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The document synthesizes the work of UN human rights treaty bodies (HRTBs) in addressing climate change, specifically focusing on Concluding Observations issued to States. It highlights that while climate change is not explicitly in key human rights treaties, HRTBs increasingly use their monitoring roles to argue that protecting human rights requires specific climate action. The report details recommendations across several themes, including the disproportionate impacts on women, children, and indigenous peoples, the need for gender-sensitive and child-sensitive climate strategies, and the obligation of some States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel extraction to meet human rights standards. It provides detailed analysis of the three most active bodies: CEDAW, CESCR, and CRC.

This document is a summary of seven national diagnostics conducted by member organizations of Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) regarding the increasing power of transnational corporations in the energy and agricultural sectors.

The document argues that current political emission targets are insufficient to prevent devastating climate impacts and that global GHG emissions must decline rapidly after 2015 to reach essentially zero by midcentury. It asserts that while such a transition is technically feasible and economically affordable, it requires a 'Great Transformation' of institutions and policy, including a global climate fund and a shift in agricultural systems from emission sources to sinks. The report emphasizes that industrialized nations must reduce their emission allocations to zero or negative levels by 2020-2030 to allow developing countries the remaining carbon budget necessary to expand energy access and alleviate poverty.

The paper examines data management systems for national GHG inventories based on surveys from six developed (Annex I) and four developing (non-Annex I) Parties. It identifies critical capacity challenges for non-Annex I Parties and outlines design principles for effective systems, emphasizing the importance of clear reporting objectives, institutional arrangements, and sustainable funding.