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The paper reviews frameworks used to track the alignment of finance flows with low greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilient development as mandated by Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement. It classifies these frameworks based on parameters such as application level, reference pathways, and finance flow polarities to identify blind spots—specifically in adaptation finance, corporate investment, and internal financing—and aims to inform the creation of a country-level framework, starting with an application in Germany.

Uganda has developed a Just Transition Framework (JTF) to ensure that structural economic changes toward sustainability do not marginalize vulnerable groups, particularly informal workers and smallholder farmers. The framework is integrated into national planning cycles, including the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV), and emphasizes distributive, procedural, and restorative justice. While Uganda has established multi-stakeholder coordination and project screening tools, it faces significant barriers such as a lack of a national resettlement policy, high labor market informality (over 80%), and severe data gaps. The document calls for international grant-based support for labor economy modeling, the creation of a national resettlement policy, and programmatic finance for re-skilling and livelihood restoration.

Peru is implementing a phased roadmap to establish a national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for climate change adaptation, aligned with its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The system focuses on seven priority sectors—water, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture, forest, health, tourism, and transport—and aims to be fully operational by 2030. The process is divided into four phases: Analysis (completed), Design (underway), Development (underway), and Implementation (not started). Recent progress includes the creation of a final project design, interoperability proposals for data exchange with the National Environmental Information System, and the establishment of a baseline for loss and damage indicators.

The document examines the potential role of commodity-specific environmental attribute certificates (commodity EACs) as market-based instruments for corporate climate action, specifically in the context of upcoming revisions to the Science-Based Targets initiative’s Corporate Net Zero Standard and the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Scope 3 Guidance. It argues that there is no universal approach to commodity EACs due to significant fragmentation in their definition and availability, and questions whether such instruments support sector transitions or potentially delay direct action.

ClientEarth argues that the TPT framework must mandate absolute emissions reductions aligned with a 1.5°C scenario, including Scope 3 emissions, and prohibit reliance on offsets. The organization emphasizes the need for transition plans to be integrated into financial statements and for named directors to be held accountable for delivery. It specifically calls for the prioritization of high-emitting sectors and the inclusion of 'financed emissions' for financial institutions to ensure real-world decarbonization.

The document outlines Saint Lucia's comprehensive climate policy environment, highlighting the role of the Department of Sustainable Development and the National Climate Change Committee in coordinating national efforts. It details the implementation of the National Adaptation Plan (2018-2028), the development of Sectoral Adaptation Strategies and Action Plans (SASAPs), and the submission of an Updated Nationally Determined Contribution in January 2021. The paper also examines the integration of gender considerations, the challenges of climate finance, and the emerging focus on loss and damage policy.

The report argues that the Zero Draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction lacks coherence in its organising logic and fails to sufficiently integrate critical drivers of risk such as climate change, conflict, and poverty. It recommends a restructured framework focused on minimising new risks, reducing existing risks, and managing residual risks, while calling for stronger financial commitments and a more inclusive approach to vulnerable groups and fragile states.

The document discusses the transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the need for new metrics and capacity to cover social, environmental, and economic dimensions. It identifies a gap between the production of indicators and their actual use in decision-making, suggesting that monitoring should be integrated into all stages of the policy cycle. The author outlines various international initiatives—including work by the UN Statistical Commission and the Open Working Group—aimed at strengthening the evidence base for SDGs. Finally, it provides guidance for governments to align national and subnational monitoring systems with global goals to improve governance and accountability.

The document examines the socio-economic and health profile of First Nations people in Winnipeg and Manitoba, identifies gaps in data collection, and explores culturally relevant frameworks, such as the medicine wheel, for measuring community well-being and sustainability.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) developed the Assessing Climate Change Adaptation Framework (ACCAF) to enhance the United Nations Capital Development Fund's (UNCDF) Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL). The LoCAL mechanism provides performance-based grants to local authorities in Least Developed Countries for adaptation interventions. WRI identified three primary challenges in designing the ACCAF: integrating adaptation monitoring and evaluation (M&E) into a performance-based grant system, measuring mainstreamed adaptation, and balancing the M&E needs of individual countries against those of the wider portfolio. The paper presents solutions to these challenges and offers lessons for global donors and practitioners to improve adaptation programming.