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The authors demonstrate how combining service design—specifically using archetypes and prototyping—with discrete choice experiments can create effective development interventions, such as Weather Index Insurance for Ugandan farmers, by involving users in the design process and testing core assumptions.

The Campaign for National Parks (CNP) partnered with Climate Outreach to shift its visual strategy from landscape-centric imagery to a people-focused approach. By applying 'Nature Visuals' principles, CNP tested how diverse representation affects engagement across different social media platforms and integrated these principles into its 2022 Park Protector Awards. Initial results indicate that while Instagram audiences respond strongly to diverse human representation, Facebook audiences still engage with traditional landscapes. The strategy led to a visible increase in the diversity of people and storytellers in CNP's visuals and a significant increase in mailing list sign-ups.

Climate Outreach partnered with the UK charity Pledgeball to create a toolkit for football supporters' associations, focusing on authentic messaging and the use of 'trusted messengers' to encourage low-carbon lifestyle pledges. The approach emphasizes shifting from climate paralysis to collective efficacy by leveraging fan identity and community. Early findings suggest that engagement is more successful when campaigns have a recognizable face and that fans' receptiveness to climate messaging may correlate with their team's on-pitch performance.

Scotland is pursuing an ambitious goal of net-zero emissions by 2045, supported by a National Just Transition Planning Framework and a permanent Just Transition Commission. While the government aims to transition its workforce from the oil and gas sector—which contributed approximately 5% of GDP in 2019—to green jobs in offshore wind and hydrogen, it has not set a definitive end date for oil and gas exploration. The document highlights tensions between government policy and demands from unions and NGOs for greater state intervention, including the nationalization of energy, and notes the lack of a sovereign wealth fund similar to Norway's to support the transition.

The document examines the Taranaki region's transition to a low-carbon economy, highlighting the Taranaki Roadmap 2050 and the role of the Just Transitions Unit. It details efforts to diversify the regional economy, support workers through retraining and proposed insurance, and integrate Māori worldviews into success metrics. While praising the proactive and inclusive planning, the author notes that onshore oil and gas permits are still being granted and the long-term effectiveness of the diversification strategies remains to be seen.

Denmark is phasing out all oil and gas extraction by 2050, a goal codified in its 2020 climate law. The transition focuses on the port of Esbjerg, leveraging existing skills to shift from fossil fuels to offshore wind power. Supported by a strong welfare state and a 'flexicurity' model, the government aims to mitigate employment losses—estimated at 10,000 direct and 16,000 indirect jobs—through investments in green technology and international partnerships like the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance.

Denmark is phasing out its oil and gas sector by 2050, supported by a binding law and a broad political coalition. The transition is centered in Esbjerg, where the government is leveraging the region's energy expertise to pivot toward offshore wind and other renewables. This 'in place' management is supported by a strong social welfare state, the 'flexicurity' labor model, and strategic investments like the C$4.7 billion Green Future Fund. While the term 'just transition' is less common in official reporting, the country relies on long-standing tripartite dialogue between government, unions, and industry to mitigate socio-economic risks.

The document examines Scotland's efforts to implement a just transition, particularly within its significant North Sea oil and gas sector. It details the establishment of the Just Transition Commission in 2019 and the subsequent creation of a national Just Transition Planning Framework. While Scotland has ambitious targets—including net zero by 2045—the paper notes contradictions, such as the lack of a planned phase-out for oil and gas exploration. It highlights regional economic challenges in areas like Aberdeenshire and discusses various policy responses, including the Green Jobs Fund and 'green freeports'. The analysis concludes with lessons for Canadian governments on defining just transition, making concrete job commitments, and establishing accountability frameworks.

The document analyzes New Zealand's proactive approach to transitioning the Taranaki region away from offshore oil and gas. It highlights the creation of the Taranaki 2050 Roadmap, the role of the Just Transition Unit, and the integration of Māori rights and labor unions in regional economic diversification. While praising the inclusive planning and the establishment of the Ara Ake energy center, the author notes that the transition is in its early stages and that onshore oil and gas production remains a significant gap in the country's climate goals.

The document highlights the climate vulnerability of the Singida region in Tanzania, where smallholder farmers face low productivity due to unreliable rainfall and pests. It details the success of Amani Saidi Mwangu and the 'Muungano Group', who adopted climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and irrigation after receiving training from Sustainable Environment Management Action (SEMA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and a 3,000,000 Tanzanian shilling loan. These interventions enabled the use of drought-tolerant, early-maturing seed varieties (such as Bombay red and Red creole), leading to increased yields of tomatoes and onions and expanded market reach to Uganda and Kenya.

The document discusses the integration of biodiversity protections into mining policy in Senegal and Turkey, emphasizing the use of the mitigation hierarchy to minimize ecological damage. It highlights that while mining activities—from exploration to post-mining—can cause deforestation, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, collaborative planning can aim for no net loss or a net gain for nature.

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Foods Supply (MAPA), in collaboration with the NAP Global Network and other partners, developed a Conceptual Framework to evaluate and monitor adaptation strategies for agricultural systems. This framework follows the first phase of the ABC Plan (2010-2020) and supports the current ABC+ Plan (2020-2030). The framework is organized around six action axes: Genetic Improvement, Products, Processes, and Technology; Diversified Conservation Systems and Integrated Management; Climate Forecasting and Territorial Zoning; Financing, Technical Assistance, and Public Policies; and Socioeconomic and Environmental Performance. MAPA has applied this framework through workshops focusing on six specific production chains: beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goat breeding in semiarid regions, corn, sugar cane, and coffee.

The document reflects on the FRACTAL project, conducted between 2015 and 2021 in nine southern African urban areas, to identify principles for co-producing climate knowledge. It emphasizes the role of co-production in fostering partnerships and mutual learning between stakeholders to support climate-resilient urban development.

The document details the 'Pani Chautari' (water forum) methodology implemented by the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS) in Dhulikhel, Nepal. This approach used multi-stakeholder dialogues to bridge the gap between scientific research and local action to address water scarcity caused by urbanization and climate change. Key outcomes included the institutionalization of a water council, the implementation of 'one ward, one pond' groundwater recharge programs, and increased municipal reliance on evidence-based policy-making.

The report argues that land transport infrastructure is a primary driver of deforestation in the Amazon, noting that 95% of forest conversion occurred within 5.5 km of roads up to 2006. To decouple infrastructure from deforestation, the authors propose three pillars of reform: reforming the public administration's decision-making flow to anticipate socio-environmental analysis, improving the technical quality and scope of socio-environmental studies (specifically the delimitation of indirect influence areas), and increasing transparency through open georeferenced databases. The report identifies significant gaps in current practices, such as the lack of available approval minutes for Technical, Economic, and Environmental Viability Studies (EVTEA) and the failure of Environmental Impact Studies (EIA) to fully comply with their terms of reference.

The document serves as a guide for Canadian municipalities to localize the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the creation of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). It outlines a 'basic recipe' for successful VLRs, including the identification of local priorities, the establishment of partnerships, participatory processes, and the use of diverse data indicators. A central theme is the necessity of integrating transformative reconciliation and Indigenous leadership into the VLR process to ensure inclusivity and respect for Indigenous data sovereignty. The handbook synthesizes global and regional resources and provides case studies from cities such as Kelowna, Winnipeg, Malmö, and Espoo to illustrate good practices in reporting and community engagement.

The report argues that traditional US public utilities commission (PUC) processes are too slow and restrictive to meet urgent decarbonization and equity mandates. It recommends four primary reforms: setting clear proceeding objectives, expanding stakeholder roles in solution development, reducing information asymmetry by unlocking utility data, and initiating new inclusive processes such as regulatory sandboxes and updated benefit-cost analysis frameworks.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) highlights the need for integrated planning to manage synergies and trade-offs between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The briefing presents the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) as a unique open-access, quantitative, and prospective tool capable of analyzing both Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and SDGs. SEI's Initiative on Integrated Climate and Development Planning has expanded LEAP with extensions for macroeconomic impacts, health, agriculture, and land use, which have been applied in 16 countries to quantify the co-benefits of climate action.

The guide defines demand signal initiatives as campaigns and alliances that commit companies and public bodies to purchasing net-zero products and services, thereby incentivizing supply-side investment. It outlines a five-step process for setting up these initiatives, identifies key target audiences across the value chain, and provides a case study on the steel industry and a list of existing global initiatives such as SteelZero and the First Movers Coalition.

A lawsuit led by six federally recognized Indian tribes and Earthjustice resulted in a 2021 U.S. District Court ruling to vacate the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The court found the rule contained "serious errors" and posed a risk of "significant harm to the nation’s waters." This ruling restored water protections that had been in place since 1986, specifically benefiting wetlands, headwater streams, and desert washes in the West, Southwest, and Great Lakes regions that had been excluded from Clean Water Act safeguards.