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The document outlines ten prevalent climate myths, attributing their spread to fossil fuel companies and political allies to confuse the public and press. It counters these myths with scientific consensus, noting that over 99% of climate scientists agree human activity is overheating the planet. The guide emphasizes that while the climate has changed naturally in the past, the current rate of change is unprecedented in 66 million years due to 250 years of fossil fuel combustion. It asserts that the tools to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius exist and that renewable energy is increasingly cost-competitive with oil. Geographically, it highlights the United States as the largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, followed by China, and notes that current warming of approximately 1.2 degrees Celsius is already intensifying extreme weather globally.

In 2022, the United States had over 4.2 million climate jobs, with clean energy job creation outpacing overall job growth. Energy efficiency was the largest sector with 2.2 million jobs, followed by public transportation (821,220) and electricity transmission and distribution (over 703,000). Significant growth was observed in clean vehicles, which grew by 14.7%, and grid modernization, which saw an 11.6% increase in electricity transmission and distribution. Federal laws like the Inflation Reduction Act are expected to create over 303,500 annual construction jobs and 100,000 permanent jobs. Adaptation and resilience jobs are emerging across all 50 states, though exact total figures are unavailable.

The report provides an evidence-based narrative of the April 2022 floods in Durban, which saw 304-311 mm of rain in 24 hours, resulting in 450 deaths and 40,000 displaced people. It evaluates the city's resilience strategies, such as the Community Based Early Flood Warning System (CBFEWS) and the Transformative Riverine Management Programme (TRMP), while detailing the devastating cumulative impacts on vulnerable populations. Through five case studies—including the Quarry Road West informal settlement and the Dassenhoek peri-urban area—the document highlights profound material loss, psychological trauma, and the erosion of development gains, arguing that such events serve as proxies for the broader impacts of climate change.

The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) mapped 52 cross-border guarantee instruments from 34 entities, including MDBs, DFIs, ECAs, and specialized institutions. The analysis reveals that while guarantees can mobilize 6-25 times more financing than loans, the current landscape is fragmented, predominantly focused on debt and commercial risks, and largely climate-agnostic. Most guarantees target middle-income countries, with a notable focus on Africa. The report identifies a lack of climate-exclusive guarantees and limited equity investment coverage, recommending further research into the cost, duration, and additionality of these instruments to help meet the estimated USD 2.4 trillion annual requirement for the green transition in EMDEs (excluding China).

The proposal aims to move Cameroon beyond its 2015 National Adaptation Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which suffered from financial barriers and a lack of long-term planning. The project focuses on four outcomes: strengthening adaptation governance and coordination, producing an evidence base for adaptation solutions (including downscaled climate projections and risk assessments), catalysing private sector engagement, and increasing adaptation finance. Key activities include establishing a Technical Secretariat and Thematic Task Groups, developing a climate vulnerability and risk mapping tool, and creating an adaptation finance action plan. The project is implemented by UNEP in coordination with Cameroon's Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED).

The Sharm-el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA) serves as a global framework to drive adaptation and resilience transformations across food, water, health, and infrastructure systems. Launched at COP28, the First Implementation Report identifies progress in planning, finance, and technology, while emphasizing the role of businesses, financiers, and local changemakers as catalysts for transformational change.

The document examines the Global Shield (GS) and other climate insurance initiatives in Africa, arguing that they are insufficient substitutes for a well-funded Loss and Damage Fund (LDF). It highlights systemic failures in parametric insurance, such as 'basis risk' and the inability of poor populations to afford premiums, while critiquing the technocratic and paternalistic nature of these schemes. The authors conclude that insurance should only be a complementary tool, and that equitable climate finance must be based on historic emissions rather than market-based premiums.

The document outlines a readiness support proposal for Belize to address gaps in human resources, technical expertise, and financial management within key climate-related institutions. The project focuses on capacity building for the National Designated Authority (NDA), the Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT), the Belize National Protected Areas System (BNPAS), the Belize Livestock Producers Association (BLPA), and Galen University. Key activities include developing training on Environmental and Social Management Frameworks (ESMF), conducting a climate impact assessment on the livestock value chain, creating two project concept notes for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and establishing a climate adaptive education program at Galen University. The initiative aims to reduce Belize's vulnerability to climate change by improving the quality of project pipelines and institutionalizing climate-resilient investment strategies.

The proposal identifies a critical lack of human, technical, and financial resources within Bolivia's health sector to address climate-related health risks. To resolve this, the project aims to mainstream health into national climate planning, conduct vulnerability and adaptation assessments, and establish a national climate and health observatory. It also focuses on measuring the carbon footprint of healthcare facilities, improving disaster response protocols for extreme weather, and developing a bankable concept note for future Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing. A strong emphasis is placed on gender-responsive strategies, recognizing the disproportionate impact of climate change on indigenous and rural women.

The briefing argues that the Loss and Damage Fund must be managed transparently and equitably to effectively support vulnerable countries. It emphasizes the need for funding to reach the local level and identifies four critical governance trade-offs: financial scope versus coordination, participatory versus decentralized governance, participatory versus rapid decision-making, and accessibility versus strict oversight.

The IPAG-3 meeting focused on improving direct access to GCF funding for Indigenous Peoples, integrating indigenous knowledge into climate risk assessments, and ensuring the GCF Indigenous Peoples Policy is strictly applied in project proposals. Key outcomes include a commitment to a 2024 global structured dialogue on Indigenous Peoples, advice on staffing potential GCF regional offices with internal expertise rather than consultants, and requests for the Independent Redress Mechanism to build capacity for Indigenous Peoples on grievance mechanisms.

The GCF Accreditation Panel recommends the accreditation of Bancóldex, a Colombian state-owned development bank, as a national direct access entity. The bank is recommended for a 'medium' project size category (USD 50 million to USD 250 million) and a 'medium' environmental and social risk category (B/I-2). While Bancóldex demonstrated strong fiduciary capacities in project management, grant allocation, and on-lending, the panel identified gaps in whistleblower protection, gender policy, E&S information disclosure, and grievance redress mechanisms. These gaps are framed as conditions for accreditation to be met either before the master agreement becomes effective or before the first funding proposal is submitted.

The E-Mobility Program, managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to replace fossil-fuel buses with battery electric buses (BEBs) and improve urban mobility in Armenia, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal, and Uzbekistan. The program integrates mitigation (reducing GHG emissions) with adaptation (increasing infrastructure resilience to floods and heat) and focuses on innovative business models to overcome high upfront costs. It requests USD 169.92 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to leverage a total investment of USD 454.4 million.

CAPE argues that biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution form an interconnected crisis that directly harms human health. They recommend a 'planetary health' approach to Canada's 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy, emphasizing the protection of green and blue spaces, the reduction of hazardous chemical pollution, and the recognition of the human right to a healthy environment. The document highlights the mental health benefits of nature exposure and the risks of zoonotic diseases resulting from habitat destruction. CAPE specifically calls for the phase-out of hazardous pesticides, the end of fossil fuel subsidies, and the centering of Indigenous knowledge and self-determination in conservation efforts.

The Great Lakes have seen a 25% decrease in basin-wide ice cover since 1973, with all five lakes experiencing shorter ice durations. This trend, mirrored across the Northern Hemisphere, is linked to warming winter air and contributes to increased lake-effect snow, altered fish species competition, and risks to cultural heritage and safety. While natural patterns like El Niño cause year-to-year variability, long-term projections suggest further ice loss and surface water warming this century.

The document outlines the importance of monitoring water retention projects in the Prairies to ensure they meet specifications and to track long-term performance. It emphasizes that monitoring water quantity and quality helps optimize sites for climate adaptation and multiple benefits, including flood mitigation, drought resilience, water quality, biodiversity, and carbon storage. The guide aims to demystify the technical requirements of monitoring by reviewing equipment and analysis methods based on IISD's experience.

The document examines the disconnect between Nigeria's top-down climate adaptation frameworks and the bottom-up initiatives already being implemented by local communities. It highlights that while national policies like the NDC and NAPF are comprehensive, they often exclude frontline stakeholders and lack clear implementation plans. Through case studies in Ogun and Anambra states and Lagos, the brief demonstrates how local actors use indigenous knowledge and nature-based solutions to combat deforestation, fisheries collapse, and gully erosion. It concludes that scaling up LLA can enhance national resilience if the government addresses critical gaps in finance, capacity building, and technology access.

The document examines the gap between Ghana's national climate policies and the implementation of adaptation actions at the community level. It argues that transitioning from top-down dynamics to locally-led adaptation (LLA)—which empowers local actors to define and lead their own resilience strategies—can improve the effectiveness and sustainability of climate actions. Through three case studies in the Savannah, Upper East, and coastal regions, the brief demonstrates how LLA initiatives, such as organic shea processing, climate-smart agriculture, and nature-based coastal defenses, align with Ghana's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) while addressing local vulnerabilities. It highlights significant funding gaps, noting that Ghana's NDCs estimate adaptation costs between US $9.3 billion and US $15.5 billion by 2030, with the government able to provide only a quarter of this amount. The brief recommends that the Ghanaian government and international partners prioritize LLA to unlock climate finance and leverage local knowledge for more sustainable development.

The COP 28 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report outlines four primary cross-cutting messages from its sessions: the need for climate finance architecture reform to scale innovative resilience funding, the necessity of centering equity and justice in partnerships, the importance of gender-specific and socio-cultural considerations at the intersection of health and climate, and the risk that increasing conflict and violence may reverse development gains. The report also incorporates insights from Regional Hubs and nine specific themes explored during COP28.

The authors identify a category of 'risks of response' where climate policies trigger security dynamics, exemplified by widespread farmer protests across Europe. These protests, driven by grievances over fuel subsidies and environmental regulations, have escalated into violence and provided opportunities for far-right parties to foment instability. The text warns that this 'green backlash' could slow the transition and increase global security risks if not managed with better risk assessments and ameliorating measures.