate Policy Implementation Tracking Framework, the study finds that the ETS contributed to an earlier emissions peak for Beijing, primarily driven by reductions in electricity demand rather than improvements in power production.

This research paper describes a tailored monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework developed by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess its Negotiations Support programme. The programme provides legal and technical assistance to negotiators from the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries to increase their influence in international climate change negotiations.

This research paper by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) examines how to effectively support climate change negotiators from the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries. Based on CDKN's experience since July 2011, the paper identifies key barriers—such as lack of financial resources, technical knowledge, and institutional memory—and proposes a demand-led support model encompassing administrative, technical, and legal assistance to amplify the influence of these nations in international negotiations.

This briefing describes a project led by the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana, funded by CDKN, to integrate climate risk analysis and disaster risk reduction into the development planning of Ghana's coastal cities. The project utilized community-based participatory methods and the CRiSTAL tool to identify vulnerabilities and inform policy at local, district, and national levels.

This research paper examines the conflict between global freshwater requirements and the dual goals of carbon sequestration and food production by 2050, concluding that the water costs of sequestration would exceed planetary boundaries and worsen river depletion.

This report by Friends of the Earth International and the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) investigates land grabbing in Uganda, with a primary focus on oil palm plantations in Kalangala. It documents how the acquisition of land by corporations and governments for commodity crops, carbon offsets, and oil exploration displaces rural communities, violates customary land rights, and causes significant environmental degradation and food insecurity.

This report evaluates the implementation and outcomes of Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan) and Productive Sanitation (AP) projects in Niger between 2002 and 2010. It assesses the technical, social, agronomical, and sanitary impacts of using hygienized human excreta as fertilizer to improve agricultural productivity and public health in rural communities.

This report reviews the second phase (2012-2014) of the WWF Sanlam Partnership, focusing on securing South Africa's freshwater ecosystems. The partnership integrates conservation efforts with corporate sustainability, targeting the protection of strategic water source areas, the implementation of water stewardship in business, and the integration of water risk into financial investment and insurance practices.

This technical policy briefing summarizes results from the EC RTD ClimateCost project regarding the ancillary air quality and economic benefits of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies. Using the GAINS and ALPHA models, the study compares a baseline scenario with a mitigation scenario aligned with the European Commission's 2 degrees target, focusing primarily on the EU27 with additional analysis for China and India.

This technical policy briefing note from the ClimateCost project assesses the potential health impacts and economic costs of climate change in Europe, specifically focusing on heat-related mortality, food-borne diseases, coastal flooding, and labour productivity. It compares a medium-to-high emission scenario (A1B) with a mitigation scenario (E1) and evaluates the role of adaptation and autonomous acclimatisation in reducing these risks.

This report documents a seminar held in July 2011 by the Pan-African Parliament, in collaboration with the IISD and PLAAS, focusing on foreign investment in African agricultural land and water resources. It examines the phenomenon of 'land grabbing,' its legal implications, and the role of parliamentarians in ensuring that such investments benefit local populations and align with sustainable development goals.

The 2011 Report on Science Program by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) details the achievements of four scientific programs between May 2010 and April 2011. These include the Second Collaborative Research Network (CRNII), the Small Grants Program for the Human Dimensions (SGP-HD), and a project on land use and biofuels in the La Plata Basin. The report emphasizes the integration of social and economic research into natural science to bridge the science-policy divide, highlighting impacts on urban pollution management, forest conservation, and agricultural risk reduction across the Americas.