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The NewClimate Institute and I4CE have developed an operationalization framework to provide practical guidance for members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to align their financial flows with the Paris Agreement.

The FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label (SI Label) is a voluntary, globally applicable framework designed to identify infrastructure projects with significant positive sustainability performance. It aims to transform sustainable infrastructure into a mainstream, liquid asset class by providing a standardized set of requirements for developers and operators to demonstrate positive impacts and attract investors.

This 2021 report by FSD Africa, prepared in collaboration with Impact Value, defines the concept of 'sustainable futures' and outlines how it is operationalised and measured across FSD Africa's projects. The framework emphasizes a 'just transition' and the preservation of five types of capital—financial, manufactured, human, social, and natural—to ensure that current interventions do not compromise the needs of future generations.

This guide provides a framework for project champions and funders to secure capital for natural infrastructure in Canada, focusing on bridging the gap between early-stage valuation and project finance.

This guide, produced within the CASCADE project, provides local government officials and experts with tools to identify and overcome barriers to climate change adaptation. It categorizes these barriers into eight groups and offers a self-assessment questionnaire and a curated list of resources, including videos and manuals, to facilitate the adaptation process.

This guide provides a framework for project champions and funders to mobilize capital for large-scale natural infrastructure in Canada. It argues that successful projects are driven by time-sensitive forcing events rather than general valuation studies, and it outlines a five-step process for developers to move from identifying drivers to securing predevelopment funding.

This executive summary outlines a framework for identifying trustworthy financial activities that support a low-carbon transition aligned with the Paris Agreement. It introduces a 'Transition label' to distinguish genuine decarbonization efforts from 'greenwashing' and provides a classification system for entities and economic activities based on their compatibility with a 1.5°C warming limit.

This executive summary by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines a framework for 'transition finance' to support the shift toward an environmentally friendly economy. It establishes five core principles to ensure that transition-related financial instruments are credible and aligned with the Paris Agreement, specifically targeting a 1.5°C warming limit and net-zero emissions by 2050.

The Climate Resilience Principles, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative in September 2019, provide a framework for integrating climate adaptation and resilience criteria into the Climate Bonds Standard & Certification Scheme. The document defines climate resilience investments as those improving the ability of assets and systems to persist, adapt, or transform against climate-related stresses. It establishes a three-part framework—Framing, Design, and Ongoing Management—to ensure that green bond proceeds are used for assets that are 'fit-for-purpose' and do no significant harm to the broader system. The report also addresses the potential for trade-offs between climate mitigation and resilience goals, suggesting that mitigation requirements might be relaxed for assets providing exceptional resilience benefits in high-risk contexts.

The 'Principles, priorities & pathways for inclusive green economies' report, published by the Green Economy Coalition, presents a three-part framework designed to guide governments, businesses, and institutions toward a fast and fair economic transformation to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

The 'Cooling for All Needs Assessment Scorecard' is a tool designed by Sustainable Energy for All to help entities evaluate and track cooling needs across three primary domains: human comfort and safety, food and nutrition security, and health services.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute introduces a typology framework designed to analyze trade-offs in decision-making regarding development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). It argues that while development is necessary to reduce vulnerability, poorly planned decisions can increase risk, creating a cycle where disasters destroy development investments. The document outlines five dimensions of trade-offs—aggregation, participation, equity, time, and risk—and demonstrates their application to the 'Build Back Better' concept to identify opportunities for transformative change in disaster recovery.

This research paper proposes principles and a framework for the equitable distribution of costs during the decarbonization transition and provides guidance on prioritizing the remaining extraction of fossil resources.

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework 2017-2019 defines the processes by which Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) monitors resources, activities, and results to improve organizational performance and ensure accountability.

This guidance documentSSSSSS Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) document provides a framework for integrating gender perspectives and social equity into model-based policy analysis, specifically focusing on the Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) and Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) systems. It addresses the systemic 'gender-blindness' in technical modelling and offers strategies for inclusive project design, data collection, and capacity building to ensure that the differentiated impacts of resource management on men and women are captured in policy planning.

The "Guide IGF à l'intention des gouvernements : Gérer l'activité minière artisanale et à petite échelle," published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in January 2017, provides a structured, three-phase framework for governments to develop and implement strategies for managing artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). The guide aims to integrate informal ASM into legal and economic systems while reducing social and environmental harms.

The 'IGF Guidance for Governments: Managing artisanal and small-scale mining' provides a structured, three-phase framework for governments to develop and implement national strategies for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). It focuses on integrating informal activities into legal and economic systems while reducing social and environmental harms.

This fact sheet, produced as part of the Raising Risk Awareness project, outlines a framework for increasing awareness of climate risks by using past extreme weather events to inform future preparedness and reconstruction decisions.

The Adaptive Watershed is a guide for a three-day training program developed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). It is designed for local decision-makers in land and water management, climate adaptation, and gender equity to build capacity for inclusive, ecosystem-based, and adaptive watershed management.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) presents a typology of five key trade-offs—power, equity, time, risk, and aggregation—that occur when making decisions about development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The document argues that development often exacerbates disaster risks due to poor decision-making and proposes that understanding these trade-offs can help transform the relationship between development and DRR to build greater resilience, specifically applying this framework to the 'Building Back Better' approach to post-disaster recovery.