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The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has developed an Equivalence Methodology for Climate Mitigation to operationalise interoperability between various global green finance taxonomies. The methodology provides a technical framework to assess whether externally developed criteria for economic activities and decarbonisation measures are equivalent to CBI's science-based standards, allowing them to be incorporated into the expanded Climate Bonds Taxonomy and Certification Scheme.

The Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) V1.1 Methodology Document Annexes provide detailed process-based guidance and worked examples for assessing adapting measures, adapted activities, enabling measures, and enabling activities to ensure they contribute substantially to climate resilience.

This guide details the methodologies used by Ember for its Coal Mine Methane Data Tracker, covering the compilation of historical emissions records, the creation of future emission forecasts, the classification of mine types, and the assessment of reporting confidence and satellite monitoring potential.

This research paper describes the development and application of the Ecological Citizen(s) Preferable Futures Deck (PF Deck), a toolkit designed to foster ecological citizenship and wellbeing through a 'post-participatory intervention' approach.

This guide outlines the methodology and glossary for a tool designed to systematize sustainable credit lines and financial instruments in Brazil, focusing on public programs, constitutional funds, and blended finance initiatives.

The Climate Bonds Core Methodology for Data Products (Version 1.0, March 2026) provides the shared analytical framework, screening logic, and data architecture for all thematic debt datasets produced by the Climate Bonds Initiative. It establishes a consistent, science-based system to classify labelled-debt instruments—including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds—based on their credibility in contributing to environmental or social objectives.

This methodology brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) details a four-pathway framework for tracking capital mobilization resulting from its support of innovative climate finance vehicles. The approach distinguishes between direct mobilization (capital flowing to vehicles) and indirect mobilization (capital flowing to end investees), aiming to provide a comprehensive view of how upstream technical assistance and grants catalyze downstream investment in climate mitigation and adaptation within emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).

This document outlines the methodology used by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to estimate bottom-up climate finance needs by collecting and standardizing data from Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). It distinguishes bottom-up needs—finance required by countries to reach national targets—from top-down needs, which are derived from predictive models to align with a 1.5°C pathway.

This technical brief describes Phase 2 of the Carbon Rating Framework developed by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The framework aims to integrate emissions performance into financial decision-making by assigning a carbon rating (CR1–CR10) based on a company's emissions intensity relative to its revenue. Phase 2 involved testing the framework on a sample of 50 companies to validate its feasibility and ability to differentiate emissions performance across various sectors.

This document provides the technical annexes for a roadmap on climate finance for livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the methodologies used to evaluate investment risks and attributes, investor preferences, and the correlation between the two to determine investor suitability. The annexes also include modeling for capital composition across different financial and political scenarios and a detailed segmentation of the regional livestock market by geography and farm size.

This document provides the technical annexes for the 'Climate Finance Roadmap for Livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean.' It details the methodologies used to assess investment risks, investor preferences, and the resulting alignment between the two. The annexes also describe the modeling of capital composition across three scenarios—Business-as-Usual (BAU), Enhanced Financial Strategies (IFS), and Enhanced Financial and Policy Strategies (IFPS)—and provide detailed characteristics of livestock farming segments in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and other LAC countries.

This document provides the sources and methodology for Ember's Europe Electricity Interconnection Data Tool. It details how the tool maps Bidding Zones to countries, calculates interconnection capacity (NTC), estimates import potential, and analyzes electricity flows and variable renewable energy (RES) penetration for 2024 and projected scenarios for 2030 and 2040.

This document details the methodology used by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to evaluate the 'investability' of the finance components within the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs 3.0). The framework uses seven indicators to assess how effectively non-Annex I countries communicate climate finance needs and strategies to attract private and international capital.

The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM) methodology v5.0 is an assessment framework designed to evaluate the transparency and integrity of corporate climate strategies across various sectors and geographies.

The Stockholm Environment Institute presents an updated computational method and a corresponding WEAP tool plugin to estimate seasonal water stress by spatially separating regions to avoid double-counting freshwater resources.

This research paper describes the methodology and data sources for Consumption Compass 2.0, a tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute to help Swedish municipalities estimate and manage household consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions at a high spatial resolution.

This methodology report describes the development and piloting of an integrated cost-benefit analysis model designed to estimate the direct and indirect benefits of nature-based solutions (NbS) for enhancing road resilience against natural hazards in Indonesia.

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) outlines the methodology for its Social and Sustainability Bond Dataset (SSBD), detailing the criteria, screening processes, and classification systems used to evaluate debt instruments. The framework focuses on ensuring that bonds provide substantive social and environmental benefits to target populations while adhering to strict minimum safeguards to prevent 'greenwashing'.

The Climate Bonds Social and Sustainability Bond Dataset Methodology (2025) outlines the criteria and screening processes used by the Climate Bonds Initiative to identify and classify credible social and sustainability (S&S) bonds. The methodology focuses on ensuring that the use of proceeds (UoP) provides substantial benefits to defined target populations and aligns with global sustainability goals while avoiding absolute exclusions such as fossil fuel exploration.

This report describes the methodology used by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to quantify and compare financial flows for land use with climate action components in Brazil for the period 2021-2023. It details the criteria for classifying finance into mitigation, adaptation, dual benefits, and loss and damage, while outlining the data sources and the 'Climate Finance Ecosystem' used to track public and private resources.