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This policy note by the South African Institute of International Affairs outlines the landscape of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Africa and provides five strategic recommendations for the 2025 South African G20 Presidency to advance agricultural resilience, financing, and digital transformation across the continent.

Friends of the Earth expresses concern over the Senate's confirmation of Ben Black as CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), arguing that his private equity background may shift the agency's focus from sustainable development toward profit-driven investments.

This executive summary by the Climate Policy Initiative and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-RIO) argues for the central role of tropical forests in climate mitigation. It proposes a new financial architecture, specifically the Reversing Deforestation Mechanism (RDM), to incentivize large-scale forest restoration and move tropical forests from being viewed as a climate risk to a climate solution.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative proposes a framework for quantifying investment needs to ensure Indonesia's energy transition is equitable, using the early retirement of the Cirebon 1 coal-fired power plant as a case study.

This guide provides a practical perspective on the green bond market, detailing its origins, the role of the Climate Bonds Initiative's database, and the principles used to ensure capital supports climate-aligned causes.

This report by the African Future Policies Hub analyzes the economic and administrative burdens placed on African nations by evolving European Union (EU) climate regulations, specifically the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for shipping, and Methane Regulations. The authors argue that these measures often lack adequate mitigation for developing countries, risking significant GDP losses, increased trade costs, and the exclusion of smallholder farmers from EU markets.

This report by the Global Climate and Health Alliance provides a set of recommendations for COP30 to integrate health and planetary health into UNFCCC negotiations. It argues that climate change undermines global health progress and calls for ambitious action across adaptation, mitigation, just transition, loss and damage, and finance to protect human physical and mental health.

This document provides the technical annexes for a roadmap on climate finance for livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the methodologies used to evaluate investment risks and attributes, investor preferences, and the correlation between the two to determine investor suitability. The annexes also include modeling for capital composition across different financial and political scenarios and a detailed segmentation of the regional livestock market by geography and farm size.

This document provides the technical annexes for the 'Climate Finance Roadmap for Livestock in Latin America and the Caribbean.' It details the methodologies used to assess investment risks, investor preferences, and the resulting alignment between the two. The annexes also describe the modeling of capital composition across three scenarios—Business-as-Usual (BAU), Enhanced Financial Strategies (IFS), and Enhanced Financial and Policy Strategies (IFPS)—and provide detailed characteristics of livestock farming segments in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and other LAC countries.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC) provides a roadmap to scale climate finance for livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It identifies a massive funding gap, analyzes investment risks and investor preferences, and proposes financial and policy scenarios to transition toward sustainable livestock practices.

The IDFC Green Finance Mapping Report 2025 provides an executive summary of green finance commitments made by members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC) in 2024. It details the distribution of climate and biodiversity finance, noting a 13% decrease in total green finance commitments compared to 2023, while highlighting the continued dominance of mitigation finance and the growth of adaptation finance.

The Indonesia Power Sector Finance Dashboard (October 2025) analyzes investment flows in Indonesia's power sector from 2019 to 2023. It highlights a significant gap between current investments and the USD 246 billion required to meet 2030 climate targets, noting that fossil fuel (FF) investments—particularly in captive power for industrial use—continue to dominate over renewable energy (RE). The report also examines the operational efficiency and funding of the state-owned utility PLN.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides a strategic roadmap to increase climate finance for livestock systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It identifies a massive funding gap, analyzes investment barriers—particularly for smallholders—and proposes a combination of blended finance strategies and public policy reforms to attract private capital and transition the sector toward sustainable practices.

The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment executive summary reports that global forests remain in crisis, with deforestation and degradation continuing at high levels despite international commitments. The document highlights a systemic failure to meet 2030 goals, driven by agricultural expansion and poor governance, while noting that current funding and corporate actions are insufficient to reverse the trend.

The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment reports that global forests remain in crisis, with deforestation and degradation rates failing to decline significantly. The document highlights a systemic failure where corporate commitments are insufficient, public and private financing is misaligned with conservation goals, and governance is undermined by power imbalances and illegal activities. While some national reforms and restoration efforts show promise, the report calls for systemic changes, mandatory regulations, and inclusive governance to meet 2030 targets.

The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment is an executive summary produced by a civil society coalition to monitor progress toward global forest goals. It concludes that the world is 'off track' to meet 2030 targets, citing continued large-scale deforestation, increasing forest degradation, and a significant gap between international commitments and actual implementation in governance, finance, and corporate behavior.

The Forest Declaration Assessment 2025 reports that global forests remain in crisis, with deforestation and degradation rates failing to decline significantly by the halfway point of the decade. The document highlights a systemic failure in corporate commitments, a drastic misalignment of public and private finance, and persistent governance barriers, while noting that inclusive, participatory approaches and specific national reforms offer potential pathways to recovery.

This research paper by RMI proposes the establishment of a government-led Advance Market Commitment (AMC) to scale carbon removal technologies. It argues that current voluntary and compliance markets are insufficient to meet the gigaton-scale requirements needed by midcentury and provides a framework for governments to coordinate demand, harmonize standards, and catalyze private investment to bridge the funding and deployment gap.

This briefing by the World Resources Institute (WRI) presents a financial case for climate adaptation, arguing that such investments are highly profitable and synergistic with general development goals. Based on an analysis of 320 projects, WRI finds that adaptation investments can yield significant returns through a 'triple dividend' of avoided losses, induced economic development, and additional social and environmental benefits.

The 'Déclaration Semaine Climat-Energie 2025' is a statement issued by civil society organizations, non-state actors, and local authorities from Senegal and Africa following a summit in Dakar. It calls for the 'reinvention' of territories to address the climate emergency through economic sovereignty, the localization of climate finance, and the promotion of 'just transitions' that prioritize local communities and indigenous knowledge over debt-inducing private finance.