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This executive summary introduces a guide by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) designed to help owner-occupants identify, quantify, and capture the business value of deep energy retrofits. It argues that deep retrofits—which can reduce building energy consumption by 50% or more—provide significant non-energy benefits that are often overlooked in traditional financial analysis, such as improved employee productivity, health, and property value.

The 'Minimum Standards for local climate-smart disaster risk reduction' is a practical guide and checklist designed to help local community leaders and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners integrate future climate-related risks and uncertainties into their risk reduction efforts. It provides a framework for community-level action and guidance for civil society organizations (CSOs) and local government authorities to support these efforts, ensuring that DRR activities contribute to long-term climate change adaptation and move beyond 'business as usual'.

This guide from the World Resources Institute (WRI) explains how companies can use the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas to measure and report water-related risks, specifically to assist in completing the CDP 2013 Water Disclosure Questionnaire.

The Interlinked ODS Phase-out Activities Handbook provides guidance for government officers to reduce the demand for ozone-depleting refrigerants in the servicing sector through coordinated stakeholder activities.

A guide providing practical recommendations for physicians to reduce the environmental and health impacts of their medical offices through waste reduction, non-toxic procurement, and energy efficiency.

This factsheet from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment provides guidance for health professionals on mitigating the health impacts of climate change in Canadian communities. It outlines specific climate-related risks—including extreme temperatures, flooding, wildfires, food insecurity, vector-borne diseases, and water quality issues—and offers actionable tips for clinicians to protect vulnerable patients and advocate for community-level adaptation measures.

This factsheet from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) outlines how health professionals can leverage their credibility as trusted messengers to influence public behavior and policy-making regarding climate change, focusing on GHG emission reduction and adaptation programs.

This FAQ document outlines the application requirements and funding structure for Round 2 of the CDKN Innovation Fund, which specifically targets innovation processes focused on the Africa region.

This information brief describes the 'Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change: A Sourcebook for the Caribbean Water Sector', a resource designed to help planners and decision makers enhance water security and climate resilience in the Caribbean region.

The 'Gender equality and social inclusion bingo game' is a facilitator's tool designed to help project and programme practitioners assess and commit to strategic, structural, and operational measures for gender equality and social inclusion (GESI).

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a framework for issuing certified green bonds within the Brazilian agricultural sector, aligning investments with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines the standards and certification process for issuing green bonds within the agriculture sector, with a specific focus on the expanding market in Brazil.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides best practices for issuing green bonds within the bioenergy sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It outlines the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme, which aims to align financial investments with the goal of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5ºC.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines the standards and procedures for issuing Certified Forestry Bonds, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It details the Climate Bonds Standard's requirements for alignment with a 1.5°C warming limit, the three-step issuance process, and the specific scientific criteria used to identify eligible forestry projects and assets.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a framework for issuing certified green bonds in the forestry sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It outlines the Climate Bonds Standard, the certification process, and the scientific criteria required to ensure investments align with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines the application of the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme to the livestock sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It provides a framework for issuers to identify eligible livestock projects, follow a three-step certification process, and utilize scientific criteria to ensure investments align with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a framework for issuing certified green bonds within the livestock sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It outlines the Climate Bonds Standard, the certification process, and the technical criteria for identifying eligible livestock projects and assets to ensure alignment with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides a framework for issuing certified green bonds in the transport sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It outlines the Climate Bonds Standard, the certification process, and the technical eligibility criteria for various transport assets to ensure alignment with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative outlines the standards and certification process for issuing green bonds in the transport sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It details the requirements for project eligibility, emission thresholds, and the multi-step certification process designed to align investments with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Agrifood Transition Plan Assessment Framework, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative, provides guidance for financial sector stakeholders to evaluate the transition strategies of agrifood companies. It establishes a tiered assessment structure—categorizing companies as 'committed' or 'advanced'—across three pillars: ambition (performance targets), action (delivery strategies), and accountability (governance and reporting). The framework emphasizes a holistic approach that integrates climate mitigation with nature protection, social considerations, and the elimination of deforestation across the value chain.