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The document analyzes the South African Climate Change Act as a framework for transforming the food system, which contributes approximately 20% of national emissions and is highly vulnerable to climate shocks. It identifies specific legal avenues—such as the National Adaptation Strategy and Plan (NASP), municipal climate response plans, and the Presidential Climate Commission—where farmers, workers, and civil society can intervene to promote agroecology, land rights, and food price stability. The author emphasizes that while the Act provides the legal framework, it does not guarantee funding or specific ground-level obligations, making active public participation essential to ensure a 'just transition' that protects vulnerable groups including women, youth, and smallholder farmers.

The document highlights Indonesia's climate crisis, noting record temperatures in Larantuka and the country's position as a top ten global greenhouse gas emitter due to coal dependency. It criticizes the government's continued construction of coal-fired power plants (PLTU), the use of biomass co-firing that threatens forests and indigenous peoples, and the environmental damage caused by nickel mining for electric vehicle batteries. The guide advocates for community-based renewable energy and provides a framework for individual and collective action, including reducing transport emissions, mindful consumption, and demanding political accountability.

The document argues that current climate finance models, particularly the 'Billions to Trillions' (B2T) agenda, prioritise private profit and neoliberal de-risking over human rights and public goods. It proposes a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to climate finance, organised into six clusters: national responsibilities, obligations to others, national sovereignty, financial flow responsibilities, crisis management, and procedural fairness. The toolkit specifically critiques South Africa's JET-IP for its heavy reliance on loans over grants and its focus on infrastructure over social justice elements like skills development. It provides 'How-to' guides for advocating for climate-responsive budgeting, technological transfer reform, parliamentary oversight of IFI loans, and the establishment of a progressive sovereign debt workout mechanism based on UNCTAD principles.

The guide 'Creative Climate Justice in Norway' calls on the Norwegian performing arts and cultural sectors to shift their focus from individual environmental measures to systemic change. It highlights the contradiction between Norway's domestic green initiatives and its role as a major oil and gas exporter, arguing that this policy disproportionately harms the Global South and reinforces colonial and racist structures. The document provides a roadmap for cultural workers to advocate for climate justice, divest from fossil fuels, and amplify the voices of frontline communities.

The document argues that carbon markets and offsets are 'false climate solutions' that fail to reduce emissions, allow major polluters to continue emitting, and facilitate land grabs and human rights violations, particularly in the Global South. It details the mechanisms of the UNFCCC's Article 6, various voluntary and regional trading schemes, and provides a strategic framework for civil society to oppose these markets through policy advocacy, legal tactics, and community solidarity.

The document argues that carbon markets and offsetting mechanisms are ineffective 'false solutions' that allow major polluters to continue emitting while causing harm to ecosystems and communities, particularly in the Global South. It details the mechanisms of the UNFCCC's Article 6, various regional and national carbon pricing initiatives, and provides strategies for civil society to resist these systems through advocacy, legal action, and community mobilization.

The document argues that carbon markets and emission offsets are ineffective at reducing emissions and instead serve as a distraction for major polluters while enabling extractivism and neocolonialism, particularly in the Global South. It details the mechanisms of the UNFCCC's Article 6, including the cooperative approaches of 6.2 and the UN-managed market of 6.4, as well as various regional and national systems in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The guide concludes by offering strategies for opposition, such as policy advocacy, community awareness, and legal challenges, while providing resources for tracking carbon projects.

The document outlines eleven specific recommendations to strengthen the EU ETS, arguing that the European Commission's proposal lacks sufficient ambition and fails to properly implement the 'polluter pays' principle. Key demands include increasing the 2030 emission reduction target to 70% for ETS sectors, phasing out free emission allowances for energy-intensive industries, and expanding the system's scope to include waste incineration and all international shipping voyages. It also suggests strengthening the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) to prevent price crashes and calls for stricter criteria for the use of ETS revenues to ensure they support climate action. Additionally, the guide provides a communication framework based on urgency, risk, and fairness, alongside a directory of key policymakers in the European Commission and Parliament.

The Clean Air Parents’ Network, supported by ClientEarth and the British Lung Foundation, issued this toolkit for the 2019 UK General Election. It urges voters to pressure candidates to adopt a pledge focusing on protecting children's health, implementing Clean Air Zones, and meeting World Health Organization particulate matter guidelines by 2030. The document provides factual talking points on the public health crisis caused by road transport emissions and offers practical tools for campaigning, including email templates, social media strategies, and questions for hustings.

The document argues that international aviation emissions grew by over 75% between 1990 and 2012 and could increase by 300% by 2050 under a business-as-usual scenario. It critiques the ICAO's proposed global market-based mechanism (GMBM), which aims for 'carbon neutral growth 2020' starting in 2021, citing concerns over lack of transparency, non-binding goals, and low environmental standards. Carbon Market Watch recommends that the GMBM include mandatory targets, a 'negative list' of ineligible project types (such as fossil fuel power plants and most LULUCF projects), and strict credit quality criteria to ensure real and permanent emission reductions.

The document argues that international aviation emissions grew by over 75% between 1990 and 2012 and could increase by up to 300% by 2050 under a business-as-usual scenario. It critiques the ICAO's proposed global market-based mechanism (GMBM), specifically the 'carbon neutral growth 2020' goal, for lacking binding targets and sufficient environmental standards for offset credits. Carbon Market Watch recommends that the GMBM include a mandatory target to limit warming to 1.5°C, a review clause every three years, and a 'negative list' to ban low-quality offset projects such as large hydro and REDD+. The toolkit urges NGOs to lobby governments and airlines ahead of the 39th ICAO General Assembly in October 2016 to ensure transparency and environmental integrity in the aviation sector's climate response.

The document examines how international investment agreements (IIAs), particularly bilateral investment treaties (BITs), can undermine domestic public policy and state sovereignty by allowing foreign investors to bypass national courts through international arbitration. It highlights cases in South Africa, the US, and Canada where environmental, social, and human rights policies were challenged. The guide argues for stronger parliamentary scrutiny of these treaties to ensure they do not conflict with constitutional obligations or human rights.

The document explains the EU's 2030 climate and energy framework, focusing on the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and the Climate Action Regulation (CAR). It details the requirements for Member States to develop National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and identifies 'loopholes' in the CAR that may delay climate action. The guide recommends that civil society engage in the NECP process to push for the phase-out of free emission allowances, the introduction of carbon floor prices, and the avoidance of flexibility mechanisms that undermine net-zero transitions.

The document is a popular education toolkit designed to help Southern African activists connect lived experiences of working-class women to structural inequalities in food and climate systems. It argues that care work—primarily unpaid labour performed by women—is the invisible foundation of food provision and community survival, yet is ignored by dominant neoliberal policies. The toolkit guides users through six activities to analyze social reproduction, the power dynamics of food systems, the gendered impacts of climate change, and the development of care-centred alternatives and advocacy strategies.

The document argues that Indonesia is facing a climate emergency, evidenced by record temperatures in Larantuka and high greenhouse gas emissions. It criticizes the government's continued investment in coal-fired power plants (PLTU), the use of biomass co-firing which leads to deforestation, and the environmental damage caused by nickel mining for electric vehicle batteries. The guide advocates for community-based renewable energy and provides a roadmap for individuals to reduce their carbon footprint and engage in collective political pressure to demand accountability from policymakers.

The document is a social media toolkit designed to help advocates communicate the risks associated with the "Big Ugly Bill." It provides platform-specific posting tips and detailed talking points regarding the repeal of electric vehicle tax credits, cuts to clean energy and nutrition programs, increased spending on a proposed anti-missile system, and attacks on scientific integrity.

The document examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across sectors such as finance, governance, and sustainable development, highlighting risks including algorithmic bias, worker displacement, and a growing 'AI divide' between developed and developing nations. It asserts that civil society must move beyond science-fiction stereotypes to advocate for a narrative based on social justice and human rights, urging actors to build technical capacity and participate in national AI strategies to ensure human oversight and data democratization.