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The document argues that climate-risk mapping in the global South is currently split between 'precisionism'—the reliance on standardized indices and models—and 'groundtruthing'—the use of lived narratives and ethnography. Precisionism often creates a 'metrics mirage' that obscures social inequalities and justice claims, while groundtruthing struggles to gain policy traction in indicator-driven bureaucracies. To resolve this, the authors introduce 'epistemic diplomacy,' a power-aware procedural approach for integrating mixed evidence. This framework includes five guiding principles, a ten-step operating model, and specific governance safeguards to ensure community co-production and prevent knowledge extraction. The paper provides practical method pairings, such as combining heat sensors with social diaries, to create 'boundary objects' that maintain both technical precision and social meaning for policymakers.

The document proposes that ECOWAS integrate forward-looking transitional justice into its climate governance to prevent the marginalization of women and rural communities. It argues that climate change in West Africa is a crisis of social justice, where historical inequities determine vulnerability. The author suggests that ECOWAS should reduce its reliance on unstable global mechanisms, such as the COP27 Loss and Damage Fund, by establishing regional structures like a gender-responsive minerals strategy and a Regional Climate Adaptation Fund for Women. The paper emphasizes that a just transition must move beyond procedural formality to address the 'why' of structural harms, including land access and resource governance.

The authors propose a 'strategic resilience' framework to elevate climate change adaptation from 'low politics' in environment ministries to the heart of government. Using a UK case study, the paper highlights the failure of traditional territorial adaptation to address cross-border risks—which propagate via trade, finance, people, and biophysical routes. It warns against the 'securitization' of adaptation by defence ministries and suggests three pathways for reform: empowering environment ministries, establishing central coordinators, or creating dedicated ministries of resilience.

The document examines the intersection of climate change, gender, and food systems in southern Africa, arguing that climate shocks intensify the burden of unpaid care work disproportionately borne by rural and working-class women. It critiques technocratic, productivity-focused agricultural policies and proposes a framework based on Feminist Ecological Economics and Feminist Political Ecology to reorient food systems around human needs and ecological regeneration. Key recommendations include the redistribution of care work, support for agroecology, and the implementation of gender-responsive fiscal policies.

The document proposes a 'deterrence by denial' framework to dissuade the use of biological weapons by reducing the likelihood that such attacks would achieve their intended goals. This strategy is built upon four pillars: detection (early warning systems), response (preparedness and rapid action), mitigation (long-term resilience and medical countermeasures), and attribution (identifying the source of an attack). The authors assert that the necessary tools—including metagenomic sequencing, AI-driven surveillance, and advanced biomanufacturing—already exist and can be implemented through a whole-of-government approach. The paper also addresses challenges such as the 'dual-use dilemma,' where defensive biosecurity efforts may be misinterpreted as offensive programs, and the impact of disinformation on public health responses.

The paper argues that because political borders rarely align with ecological boundaries, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) framework can serve as a basis for transboundary conservation. By focusing on shared ecosystem services—such as groundwater, pollination, and cultural values—the MA framework allows countries to frame conservation around mutual interests, engage diverse stakeholders, and assess tradeoffs between different service uses.

The text emphasizes that because humans extract ecological goods and services without fully realizing their value, formal evaluation is essential for developing conservation policies. It notes that the value of these services is not reflected in market prices, making their estimation critical for assessing the relative vulnerability of various biomes, ecoregions, and ecosystems to current or potential land-use changes.

The document introduces a collection of research on natural resource conflicts in the Global South, specifically highlighting the struggles of poor rural populations to maintain resource access. The authors argue that the diversity of these conflicts makes general causal theories problematic, proposing instead the application of 'middle-range theory' to better understand the specific dynamics of conflict and cooperation.

The text examines social vulnerability in the Patagonian steppe of Río Negro, Argentina, specifically how populations adapt to extreme events such as drought and volcanic ash fall. It argues that there is a disconnect between the material and symbolic capacities of these populations to handle socio-environmental crises and the government projects implemented in the region, which the author claims fail to incorporate an approach that addresses environmental complexity.

The text identifies water and energy as the core resources for urban planning within a nexus framework, noting that urbanization creates unique pressures through infrastructure reliance, demographic concentration, and social vulnerabilities. It proposes resilience as a guiding principle for urban management to enhance adaptive capacity amidst global change uncertainties and highlights the need for further research into waste and resource recovery efficiency.

The text advocates for a multidisciplinary approach to analyze the factors increasing social and environmental vulnerability in Northwest Mexico. It emphasizes that addressing the increased frequency and intensity of meteorological phenomena requires detailed knowledge of climate change determinants and strengthened institutional capacities to support sustainable futures and effective governance.

The CCOA Toolkit is a comprehensive guide for combating online antisemitism, focusing on the method of 'deconstruction' to dismantle harmful stereotypes. It analyzes how social media algorithms and business models amplify hate, identifies various forms of antisemitism—including anti-Judaism, Nazi ideology, and secondary antisemitism—and provides educational activities to build critical digital literacy. The document also examines the legal landscape, specifically the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), and advocates for a public health approach to prevention and trauma-sensitive content moderation.

The document advocates for a shift from a market-driven digital ecosystem to one governed by 'Communication Rights,' which emphasize collective access, data sovereignty, and public interest regulation. It critiques the 'Global Digital Compact' for lacking substantive mechanisms for gender and social justice and analyzes how Western media outlets like The Economist exhibit geopolitical biases in conflict reporting, contrasting this with the perceived credibility of Al Jazeera's coverage of Gaza.

The authors argue that disaster risk reduction can be improved through a re-politicized approach to co-production. They propose three specific principles: ensuring knowledge plurality, surfacing the norms and assumptions inherent in knowledge production, and taking actions that address existing sociopolitical and knowledge structures.

The report outlines the activities of the Climate Story Lab Nordic 2023/2024, which supported nine climate films to develop impact strategies and narratives. It argues that storytelling is a critical infrastructure for the energy transition, capable of moving beyond scientific facts to address the emotional and existential dimensions of the climate crisis. The document provides a handbook of essays from scientists, filmmakers, and practitioners, emphasizing the need to reach the 'moveable middle' of the population and the importance of centering climate justice and local contexts in narratives. It concludes by calling for a more robust 'storytelling ecosystem' that supports independent filmmakers and challenges the influence of fossil fuel industry narratives.

The paper presents AMES, an open-source, multi-sector macroeconomic model developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute. AMES is designed to integrate with the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) to create a hybrid energy-economy model. Unlike neoclassical models, AMES is based on structuralist theory, allowing it to simulate structural change and hysteresis, where energy investments can lead to persistent positive impacts on GDP and employment. It is specifically tailored for the economic conditions of low- and middle-income countries, focusing on demand-led growth and capacity utilization rather than assuming full employment and competitive market equilibrium.

The report argues that existing social contracts are broken, exclusionary, and ignore planetary boundaries, necessitating a transition to 'eco-social contracts'. These new frameworks are proposed to be grounded in human rights, gender justice, and a 'contract with nature'. The document explores various pathways for implementation, including rights-based economies, the recognition of the rights of nature, and the inclusion of marginalized groups such as informal workers and Indigenous peoples. It provides specific regional analyses and case studies from Nepal, the MENA region, India, and Australia to illustrate how participatory processes and communitarian imaginaries (such as Ubuntu and Sumak kawsay) can inform these new societal agreements.

The document argues that the pursuit of GDP growth is incompatible with ecological stability and proposes a shift toward 'degrowth' and 'postgrowth' models. It examines the role of new institutions, such as ethical cooperatives and not-for-profit businesses, and discusses policy instruments like working time reduction and the 'Cap and Share' framework. The text also addresses the geopolitical risks of this transition, the rise of eco-fascism, and the need for a just transition for workers and the Global South.

The paper highlights a research gap where planned adaptation (public policy) is prioritized over autonomous 'everyday' adaptation. It proposes treating adaptation as a commons issue to analyze the synergies and conflicts between these two forms of adaptation, using climate justice as a lens to ensure equitable outcomes.

The author contends that Europe's energy scarcity is a long-term reality that cannot be solved by new fossil fuels or nuclear power, necessitating a shift toward 'energy sobriety'. This approach distinguishes itself from energy efficiency by focusing on the fair distribution of energy reduction rather than technical innovation. The text explores historical precedents for rationing in France and the Netherlands to argue that collective sufficiency is feasible. Proposed mechanisms for a just transition include progressive energy tariffs—where essential use is cheap and misuse is expensive—and personal carbon quotas to ensure equitable distribution and prevent social conflict during the energy transition.