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The toolkit is designed to empower marginalized communities, particularly in middle- and low-income countries, to fight pollution by leveraging environmental rights. It provides eight modules containing research indicators, worksheets, and templates to help users conduct policy research, collect pollution data, and build advocacy campaigns. Developed through the STRIPE project, the toolkit's methodology is based on five years of experience in Indonesia, Thailand, Mongolia, Jamaica, Morocco, and Tunisia. The document argues that strengthening these rights is essential for pollution accountability and the realization of the right to a healthy environment.

The document compares BRT systems in 18 Chinese cities against international counterparts across 30 indicators. It finds that Chinese systems score significantly lower in 11 design areas and recommends improvements in infrastructure, network planning, and vehicle technology to help China reach its goal of 5,000 kilometers of BRT by 2020.

The document outlines a research effort to model the health and climate impacts of replacing aging diesel school buses with new diesel or electric alternatives across the contiguous United States. It details a dataset that provides monetized unit and total impacts for each county, focusing on the reduction of harmful pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.

The document examines international subnational case studies to guide Vietnamese cities in creating electric mobility roadmaps. It highlights that while Vietnamese cities share contexts with other Asian cities, they are comparable to Californian cities regarding public transit usage. The paper suggests that Vietnam can move beyond narrow e-mobility uptake goals toward broader climate and air quality objectives, noting the unique presence of a local OEM, Vinfast.

A study of over 2,000 households in Bangalore, India, found that behaviorally informed energy reports (HERs) featuring social norm comparisons and savings recommendations led to a 7 percent decrease in average monthly energy consumption over 12 months. While the lack of a control group prevents a robust causal connection, the results contrast with a nearly 3 percent increase in per capita energy usage across the state of Karnataka during the same period. Scaling this intervention to the entire city of Bangalore could potentially save households nearly US$60 million annually and avoid emissions from 604 million kilowatts of electricity generation.

The analysis demonstrates that early investment in clean energy is essential for Indonesia to achieve 8% annual GDP growth by 2029 while meeting climate goals. Under a CIPP-aligned JETP scenario, the transition is projected to create over 1 million jobs in renewable energy construction, significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve energy security by reducing oil imports.

The report contends that delaying climate action leads to the accumulation of carbon-intensive capital stock and locks in fossil fuel dependency. It argues that immediate policy signals, such as cap and trade, are necessary to shift research and development toward renewables and that U.S. leadership is critical for global action.

The report investigates the relationship between school bus fleet age, fuel type, and the socioeconomic characteristics of the communities they serve in the United States. It finds that the oldest and most polluting buses are concentrated in districts with higher proportions of low-income households and residents of color. However, as of December 2022, electric school bus commitments have largely targeted districts with lower incomes, more residents of color, and poorer air quality, driven by federal and state programs prioritizing disadvantaged areas.

The report outlines seven key transformations—infrastructure design, service provision, data collection, urban employment, financing, land management, and governance—to close the urban services divide. It assigns specific roles to city governments, national governments, civil society, the private sector, and the international community to ensure that urban growth is inclusive, climate-resilient, and sustainable.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) developed a collaborative, technologically agnostic monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for four IKEA Foundation grantee partners—One Acre Fund, Practical Action, SELCO Foundation, and Rainforest Alliance—under the Good Cause Campaign (GCC). The framework utilizes an Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) approach and the Energy Delivery Model to track impacts across poverty reduction, education, livelihoods, and health. To ensure data uniformity across diverse projects, WRI identified five 'enablers': reliability and affordability, technology suitability, market outreach, product and services, and a market-linked ecosystem. The framework measures specific parameters including reduced CO2 emissions, decreased energy expenditure, increased study hours, and expanded health service hours.

The report evaluates corporate environmental and social reporting in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, finding that while reporting has improved, it remains largely focused on philanthropy and is often of limited relevance to mainstream investors. It highlights that Indian companies lead in reporting quality, while Vietnamese companies lag, and notes that investors frequently rely on non-public informal channels to obtain sustainability risk data.

Honeywell Inc., a multinational control technology corporation, was named the 1995 Green Lights Manufacturing Ally of the Year by the US EPA. The company, which operates a Home and Building Control (H&BC) division, had been a Partner and Ally in the Green Lights program since 1991 and was the first manufacturer to commit all its US buildings to the ENERGY STAR program. The document outlines the roles of the Green Lights and ENERGY STAR programs in reducing air pollution through energy-efficient lighting and facility upgrades. It details the communication challenge faced by Jim Wolf, who must decide between low-cost internal communications, trade journal advertising, or expensive national newspaper campaigns to leverage the award for corporate image and market growth.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has established a list of 1,508 Priority Outreach Districts across the United States to prioritize free, deep technical assistance for school bus electrification. These districts are selected based on criteria related to income, race, air pollution levels, and tribal status to address systemic inequities in air pollution exposure. WRI provides these districts with tailored support covering road-mapping, procurement, and utility coordination, while offering generalized guidance to other districts.