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This document outlines the Terms of Reference for a home-based Programme Intern position within the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Secretariat, as part of the Global South Talent Pool (GSTP) initiative.

This document outlines the learning objectives for Sessions 7 and 8 of a course on Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems. Session 7 focuses on reducing the carbon footprint of health systems, while Session 8 addresses the measurement, monitoring, and evaluation of climate resilience and sustainability in health systems.

This Letter of Agreement (LoA) establishes a collaboration between the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at the University of the West Indies. The partnership focuses on integrating the NOAA-CERMES Climate Resilience Enhancement Programme (NCCREP) with the IAI Science, Technology and Policy (STeP) Fellowship program to enhance the interface between science and environmental policy in the Caribbean and Latin America.

This fact sheet from the Institute for Economic Justice argues that South Africa's food system requires a deep systemic transformation toward agroecology to achieve climate resilience and food sovereignty. It critiques 'false solutions' driven by corporate interests—such as GMOs and climate-smart agriculture—and proposes a bottom-up approach that integrates traditional knowledge with ecological science to reduce emissions, adapt production, and address social inequalities.

This fact sheet, published by the Institute for Economic Justice, advocates for the adoption of agroecology to create just and climate-resilient food systems in South Africa. It contrasts agroecology—a bottom-up approach based on ecological science and traditional knowledge—with 'false solutions' such as GMOs and Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), which the document claims reinforce industrial control and inequality. The text outlines how agroecology enhances resilience through local production, biodiversity, and the redistribution of power and resources to small-scale farmers.

This country diagnostic report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the nexus of food systems, climate change, and diets in Malawi. It examines current trends in poverty, undernourishment, and greenhouse gas emissions, while providing projections to 2030 using the Ceres2030 model. The report highlights the high vulnerability of Malawi's rain-fed agricultural sector to climate shocks and the lack of a formal national definition for a 'healthy diet'.

This guide provides a framework for companies and investment funds to make financial commitments to the 'Private Sector Pledge for Zero Hunger'. It outlines how businesses can align their investments with scientific evidence to help eradicate hunger by 2030, detailing the types of eligible investments, priority regions, and the governance structure for implementing these non-binding pledges.

This briefing note presents resilience indicators for measuring local food systems based on community consultations in Honduras and Nicaragua. It advocates for a systems approach that expands food security assessments beyond food availability, access, and utilization to include supporting infrastructure, natural resources, and governance.

This briefing note describes how Fiji has integrated Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process to scale up nature-based solutions for climate resilience.

This case study describes how Timor-Leste has integrated Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) as a guiding principle within its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process to enhance climate resilience, protect biodiversity, and support post-conflict nation building.

This fact sheet by the International Institute for Sustainable Development details the economic impact and growth potential of the natural infrastructure sector in Manitoba and across the Canadian Prairies, highlighting its role in addressing water infrastructure gaps and increasing climate resilience.

This report provides a comprehensive inventory of nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate adaptation implemented in Uganda from 2015 to 2026. It analyzes 19 interventions across diverse ecosystems, emphasizing integrated models that combine ecological restoration with livelihood support to address coupled challenges such as food insecurity, water stress, and disaster risk.

This briefing by the Prairie Climate Centre examines strategies to enhance the climate resilience of urban electricity and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, with a particular focus on Alberta, Canada. It advocates for the adoption of robustness, redundancy, and resourcefulness to mitigate risks from extreme weather and long-term climate trends.

This policy brief by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the 2026 review of the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC-DSF) conducted by the IMF and World Bank. While the authors welcome improvements regarding domestic debt and country heterogeneity, they argue that the framework fails to distinguish between public debt sustainability and external sustainability. The brief recommends that policy-makers use the revised LIC-DSF primarily as a public debt sustainability analysis (DSA) tool and pair it with a separate, dedicated external sustainability framework to avoid ambiguous policy signals.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development analyzes the global tea market, focusing on the growth of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the potential for expanding sustainable production in Low Human Development Countries (LHDCs). It examines production trends, trade flows, and the systemic challenges facing the tea industry, such as climate change and inequitable wealth distribution.

A fact sheet detailing the contribution of agriculture to Canada's greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for natural climate solutions to reduce those emissions by 2030.

This fact sheet provides data on the distribution of agricultural land in Canada and the relationship between farming intensity, biodiversity, and soil health.

This fact sheet from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) describes the work of the NAP Global Network in supporting developing countries to create and implement National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to build resilience against climate change.

This report by the Institute for Security Studies examines the infrastructure investment gap in Africa, detailing the financial shortfalls, the role of continental frameworks like PIDA, and the challenges of mobilising both domestic and private capital to support sustainable growth.

Natural Justice submitted a statement critiquing the Basic Assessment Reports (BARs) for four proposed prospecting projects in the West Coast region of South Africa. The organization argues that the reports are vague, fail to provide site-specific impact assessments, and ignore critical environmental, social, and cultural factors, including climate change commitments and the rights of indigenous Guriqua communities.