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This case study examines the impact of women-led community cooperatives in Bangladesh, specifically focusing on the Basundhara Forum in Gopalganj district. It details how the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), supported by Christian Aid, uses these forums to enhance livelihoods, improve disaster-risk reduction, and increase women's participation in local government decision-making and climate adaptation planning.

This written testimony from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations requests at least level funding for fiscal year 2021 for several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) programs focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This report presents the results of an expert consultation with 51 financial service providers (FSPs) to identify the sustainability and business criteria agricultural producers in developing countries must meet to be 'investment-ready'. The findings highlight a strong preference among investors for economic and governance factors over social and environmental ones when assessing financial risk.

This policy brief examines the role of resilient ecosystems in climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), specifically for coastal cities in Africa. It advocates for nature-based solutions, such as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR), to reduce vulnerability to extreme weather events. The document highlights a significant gap in African regional policies that explicitly link biodiversity conservation with DRR and provides recommendations for mainstreaming these approaches into national and regional development strategies.

This briefing introduces the 'hours of safety' framework to quantify the resilience of building envelopes during power outages caused by severe winter storms, comparing various home construction standards from the 1950s to Passive House standards.

This insight brief introduces 'hours of safety' as a metric to quantify how long a building envelope can maintain safe indoor temperatures during power outages in extreme cold. Using simulations of five building types in Duluth, Minnesota, the research demonstrates that high-performance envelopes, such as those meeting Passive House standards, significantly extend the time residents can safely shelter in place compared to older or code-compliant homes.

This policy brief examines a case study from Edem Ani, Enugu State, Nigeria, to test the SEI Tandem framework for co-designing climate services. The project highlighted a critical need for localized, actionable climate and soil information to assist farmers with planting and harvesting schedules. It emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between direct users (farmers) and those who implement measures (government, NGOs), and suggests that the Tandem framework be expanded to include questions on inter-governmental coordination and synergies between adaptation and mitigation.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute provides ten recommendations for co-designing actionable, user-focused climate services to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy implementation. Based on the HazardSupport project and case studies in Sweden, the brief emphasizes the need for iterative dialogue, the use of facilitators, and the alignment of climate data with existing planning tools to ensure science effectively informs adaptation planning and decision-making.

This document is a facilitator's guide for the 'gender and climate game,' an experiential learning tool designed to illustrate how climate variability and change disproportionately affect women and men due to existing gender inequalities and social vulnerabilities.

The 'ORIENTATION STRATÉGIQUE DE L’IISD POUR 2020-2025' outlines the International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) strategic framework, known as CREATE, for the five-year period starting in 2020. The document defines the organization's vision of a world where humanity and the planet prosper, and its mission to find urgent solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resources, and just economies.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes fossil fuel subsidies in British Columbia, arguing that they undermine the province's climate goals and the CleanBC plan.

An open letter from a coalition of environmental activists to President Cyril Ramaphosa urging that the South Africa Investment Conference (5–7 November 2019) prioritize responsible investment over the exploitation of natural resources, specifically opposing the weakening of water use regulations to attract business.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), representing groundWork and Earthlife Africa, submitted formal objections on November 1, 2019, to the Final Scoping Assessment Report (FSR) for the proposed Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (also known as the Energy Metallurgical Special Economic Zone or EMSEZ). The CER argues that the FSR is fatally flawed due to inadequate public participation, a failure to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), and the appointment of an incorrect competent authority. The document details severe concerns regarding the project's impact on water scarcity, climate change, air quality, and biodiversity in the Limpopo Province.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Strategy 2020–24 outlines the organization's mission to bridge science, policy, and practice to support sustainable development. The strategy focuses on three primary impact areas: reducing climate risk, promoting sustainable resource use and resilient ecosystems, and improving health and well-being. To achieve these, SEI employs a theory of change centered on changing agendas, enhancing capacities, and improving decisions through the co-creation of knowledge and the development of specialized tools.

This case study examines Sri Lanka's efforts to align national policy processes across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, highlighting the role of centralized ministerial leadership and iterative policy updates.

Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation in Saskatchewan utilized the Pathways to Climate Change Resilience Guidebook to develop a climate adaptation plan following severe flooding in 2005, 2007, and 2011. By integrating Traditional Knowledge and partnering with entities like the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Research Council, the community identified risks—including extreme heat and precipitation variability—and implemented infrastructure improvements such as expanded drainage systems and water quality research.

This research paper examines the existence and strength of global governance regarding climate change adaptation, arguing that while such governance is emerging, its further strengthening is contested due to measurement difficulties and a lack of clear problem-framing.

This research paper, commissioned by the Global Commission on Adaptation, argues that Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) is a critical mechanism for achieving climate change adaptation by coordinating agriculture, forests, water, biodiversity, and energy sectors. It details the limitations of siloed sectoral approaches and proposes a framework for multi-stakeholder coordination, strategic planning, and integrated investment to build organizational and ecological resilience.

This case study by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) examines the effectiveness of Challenge Funds (CF) in building resilience. It synthesizes lessons from GRP's own 'Global Resilience Challenge' and 'Water Window Challenge' alongside a literature review of various international funds. The document provides a framework for the four stages of a Challenge Fund—design, selection, implementation, and scaling—and offers specific recommendations to improve the delivery of resilience outcomes, emphasizing the need for flexibility, local partnership, and long-term scaling strategies.

This report synthesizes the results of ten projects funded under Round 1 (R1) of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), which were supported by USAID. The projects focused on transforming risks from climate shocks and stresses into opportunities across sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. The synthesis evaluates progress across four Impact Pathways: policy influencing, finance and investment, innovation and scaling, and knowledge and partnership. Key outcomes include the support of over 5 million beneficiaries, the development of innovative digital and financial tools, and the empowerment of vulnerable groups, including women and people with disabilities.