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The document outlines a proposal for a community-centered national database to safeguard Mozambique's traditional knowledge on biodiversity. It identifies critical regulatory gaps in digital documentation and proposes a multi-tiered access system to prevent misappropriation. The framework emphasizes interoperability with existing scientific repositories like BioNoMo and RECIMO, and integrates a robust community-led governance model for consent and dispute resolution.

The proposal seeks USD 1,000,000 over 24 months to address Nauru's vulnerability to sea-level rise and temperature increases. It focuses on moving from incremental to transformative climate action through community-led visioning workshops, technical studies on public health, soil restoration, and livestock, and the development of a GCF Concept Note for agri-food systems.

The document outlines a proposed African-led financial architecture to move from crisis resolution to prevention. The first pillar, the African Financial Stability Mechanism (AFSM), is a proposed regional financing arrangement (RFA) providing concessional liquidity, including a specific climate shock liquidity facility, to manage exogenous shocks. The second pillar, the African Stability and Growth Pact (ASGP), is a flexible fiscal governance framework that uses peer accountability and nationally tailored fiscal rules rather than uniform targets. The two are integrated such that access to AFSM liquidity is linked to a country's commitment to and performance under the ASGP. The framework is designed to be hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) with oversight from the African Union (AU), and capitalised through a blend of member contributions, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), and development finance.

The report outlines a strategic framework to strengthen Africa's financial stability by combining a regional liquidity facility (MASF) with a flexible budgetary governance pact (PASC). The MASF is designed to provide rapid, concessional liquidity to counter exogenous shocks, including climate-related disruptions, while the PASC encourages national budgetary discipline through peer accountability and tailored rules. Together, they aim to reduce dependence on external donors and improve market credibility through a phased implementation starting with a pilot phase between 2025 and 2027.

The Deforestation-Free Leather Fund, managed by WWF, aims to raise $10 million over three years to address the environmental impacts of cattle production. The fund targets high-risk geographies to improve traceability, support farm-level investments, and assist in farm regularization to ensure leather is sourced without deforestation or habitat conversion.

The report, produced by the CO2ol Down project, argues that the current EU Climate Law fails to differentiate between temporary biogenic sequestration and permanent carbon removals. It proposes specific legislative amendments to ensure that permanent removals are used only to compensate for residual emissions and that biogenic sequestration is managed for ecosystem resilience rather than as a primary tool for climate neutrality. The proposal suggests establishing separate targets and trajectories for emissions reductions, biogenic sequestration, and permanent removals to avoid mitigation deterrence.

The author contends that the global food system has reached 'peak land' and that decoupling agricultural land use from food production allows for the retirement of marginal land. By paying farmers to stop farming unproductive areas, the document suggests that environmental services can be restored and GHG emissions reduced by 20-40% if 5% of farmland is retired by 2030 and 10% by 2050.

The authors call for a shift from a market-driven digital ecosystem to one based on Communication Rights, which treats media and AI as public utilities rather than commodities. They trace the history of communication struggles from the MacBride Commission to the current era of 'data colonialism,' where Big Tech extracts personal data as a resource. The document proposes a set of 'non-negotiables' for the WSIS+20 summit, including data sovereignty, public ownership of AI, and the creation of a new UN institution dedicated to Communication Rights.

The fact sheet proposes a Universal Basic Income Guarantee (UBIG) as a tool to support South Africa's Just Energy Transition (JET). It argues that while the shift to renewables is necessary for climate goals, it threatens coal-dependent industries and communities. A UBIG would provide a non-conditional financial safety net to cushion economic shocks, build resilience against climate crises, and ensure that the risks and benefits of the energy transition are redistributed equitably, particularly for vulnerable groups like informal workers and caregivers.

The proposal seeks USD 999,998.93 to create a centralized Secretariat for the Brazil Climate and Ecological Transformation Investment Platform (BIP), hosted by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES). The BIP aims to bridge the gap between climate-positive projects and investors to help Brazil meet its NDC target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 53.1% by 2030. The project focuses on three priority areas: Nature-based Climate Solutions, Industry and Mobility, and Energy. Key activities include developing a project pipeline, creating innovative financial mechanisms, and establishing ICT infrastructure to facilitate public-private collaboration.

The proposal outlines a 48-month project implemented by the UNDP to establish a comprehensive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for India. It aims to address critical gaps in cross-sectoral coordination, climate risk data, and adaptation finance. Key activities include developing sectoral adaptation roadmaps for nine priority areas, creating a national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, and establishing a web-based repository for vulnerability studies. A significant portion of the project focuses on the private sector, aiming to develop investment strategies and business cases to overcome the perception that adaptation is a "high-risk and low-gain" investment. The project will also develop two project concept notes to access further GCF funding and map existing adaptation finance flows in India.

The document argues that China's industrial sector, which accounts for approximately 60 percent of hydrogen consumption, faces challenges regarding supply stability and high costs. To resolve these, it introduces a "cluster development" model that aligns production and consumption through a "production-storage-transportation-utilization" system. The model provides techno-economic analysis and implementation methods for both co-located and geographically separated supply and demand scenarios to accelerate the transition to low/zero-carbon industrial solutions.

The policy brief argues that African countries face a crisis of 'debt that is too expensive' rather than too much debt, which hinders human development and the energy transition. It proposes a Cost of Capital Commission composed of high-level experts to recommend reforms to credit rating agency methodologies, Basel III macro-prudential regulations, and the integration of natural capital and remittances into debt sustainability analyses.

The report examines how fossil fuels correlate with inter-state wars, militarism, and internal violence, while advocating for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to manage a just transition to renewable energy. It highlights the 'peacetime-wartime continuum' of violence, noting that fossil fuel revenues often fund conflicts and that extraction sites frequently experience human rights abuses and gender-based violence. The document calls for a treaty based on non-proliferation, a fair phase-out, and a global just transition to prevent the replication of colonial extractivist patterns in the renewable energy sector.

The briefing argues that the Energy Charter Treaty's (ECT) survival clause obstructs climate mitigation by allowing fossil fuel investors to seek compensation for government phase-out measures for 20 years after a state's withdrawal. To address this, the authors provide a model 'inter se' agreement that allows the EU and other non-EU contracting parties to modify the treaty among themselves to delete the survival clause. The document asserts that this modification is legally viable under Article 41 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), as it does not affect third-party rights, is not prohibited by the ECT, and aligns with the treaty's stated environmental objectives and the Paris Agreement.

The policy brief argues that current EU biodiversity financing is insufficient and inefficient, with funding needs estimated at EUR 48.15 billion per year. It proposes the creation of a dedicated biodiversity conservation and restoration fund, the strengthening of biodiversity mainstreaming through legally binding spending targets and reduced administrative barriers for small projects, and the implementation of a mandatory methodology to identify and phase out environmentally harmful subsidies. The brief emphasizes that the EU's current 'mainstreaming' approach often deprioritizes nature in favor of short-term infrastructure projects and calls for a revised tracking methodology to prevent greenwashing.

The text advocates for 'universal basic services'—publicly funded, sustainable access to essentials like transport, housing, and childcare—as a means to ensure a socially just ecological transition in Europe. It argues that current EU climate policies, such as the European Green Deal, are too reliant on market mechanisms and regulation, which can be regressive and disproportionately affect low-income households. The author contends that shifting from a GDP-centered growth model to one based on 'sufficiency' and collective action can reduce carbon intensity and combat inequality. To achieve this, the document calls for the removal of restrictive EU budgetary rules, the taxation of excess corporate profits and wealth, and a move away from using high interest rates to combat inflation, which the author claims hinders green investment.

The document outlines the necessity of a Global Just Transition to phase out fossil fuels by 2050, emphasizing the disproportionate economic burden on developing nations. It proposes a framework for financing this transition through new multilateral funds, the redirection of USD 5.9 trillion in annual fossil fuel subsidies, and systemic reforms to debt, taxation, and international financial institutions.

The author advocates for a European Artist Status to combat the precarity of creative work, citing the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the emerging threats of AI. The proposal, supported by the European Green Party, aims to establish common standards for employment and social guarantees, ensuring freelancers have access to healthcare, sick leave, and maternity protections. The text highlights the role of artists as essential contributors to European identity and the green transition, while calling for EU-level protections against government censorship in member states like Hungary and Poland.

The document outlines a proposal for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, advocating for inclusive governance via a Conference of the Parties and a neutral Secretariat. It calls for the reform of the international corporate tax system to ensure fair taxation of multinational corporations, the introduction of a minimum effective corporate tax rate, and the fair taxation of digital services and e-commerce. The submission emphasizes the need for transparency through public beneficial ownership registers and automatic information exchange, while demanding inclusive negotiation processes that support the participation of civil society and developing countries.