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This guide by RMI explains the climate and health impacts of methane, its primary sources, and strategies for reduction. It highlights the role of data and international agreements in curbing emissions and details RMI's specific tools and initiatives for monitoring and certifying low-methane gas production.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute provides a snapshot of the wind and solar energy landscape in Colombia as of early 2025, detailing capacity growth, approved projects, and the financial and social challenges facing the energy transition.

This factsheet by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) provides an overview of the Group of 20 (G20), its governance, and the specific context of South Africa's 2025 presidency. It details the G20's composition, its operational tracks, the role of civil society engagement groups like the C20, and South Africa's priorities for its term.

This guide from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), originally published on the weADAPT platform, outlines eight primary topics expected to dominate the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. The document highlights the conference's role in shaping global climate policy, specifically focusing on the establishment of new financial goals, the operationalization of loss and damage funds, and the intensification of national climate commitments.

This report provides an overview of ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations to establish additional global disciplines on subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity, building upon the 2022 Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.

This paper by the NewClimate Institute provides an overview of positive shifts in international climate policy across five thematic areas: awareness and civil action, policy and governance, investors and business, and the energy and industry sectors. It argues that these shifts, driven by new actors and strategies, demonstrate that the goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C remains achievable.

This briefing by RMI explains the role of Community Benefits Plans (CBPs) and Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) in the United States energy transition, specifically focusing on the requirements set by the Department of Energy (DOE) for funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022.

This guide provides an overview of state and federal regulations and laws governing electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the United States, specifically detailing compliance requirements for manufacturers, fleet operators, and transportation companies.

This policy brief provides an overview of the WTO Dialogue on Plastics Pollution, a member-led initiative launched in November 2020 to foster trade cooperation to reduce plastic pollution. It details the Dialogue's evolution, its three primary workstreams—crosscutting issues, promoting trade to tackle pollution, and circularity/reduction—and explores various policy options for international cooperation within the WTO framework, while emphasizing complementarity with other global efforts like the UNEA negotiations for a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

This report by the NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and IIASA provides an update on climate mitigation policies, COVID-19 response measures, and the status of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS) across 25 countries and regions between July 2019 and August 2020.

This document provides an overview of approximately 50 climate and energy policies adopted or underS under development between July 2018 and May 2019 across 25 countries and regions, supplementing a December 2018 report on projected greenhouse gas emissions.

This policy brief introduces the use of domestic public finance to implement National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes, noting that various financing sources and mechanisms are being explored as countries integrate adaptation into sector planning.

This guide, produced by the CDKN-supported Climate Finance Advisory Service, provides an overview of the first Biennial Assessment (BA) of Climate Finance Flows and the recommendations made by the UNFCCC's Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) to the Conference of the Parties (COP).

This fact sheet describes the Global Connectivity Program of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which focuses on the role of information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the 'global connectivity system' in advancing sustainable development.

This fact sheet provides an overview of federal and state funding resources available to transit agencies, school bus fleets, and local communities in the United States for the purchase and deployment of cleaner, advanced bus technologies and related infrastructure.

This report by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) examines the state of services trade within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It identifies critical deficiencies in core infrastructure services—transport, energy, telecommunications, and finance—as significant constraints on the region's economic growth and international competitiveness. The document reviews regional integration efforts, the impact of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and the challenges associated with the movement of natural persons (Mode 4) for service provision.

This issue brief from the World Resources Institute examines next-generation geothermal systems—specifically enhanced geothermal systems, closed-loop, and superhot systems—focusing on their application within the electricity sector to support a cost-effective and reliable 100 percent clean grid.

This research paper provides an overview of India's national policies and international commitments aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, specifically focusing on the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and the challenges associated with policy implementation.

This WRI policy brief outlines the state of the wind power industry in the United States, detailing procurement options for corporate buyers, the economic and technical challenges facing the sector, and the potential for wind power to enhance energy security and mitigate climate change.

This issue brief outlines a 'working forests' model for the southern United States, where public entities acquire forestland—either through fee simple purchase or conservation easements—to generate revenue from sustainable timber, recreation, and ecosystem services to fund conservation and provide community benefits.