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This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes renewable-energy and clean-cooking interventions, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, to identify drivers of success and barriers to socioeconomic development. It proposes a theory of change for energy interventions and provides five strategic recommendations for donors and development partners to improve the impact of clean-energy investments.

The 'SEI strategy 2025–29' outlines the Stockholm Environment Institute's strategic framework to address global environmental and sustainable development challenges. The strategy focuses on three primary impact areas—climate transitions, nature and resources, and health and wellbeing—while introducing 'accelerating implementation' as a new strategic outcome to move from policy goals to on-the-ground action.

This document outlines the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework for the WWF South Africa project 'Protecting Critical Groundwater' within the Table Mountain Water Source Areas Partnership. The approach emphasizes real-time evaluation and adaptive 'double-loop' learning to support the sustainable management of groundwater and the development of a multi-stakeholder governance model for Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs).

This briefing outlines the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) theory of change for its G20-related activities, detailing the pathway from research and capacity-building to the inclusion of African policy inputs in global governance.