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The longitudinal study evaluates water projects in Kenya's ASAL regions, finding a decline in functionality from 2019 to 2023, while highlighting the benefits of community-led investment and the critical need for dedicated operations and maintenance funding.

The report argues that climate action and gender equality are synergistic and must be integrated to achieve a just transition. Based on 12 projects in 17 countries, it identifies four axes for empowerment: improving productivity of existing activities, helping women enter male-dominated sectors, consolidating low-carbon business plans, and providing access to new green technologies. Key findings highlight that women's traditional knowledge is often inherently low-carbon and that removing discriminatory barriers—such as limited land rights and social norms—can accelerate climate resilience and economic growth. The document provides specific recommendations for policymakers to integrate gender-sensitive budgeting and support women's leadership in sectors like regenerative agriculture, the blue economy, and ecotourism.

The report argues that Japan can mitigate national security risks from high energy import dependency by rapidly expanding domestic renewables and upgrading its power grid. It proposes that Japan leverage its capital and technical expertise to lead transition solutions in ASEAN countries and transform Tokyo into a global center for transition finance by aligning with international standards like the Climate Bonds Standards.

The briefing argues that Japan can mitigate its high reliance on energy imports—currently 99.7% for oil, 97.7% for LNG, and 99.6% for coal—by rapidly expanding domestic renewables and upgrading its national grid. It recommends implementing a JPY 7 trillion 'Master Plan' for interregional transmission to connect resources in Hokkaido and Kyushu to Tokyo. Internationally, the document urges Japan to lead ASEAN countries in transition and disaster resilience while ensuring its own transition measures remain science-based. It specifically warns against the use of LNG as a transition fuel due to methane leakage, noting one study found the GHG footprint of US LNG is 33% greater than coal using GWP20. Finally, it proposes leveraging Japan's financial sector and the GX Plan to make Tokyo a global hub for transition finance through supportive fund management rules and alignment with international standards.

The Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) Methodology establishes a science-based framework to scale private and public financing for climate adaptation and resilience. It categorises investments into four types—adapting measures, adapted activities, enabling measures, and enabling activities—across seven thematic areas including Resilient Infrastructure and Resilient Natural Systems. The methodology employs a tiered screening process to ensure a "measurable reduction in vulnerability (or exposure)" while managing maladaptation risks and ensuring no significant harm to climate mitigation. The framework is designed for global applicability and interoperability with existing standards like the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and the MDB Joint Methodology.

The Augures! project uses an integrated modelling framework—combining seasonal forecasts, crop models, and economic models—to help European farmers and policymakers manage climate risks. A 2024 stakeholder workshop in Athens highlighted the need for context-specific, transparent, and actionable climate data to address structural vulnerabilities in the EU agricultural sector, particularly for small-scale farmers. The project aims to expand its analysis of maize and wheat to Greece, France, Romania, and Hungary in 2025, while developing a 'project-to-product' roadmap to transform scientific outputs into a user-friendly decision-support service.

The UAE Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP), established at COP27, aims to support countries in creating climate-resilient futures and reducing inequality through a people-centred approach to climate action. In 2024, the programme conducted two dialogues: one in June at SB60 in Bonn regarding transition pathways via NDCs, NAPs, and LT-LEDs, and another in October in Sharm-el-Sheikh focusing on a whole-of-society approach and the workforce. The upcoming high-level ministerial round table at COP29 on 18 November 2024 will focus on advancing just transition pathways within the context of the next NDCs due in 2025.

The report argues that climate resilience requires innovation in complex systems, which inherently involves failure. However, a prevailing culture of failure-aversion—driven by rigid funding structures, short-term metrics, and power imbalances—stifles this innovation. The authors propose a multi-dimensional model to shift responses to failure from limiting to constructive across individual, operational, and organisational levels.

The terminal review evaluates a UNDP-GEF project aimed at scaling early-stage innovations to enhance climate resilience in fragile regions of Uganda and Sudan. The project achieved high effectiveness, with 98% compliance of objective indicators and 94.8% of outcome targets, despite the civil war in Sudan. Key successes include the empowerment of women and the use of innovative finance mechanisms for agro-forestry commodities like coffee in Uganda and Gum Arabic in Sudan. The review highlights the success of a 'hands-off' implementation model where UNDP provided oversight while the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) managed execution. While the project is considered highly cost-effective and sustainable, remaining risks include conflict-related challenges in Sudan and perceived high investment risks in fragile states.

The GRP 2024–2029 Strategy focuses on three transformative opportunities: regenerative food systems, reimagined finance flows, and community-led resilience. The partnership aims to scale locally-led innovations and bridge the adaptation finance gap, which is currently five to ten times lower than required for developing countries. Key goals include transforming food and financial systems, scaling formal-informal collaborations, increasing transdisciplinary learning, and embedding resilience in the private sector. Geographically, the strategy prioritises sub-Saharan Africa, South and South East Asia, and Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and Caribbean.

The report outlines the necessity of community-led climate action, innovative financing, and the democratisation of technology to build resilient communities. It emphasizes that effective adaptation requires integrating local and Indigenous knowledge, leveraging private sector capital through blended finance, and breaking down infrastructure management silos. The document advocates for a collaborative ecosystem involving governments, NGOs, and the private sector to bridge gaps in funding and technical capacity ahead of COP29 and COP30.

The document defines Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for adaptation—also known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR)—as actions to protect, conserve, restore, sustainably use, and manage natural ecosystems to strengthen resilience against climate change. It details a four-step implementation process starting with methodology design and ending with the identification of adaptation options, grounded in participatory climate risk assessments. The text highlights specific examples of NbS, such as coral reef restoration to buffer coastal flooding and river basin management to address drought. It emphasizes that effective NbS must be gender-responsive, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive to ensure an equitable distribution of benefits.

The document describes nature-based adaptation solutions (SafN) as a subset of nature-based solutions (SfN) focused on protecting, conserving, restoring, and sustainably managing ecosystems to mitigate climate impacts. It details a four-step implementation process—from methodology development to identifying adaptation options—and highlights the co-benefits for biodiversity and human well-being, such as food and water security. The text emphasizes that effective SafN must be inclusive, gender-responsive, and integrated into broader adaptation strategies, drawing on international standards from the IUCN and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

The document argues that the Loss and Damage Fund should avoid the bureaucratic hurdles of traditional climate finance by adopting flexible, grant-based mechanisms and inclusive governance. It emphasizes the need for direct access for local NGOs and marginalized communities, particularly in fragile states and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), while integrating with existing humanitarian and development flows to ensure a comprehensive response to climate-induced losses.

The document describes the 'ambition mechanism' of the Paris Agreement, which consists of three primary tools: Long-Term Strategies, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and Transparency Reports. It outlines the criteria for effective long-term planning, such as achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and reducing emissions by 80-90% by mid-century. It also references the First Global Stocktake from December 2023, which indicated that global efforts to reduce emissions, stop deforestation, and triple renewable energy capacity are currently insufficient. The guide provides a checklist for evaluating national climate commitments and transparency reports, emphasizing the need for specific reduction targets and clear accounting of emissions and absorptions.

The document outlines a management plan for the Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) as part of the Bhutan for Life (BFL) project. It identifies two primary activities for 2024-2025: the improvement of alpine meadows and the restoration of the Tsadi Latsho lake. The plan assesses potential risks—including habitat disruption, worker safety, and wildfire risks—and prescribes specific mitigation measures, monitoring arrangements, and occupational health and safety standards to ensure compliance with national laws and WWF safeguards.

The document outlines the environmental and social safeguards for specific 2024 interventions in Jigme Dorji National Park, including water recharge mapping, alpine meadow improvement, and office maintenance. It establishes mitigation measures for air pollution, waste, and worker safety, while aligning Royal Government of Bhutan laws with WWF's more extensive social safeguard policies.

The ESMP outlines the environmental and social safeguards for a specific 2024 project activity: the construction of a 10m x 5m river protection wall at the Divisional Forest Office (DFO) in Samdrup Jongkhar to prevent land loss from erosion and landslides. The plan identifies minor risks related to waste generation, water quality, and worker health and safety, providing detailed mitigation measures and a budget of Nu 10,000 for ESS mitigation. It mandates compliance with both Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) laws and WWF's Social Safeguards Integrated Policies and Procedures (SIPP), with the latter prevailing in cases of discrepancy regarding non-title land users and community consultation. The document also includes comprehensive occupational health and safety (OHS) standards and grievance redressal mechanisms.

WWF's 2024 review highlights efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss through targeted programs. Key achievements include expanding the Food Waste Warriors program to 15 new cities, enrolling 1 million acres in the Ranch Systems and Viability Planning network, and contributing to a global tiger population increase to 5,574. The report also details human-wildlife conflict mitigation in the KAZA region, elephant tracking in India, and the establishment of the Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaboration in North America.

The 2024 ESMP for Biological Corridor 3 (BC 3) in Tsirang, Bhutan, outlines the environmental and social safeguards for the maintenance of two administrative facilities: the Tsirangtoe Range Office and the Sergithang Beat Office. The plan identifies potential short-term minor impacts, including noise, dust, waste generation, and water contamination, and prescribes specific mitigation measures to be integrated into contractor agreements. It establishes a monitoring framework involving BFL focal persons and ESS officers, and details grievance redressal mechanisms through BFL, WWF, and the Green Climate Fund. The document also includes comprehensive occupational health and safety (OHS) standards for workers, covering facility design, physical hazards, and personal protective equipment.