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This white paper by the Climate Bonds Initiative presents a blueprint for a climate resilience classification framework designed to mobilize capital market investment into climate-resilient assets, activities, and entities. It proposes a systematic approach to identify eligible investments based on their 'Substantial Contribution' to resilience while avoiding maladaptation and significant harm to other sustainability goals.

This report analyzes whether 67 countries integrated climate adaptation and resilience into their COVID-19 recovery measures between January 2020 and December 2021. The analysis reveals a paradox where a country's income level was a more significant determinant of climate-responsive recovery than its actual vulnerability to climate risks.

The 2023 Mining Policy Framework (MPF), published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) on behalf of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), provides a comprehensive set of international best practices for the governance of the mining sector. The framework is designed to help governments ensure that mining activities contribute to sustainable development across six key domains: laws and institutions, financial benefits, socio-economic benefits, environmental management, post-mining transition, and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).

A case study detailing the KISIMA project in Tanzania, where GadgetroniX and Oikos East Africa replaced diesel-powered water pumps with AC current solar water pumping systems to improve water access and reduce operational costs.

This case study describes the experience of the Twezimbe Women’ Group in Uganda, which transitioned from a catering service to horticultural farming using a solar power irrigation initiative to combat climate-driven droughts and unpredictable rainfall.

This report examines the role of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) in creating sustainable cities, highlighting its cost-effectiveness and co-benefits compared to traditional grey infrastructure.

This guidance document, launched at COP27, provides concepts and creative participatory tools designed to increase the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in transport planning across Africa to improve climate resilience and safety.

This research paper evaluates the impact of integrated crop-poultry systems on food security and farm income for smallholder farmers in semi-arid Kenya, finding that combining livestock (indigenous chickens) with crop-based climate-smart agriculture practices yields higher benefits than single-technology adoption.

The 'Plan Director de la Cuenca Alta del Rio La Paz (2021-2025)' is a territorial planning tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute for the upper basin of the La Paz River in Bolivia. It establishes a strategic framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) across four municipalities and the departmental government, focusing on climate resilience, water security, and sanitation infrastructure to address severe pollution and hydrological risks.

The SADC Green Bonds Programme, implemented by FSD Africa and the Committee of SADC Stock Exchanges (CoSSE) from April 2021 to March 2024, aims to increase the use of green bonds to finance climate projects across SADC member countries.

The Catalysing Climate Resilience (CCR) programme, funded by the FCDO and managed by BFA Global, aims to build climate resilience for vulnerable households and businesses in Africa through a three-part strategy of seeding new solutions, accelerating promising models, and developing the broader innovation ecosystem.

This case study describes the efforts of Lucy Lemashisha and the Rural Women Network (RWN) to build climate resilience among the Maasai community in Kajiado County, Kenya. It highlights the establishment of the Climate Resilience and Learning Center, which empowers local women to adopt alternative livelihoods and climate-smart agriculture to combat recurrent drought and famine.

This RMI fact sheet analyzes the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the United States, concluding that federal funding is insufficient to cover the energy costs of all eligible low-income families and that significant numbers of eligible households remain unserved due to barriers like lack of awareness and complex application procedures.

This report examines the role of international financial institutions (IFIs), specifically the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, in financing agricultural water, irrigation, and drainage projects between 2010 and 2019 to address food insecurity, poverty, and climate resilience.

This report by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) provides an overview of the food systems context in southern Africa, focusing on the pivotal events of 2021. It details the drivers necessitating food systems transformation—such as climate change, urbanisation, and malnutrition—and summarizes the outcomes of major international summits (UNFSS, AGRF, COP26) and regional initiatives led by the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA) to build climate-resilient and sustainable food systems.

This case study describes the work of Nasreen Al-Amin and her non-profit organisation, Surge Africa, in implementing locally-led adaptation projects in Nigeria. It focuses on the Jeji Restoration project in Kano State, which combines landscape restoration with livelihood support for marginalised communities.

This report details a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of a tree-planting initiative in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, concluding that nature-based infrastructure (NBI) provides greater societal value and climate resilience than grey infrastructure alternatives.

This document is a formal appeal submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) on behalf of four appellants—Earthlife Africa, groundWork, the Mining and Environmental Justice Community Network of South Africa, and Dzomo La Mupo—to the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET). The appeal seeks to set aside Environmental Authorisation (EA) No. 12/1/9/2-V79, granted on 23 February 2022 to the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (SOC) Ltd (MMSEZ). The EA allows for the site clearance of 3,863 hectares of indigenous vegetation and the development of bulk infrastructure in the Vhembe District of Limpopo. The appellants argue that the EA is unlawful due to procedural irregularities, a lack of authority by the decision-maker, failure to assess cumulative and climate impacts, and the disregard of cultural heritage and water scarcity issues.

This policy brief synthesises case studies from six sub-Saharan African countries to analyse government responses to trade and employment shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It evaluates these responses against long-term goals of social inclusivity and climate resilience, highlighting how economic structure and financial depth influenced the capacity to implement fiscal, financial, and monetary stimuli.

This report presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of planned reforestation and water retention wells in Indonesia's Brantas River basin, demonstrating that nature-based infrastructure is more cost-effective than traditional reservoirs and provides significant societal benefits.