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This report by RMI analyzes opportunities to decarbonize China's building sector to achieve carbon neutrality, focusing on operational emissions, embodied carbon, new growth models, and social equity.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-RIO) analyzes financial flows for the bioeconomy in Brazil between 2021 and 2023. It finds that while total finance averaged US$ 3.213 billion per year, the vast majority is concentrated in the planted forest and bioenergy sectors, leaving biodiversity-based products and native forests significantly underfunded.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes financial flows for the bioeconomy in Brazil between 2021 and 2023. It identifies a significant concentration of funding in planted forests and bioenergy, while highlighting a substantial funding gap for biodiversity-based products and native forests, particularly in the North region.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-RIO) analyzes financial flows disbursed to the bioeconomy in Brazil between 2021 and 2023. It identifies a heavy concentration of funding in the planted forest and bioenergy sectors, driven largely by private domestic sources and innovative financial instruments, while highlighting a significant funding gap for biodiversity products and the native forest sector.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) assesses the landscape of climate-aligned investment within Indonesia's financial sector from 2015 to 2021. It identifies a significant funding gap to meet the country's 2030 Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, noting that government budgets and the financial sector combined cover only a portion of the required investment. The document analyzes the roles of public and private financial institutions, sectoral investment trends—particularly in land use and power—and the impact of policy signals like the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM).

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative provides a comprehensive analysis of global climate finance flowing into agrifood systems during 2019/20. It highlights a significant gap between current financial flows and the investment needed for climate transition, noting that agrifood systems receive a very small fraction of total global climate finance despite their high emissions and vulnerability.

This report examines the agricultural potential and challenges of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) leading up to 2050, highlighting a significant gap between the country's vast arable land and its current food insecurity and import dependence.

The Türkiye Electricity Review 2023 by Ember analyzes Türkiye's power sector in 2022, highlighting a return to peak coal generation driven by expensive imports from Russia, the critical role of hydropower in mitigating gas supply crises from Iran, and the gap between ambitious solar capacity targets and current installation barriers.

The 'Strategic Plan for Advancing Energy Efficiency Across Demand Sectors by 2030' is a report prepared by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and the Ministry of Power, Government of India, for the G20 Energy Transitions Working Group. It outlines a framework to double the global annual rate of energy intensity improvement by 2030 to align with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goal 7.3. The plan focuses on five pillars: buildings, industry, transport, financing, and behavioral changes, proposing specific policy actions, technological deployments, and high-impact opportunities to accelerate decarbonization.

The RMI report outlines a value chain approach to decarbonize the oil refining and petrochemical industry, which was operationally responsible for 3 gigatons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019.

The 'Landscape of Climate Finance in Africa' report by the Climate Policy Initiative provides a baseline assessment of climate finance flows into and within African countries for 2019 and 2020. It highlights a massive gap between the annual USD 277 billion required to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the actual annual flows of USD 29.5 billion. The report analyzes the sources, instruments, and sectoral allocations of this finance, noting a heavy reliance on international public funding and a significant under-investment in adaptation and the agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sectors compared to their needs.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), commissioned by FSD Africa, provides a comprehensive baseline of climate finance flows in Africa for 2019 and 2020. It highlights a massive financing gap, noting that annual flows of USD 29.5 billion meet only about 11% of the USD 277 billion needed annually to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by 2030. The analysis details the sources, instruments, and sectoral allocations of these funds, emphasizing the dominance of international public finance and the need for increased private sector engagement and better data tracking.

This submission to the UNFCCC First Global Stocktake, prepared by the World Health Organization and the Global Climate and Health Alliance, advocates for the systematic integration of public health and the healthcare sector into climate policymaking. It emphasizes that climate action can yield significant health co-benefits, while the healthcare sector itself is a major emitter that must transition to low-carbon, resilient systems.

This report, commissioned by the British Embassy in Tallinn, evaluates Estonia's progress toward climate neutrality by 2050, building on a 2019 SEI study. While total greenhouse gas emissions fell from 18,687.4 kt CO2e in 2018 to 11,555.8 kt CO2e in 2020, the report identifies significant gaps in the energy, buildings, industry, LULUCF, transport, and agriculture sectors. Key challenges include a lack of incentives for non-residential building renovations, lagging wind energy investment, and the LULUCF sector transitioning from a carbon sink to an emitting sector in 2020.

This report by Ember and the Europe Beyond Coal campaign evaluates whether the strategies of 21 major European coal-burning utilities align with the IEA's Net Zero Emissions by 2050 (NZE) roadmap. The analysis finds a significant gap between corporate net-zero pledges and actual phase-out timelines for coal and gas, as well as insufficient acceleration in wind and solar deployment to meet the 1.5°C warming limit.

This briefing by RMI argues that reducing embodied carbon (EC)—emissions from the procurement, manufacturing, construction, and disposal of building materials—is essential for India to meet its COP26 climate commitments. The document highlights that while operational emissions are often the focus, the rapid growth of India's urban construction and the energy-intensive nature of its steel, cement, and brick industries present a significant risk of locking in high emissions for decades.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics explains the critical role of methane (CH4) in driving climate change and outlines the sectors and policy gaps associated with its reduction to meet the 1.5°C temperature target.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute describes a participatory process to define a subnational bioeconomy vision and roadmap for the Valle del Cauca department in Colombia. Through workshops with stakeholders from the agricultural, agro-industrial, and nature tourism sectors, the document identifies a convergence toward a 'bioresources' and 'bioecology' paradigm that balances economic growth with environmental sustainability and social inclusion.

The Taxonomy Roadmap for Chile, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative in May 2021, provides a strategic framework for the Chilean government to develop a national sustainable classification system. The report recommends a phased approach—adopting, adapting, and leading—to align Chile's green finance with international standards (such as the EU and China taxonomies) while addressing local economic specificities, particularly in the mining sector. It outlines governance structures, priority sectors for decarbonization, and the application of the taxonomy to green debt instruments to mobilize capital for Chile's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

The NewClimate Institute's summary report outlines Paris Agreement-compatible sectoral benchmarks for the power, transport, industry, and buildings sectors. It defines 'highest plausible ambition' targets for 2030 and 2050 to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C, providing specific analysis for seven countries and the global level to guide government decarbonisation strategies.