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The report documents diverse community-led climate adaptation efforts across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, emphasizing the role of ecosystem restoration, circular economies, and gender equality. It highlights that while local actors are innovative and entrepreneurial, they are often hindered by rigid top-down funding requirements, lack of land tenure, and systemic inequalities. The document advocates for a paradigm shift in climate finance toward patient, predictable, and accessible funding that recognizes the holistic needs of vulnerable populations, including their psychosocial well-being and human rights.

The authors conducted a systematic review of 1,221 articles across nine bibliographic databases to define "ecotechnology," identifying 657 unique articles. Analysis of 77 articles focused on carbon and nutrients revealed that nearly half used the term as a buzzword. From 49 explicit definitions, the authors identified 38 themes, which were clustered into nine groups covering nature-society integration, societal and environmental benefits, profitability, hard technology (equipment), and soft technology (behaviours).