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This document introduces a project by Financial Sector Deepening Africa and Creative Metier to improve financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing leadership capacity through executive coaching. It notes that while the region's financial sector has grown rapidly, formal financial account ownership remained low at 34% as of 2014.

Friends of the Earth Africa argues that the Paris draft agreement is insufficient to prevent catastrophic warming in Africa, fails to address climate debt or loss and damage, and promotes market-based mechanisms like REDD that facilitate land and water grabs.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) stated on November 17, 2015, that it would continue supporting climate negotiations in Paris following attacks in Paris and Beirut, aiming for a global agreement that protects the planet and vulnerable communities.

The Centre for Environmental Rights, representing environmental justice organisations, appealed the Atmospheric Emission Licence (AEL) for Eskom's Komati Power Station. The appeal argues that the AEL illegally allows Eskom to exceed national Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for NOx and SO2, ignoring the critical air quality failure in the Highveld Priority Area and the resulting health impacts on the population.

This report examines India's diesel subsidy reform from 2012 to 2014, highlighting how a phased approach of incremental price increases successfully achieved formal decontrol by October 2014. While the reform reduced diesel demand and stabilized external deficits, the report notes that the benefits of the previous subsidies were regressive, primarily aiding wealthy households and states. It concludes that the political cost of delaying reform was high, and that the government's failure to link savings to social spending damaged its public standing.

ACT 2015 proposes five key structural elements for the 2015 global climate agreement: a clear long-term goal (including net zero by 2050), a commitment to non-regressive strengthening of national targets, five-year update cycles, the use of independent expert facts, and a formal progress assessment process.

The document analyzes Kenya's regional diplomacy, characterizing it as historically conservative and reluctant to exercise political leadership despite economic strength. It highlights a shift toward 'hard power' via military intervention in Somalia and President Uhuru Kenyatta's pan-African pivot to counter ICC proceedings. It also details the strategic blunders and economic imbalances defining Kenya's relationship with South Africa.

This research paper analyzes the potential costs and benefits for Ethiopia of joining the COMESA Free Trade Area (FTA). It finds that Ethiopia's infant manufacturing sector is not yet competitive and that joining the FTA could increase net unemployment. However, it notes that Ethiopia is successfully expanding economic cooperation in energy and transport with neighbors such as Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti, and South Sudan, suggesting that bilateral relations may be more beneficial than formal trade liberalization.

This report describes a study on the traditional garden houses of Hue City, Vietnam, exploring their potential to support green tourism and eco-friendly urbanism. It highlights the decline of these passive buildings from 4,000 to 2,000 households and examines income generation and employment opportunities associated with their preservation.

This policy brief advocates for the integration of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT), such as walking and cycling, in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region to combat rising greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector and enhance city livability and tourism.

Since the 1960s, Ethiopia has seen mean annual temperature increases of 0.5-1.3°C and a decrease in cold nights. Precipitation trends from 1981-2000 show declining short rains (Feb-Apr) and slight increases in long rains (Jun-Aug) and late-year rains (Oct-Nov), potentially threatening food security. Additionally, flooding has become more common, with major events in 1997 and 2006.

This fact sheet introduces infographics created by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) based on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). These materials, specifically from the guide 'What’s in it for Africa', are designed to help decision-makers in Africa and South Asia understand global climate impacts across different emissions scenarios.

This guide outlines the requirements and strategies for mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) into key development sectors. It emphasizes that effective integration requires a supportive policy environment, leadership, and consistent financing. The guide provides specific recommendations for governments to alter institutional practices, enhance risk understanding, navigate the political nature of mainstreaming, and build strategic partnerships across government levels and the private sector.

WRI urges the Green Climate Fund to adopt a holistic and flexible approach to 'readiness' support. While acknowledging the GCF's initial $30 million focus on helping countries access the fund, WRI argues that long-term transformation requires addressing broader systemic barriers, such as policy development and financial capacity, and utilizing a diverse range of national and international institutions for implementation.

The research paper examines the MRV requirements of the CDM, finding them to be overly complex and stricter than those of the EU ETS, which hinders project issuance and creates avoidable barriers without adding to environmental integrity.

This report, prepared by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), distils the findings of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report specifically for African decision-makers. It details the observed and projected climate changes across the continent, the resulting risks to food security, health, and economic growth, and the opportunities for adaptation and low-carbon development.

This report by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) distils the findings of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) specifically for South Asia. It outlines how climate change is already impacting the region through temperature extremes and sea-level rise, and projects future risks including food and water shortages, flood damage, and heat-related mortality. The document emphasizes the necessity of integrating adaptation and mitigation into long-term development planning to avoid 'maladaptation' and leverage co-benefits across sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport, and urban planning.

The CAIT Equity Explorer is an online visualization tool designed to inform UNFCCC climate negotiations by allowing users to compare countries across various climate equity indicators, such as emissions and vulnerability, using radar and column charts.

A statement by various organizations opposing the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), citing the risk to public interest and environmental policies.

In a statement regarding the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, WRI Interim President Manish Bapna calls for sustainability to be integrated into global economic and political agendas as a pro-growth strategy. He emphasizes the need for concrete action over promises to reverse negative environmental trends and secure a stable climate and healthy ecosystems through cooperation between government, business, and civil society.