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A letter from the Climate Energy and Health Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) to the Minister of Health, urging public health leadership to ensure a just and green recovery from COVID-19 that addresses the climate crisis and transitions away from fossil fuels.

This document, prepared by the Executive Directorate of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), provides a financial review for the 2019-2020 fiscal year and the status of member contributions as of April 30, 2020.

This policy brief describes a small-scale study in peri-urban areas outside Nairobi, Kenya, examining the use of advanced biomass pellet cookstoves. It advocates for a service design-driven approach combining behavioral insights and social-ecological systems thinking to better align stove development with user needs and archetypes.

This statement, published by Friends of the Earth International on June 25, 2020, condemns the gas industry's impact on the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The document alleges that transnational corporations and the Mozambican government are complicit in human rights abuses, land grabbing, and environmental destruction, while failing to deliver promised development benefits.

This statement, published by Friends of the Earth International on June 25, 2020, and signed by 410 organizational and individual signatories, demands an immediate end to gas extraction in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The document alleges that the gas industry, supported by the Mozambican government and various transnational corporations and financiers, is responsible for land grabbing, human rights violations, and the exacerbation of a humanitarian crisis in the region.

A statement published by Friends of the Earth International on June 25, 2020, signed by 410 organizational and individual signatories, demanding an immediate end to gas extraction in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The document accuses multinational fossil fuel companies and the Mozambican government of complicity in human rights violations, environmental destruction, and the exacerbation of poverty and health crises.

A briefing by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) detailing the challenges rural communities face regarding climate change, COVID-19 recovery, and flood resilience, specifically focusing on governance and funding barriers.

This policy brief argues for the institutionalisation of futures literacy, foresight, and anticipatory governance within the African mining sector to empower the implementation of the African Mining Vision (AMV). It proposes that the African Mineral Development Centre (AMDC) lead this effort by establishing a dedicated working group, creating a competency framework, and fostering partnerships to build adaptive capacities against global disruptors like the COVID-19 pandemic.

This joint report from the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) outlines the committees' activities, membership status, and contributions to the IAI's scientific agenda and policy integration leading up to the 28th Conference of the Parties (CoP-28).

A statement by EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette arguing that addressing racial inequality and injustice is a prerequisite for successfully meeting the challenges of climate change and achieving an equitable transition to a clean energy economy.

A statement by Natural Justice expressing solidarity with activists and communities facing racial, police, and state oppression, linking these struggles to the broader pursuit of environmental justice.

This notification from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) announces a new deadline of 17 July 2020 for submitting nominations for representatives to the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), following the postponement of the CoP-28 meeting to 19 August 2020.

A notification from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) announcing a new deadline of July 17, 2020, for nominating members to the Science and Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) ahead of the CoP-28 meeting on August 19, 2020.

A statement from World Resources Institute (WRI) President & CEO Andrew Steer condemning systemic racism and police brutality in the United States, while committing the organization to ensure environmental and development solutions benefit communities of color.

This policy brief examines methods for assessing fish stock status in data-poor and multispecies fisheries to inform World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on fishing subsidies. It highlights that over 80% of global catches occur in fisheries lacking the data for conventional model-based assessments and proposes the use of data-limited methods, empirical indicators, and adaptive management frameworks like FISHE to identify overfished stocks and trigger subsidy prohibitions.

This policy brief summarises the book 'Africa First!' by Jakkie Cilliers, which analyses Africa's current development trajectory and proposes a roadmap to 2040. It argues that while human well-being indicators are improving, Africa is diverging further from the rest of the world in terms of average income and economic productivity due to an unproductive economic structure, slow demographic transition, and a lack of basic infrastructure.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute describes a non-parametric statistical downscaling methodology using the k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) method to generate synthetic regional climate series for temperature and precipitation between 2020 and 2100. These series are designed to inform the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system to help water service providers and environmental agencies develop robust adaptation alternatives and vulnerability analyses for water systems.

A statement by members of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and other experts urging that economic stimulus efforts for COVID-19 recovery be used to address integrated global challenges including climate change, air pollution, and sustainable development.

This research paper reviews 60 years of desertification control efforts in China, examining the roles of government policy, eco-industrialization, and ecological interventions in managing arid and semi-arid ecosystems.

This report compares seven European Green Capital (EGC) winners from 2015-2021 (Bristol, Ljubljana, Essen, Nijmegen, Oslo, Lisbon, and Lahti) with Tallinn across 12 environmental domains. It identifies 'threshold activities'—such as having implemented strategic climate documents and pursuing carbon neutrality by 2050—that are essential for EGC candidacy. While Tallinn performs well in air quality and green space, it lags behind winners in CO2 emissions per capita, waste landfilling rates, and the formal adoption of key strategic plans.