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The report assesses climate vulnerability in the New Juaben South Municipality (NJSM), Ghana, identifying flooding as the primary climate hazard. Using a Livelihood Vulnerability Indicator (LVI) approach, it finds that while all zonal councils are vulnerable, Srodae is the most exposed to floods and Anlo Town is the most sensitive due to poor infrastructure. Projections to 2100 indicate increasing annual rainfall and temperatures, which will likely exacerbate flash floods, droughts, and heat stress. The report highlights gender disparities, noting that women are more likely to live in flood-prone areas and have less access to social support networks and credit than men. Recommended adaptation measures include improving drainage systems, implementing early warning systems, and promoting climate-smart agriculture.

The Stockholm Environment Institute's 2023 Annual Results Report details the organization's progress across three primary impact areas: reducing climate risk, sustainable resource use, and health and well-being. Key achievements include supporting Morocco's net-zero 2050 target, advancing the Production Gap Report to influence COP28, and deploying digital tools like the Consumption Compass in Sweden and WEAP globally. The report also highlights organizational growth, including a 40% increase in total income over four years and a 45% per capita reduction in air travel emissions compared to 2017 levels.

The statement by Friends of the Earth International criticizes the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement, highlighting its potential to accelerate deforestation and climate change while undermining small-scale farmers in both Europe and Latin America. It calls for a shift toward a people-centered trade model that prioritizes social rights and environmental sustainability over corporate profit, especially in light of the rise of climate-denying leadership in Argentina.

Friends of the Earth International opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, asserting that it would accelerate deforestation and climate change while undermining small-scale farmers in Europe and Latin America. The statement highlights protests from European farmers and social movements in Latin America, and warns that the current administration in Argentina, led by climate-denier Javier Milei, further invalidates the agreement's sustainability claims. It calls for a shift in international trade policy toward a model centered on people's sovereignty, food security, and environmental protection.

The paper examines how a network of 11 community radio stations from the Colombian Amazon participated in the Belém Summit (August 8-9, 2023) to provide a grassroots perspective on the protection of the Amazon biome. It argues that community media offer a more truthful and critical treatment of information than mass media because reporters live the territorial realities, such as lack of basic services and state neglect. The author highlights that these community-led reports reached over 5 million people across Latin America and the Caribbean. The document further critiques the resulting 'Belém Declaration,' arguing that it lacks a strong position against fossil fuel extraction and fails to fully integrate the ancestral vision of indigenous peoples or the critical discourse of popular sectors.

The document argues that the current ecological crisis is driven by fossil-fuel-based economic systems and excessive consumption. It calls for a fundamental shift in economic and behavioral patterns, emphasizing the interconnectedness of climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, air pollution, and social inequality. The guide advocates for a 'just transition' that protects the poor and marginalized, who suffer most from environmental degradation despite contributing the least to it.

The report analyzes deforestation policies in five producing countries—Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru, and Rwanda—to identify successful strategies for forest conservation. It highlights seven key success factors for governments in the Global South, including the use of tailored measure combinations, targeting high-risk areas, and leveraging both public and private funding. Additionally, it examines how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can complement legal regulations to help private sector actors reach net-zero emissions, though it notes that limited alignment and low corporate uptake currently hinder their impact.

The document outlines the environmental crises caused by fossil-fuel-driven economic systems, emphasizing the need for a 'just transition' and a shift toward circular economies. It highlights the critical state of biodiversity, water security, and air quality, noting that the poorest populations suffer most despite contributing least to the problem. The guide calls for systemic changes in food production, energy use, and consumption patterns to protect the planet for future generations.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) supported forest conservation in Madagascar through the deployment of the Forest Watcher app and research leading to the UNESCO World Heritage designation of the Andrefana Dry Forests. The app enabled park rangers to respond to satellite-based alerts, contributing to a significant reduction in fire points in Kirindy Mité National Park. Additionally, WRI's data analysis and nomination dossier led to the official UNESCO designation of the Andrefana Dry Forests in September 2023.

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 mid-term review finds that the project is generally on track to achieve its outcomes, particularly in enhancing legal capacity for forest communities in Liberia and Gabon and influencing the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Key achievements include the development of equitable contract templates in Liberia, increased women's leadership in forest governance, and exceeding advocacy targets in the EU. However, the report identifies gaps in structured stakeholder engagement, limited private sector involvement, and a need for direct livelihood support to ensure long-term sustainability. Political instability in Gabon has delayed some legislative reforms, and the review recommends developing a formal exit strategy and improving the results framework to better track qualitative changes.

The document argues that traditional carbon offsetting and 'neutrality' claims are scientifically illogical and misleading. It proposes the BVCM model, where companies provide climate finance as a complement to—not a substitute for—internal decarbonisation. It outlines prerequisites for credible claims, including science-based targets, deforestation-free commitments, and Paris-aligned lobbying, while evaluating different internal carbon pricing methods and investment vehicles like impact funds and direct financing.

The global soybean sector, valued at USD 155 billion, is dominated by Brazil, the United States, and Argentina. While production has surged, it has driven significant deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs) like RTRS and ProTerra aim to mitigate these impacts, but their adoption remains low, representing only 1.6% to 2.3% of global production as of 2021. The report finds that VSS compliance offers limited financial incentives for most farmers, with premiums often being minimal or non-existent, though organic soy commands significantly higher prices. Climate change threatens future yields, necessitating the development of resilient cultivars and the establishment of deforestation-free supply chains.

The report analyzes deforestation mitigation strategies in five Global South countries, highlighting the effectiveness of combining financial incentives, land tenure reform, national certification, and landscape restoration. It emphasizes that success requires a combination of context-specific measures, targeting high-risk areas, and leveraging both digital and physical monitoring systems, often complemented by voluntary sustainability standards.

Friends of the Earth International supports a general strike in Argentina on January 24, 2024, protesting President Javier Milei's 'Omnibus Law' and Emergency Decree (DNU). The organization criticizes the government's economic shock measures, the privatization of 41 state companies, and the repeal of laws protecting glaciers and native forests. It specifically condemns the creation of a national greenhouse gas emissions market and the restriction of the right to protest.

The document outlines a framework for empowering Tanzanian youth through three strategic priorities: accelerating technological advancement with gender-inclusive training, ensuring unrestricted access to information via digital literacy and connectivity, and reforming employment policies to create inclusive economic growth. Based on youth-led participatory research using foresight methodologies, it identifies critical gaps in education, mental health support, and youth representation in decision-making, while calling for public-private partnerships to modernize vocational training and digitize government services.

A coalition of civil society organizations is urging 50 financial institutions to pressure TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Santos, and ENEOS to cancel the Papua LNG project. The letter argues the project is incompatible with the 1.5-degree goal of the Paris Agreement, lacks the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples, and employs insufficient biodiversity offsetting measures. The authors call for shareholders to vote against director re-elections, stop purchasing new bonds, and establish a time-bound divestment strategy if fossil fuel expansion continues.

The document outlines a readiness project to bridge the financial gap in Colombia's AFOLU sector, which accounted for 58% of national GHG emissions in 2020. The project focuses on three main barriers: Finagro's limited capacity to operationalize its Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) and Gender policies, the lack of capacity among first-tier financial intermediaries to implement GCF investments, and the low adoption of the national green taxonomy. Key activities include developing operation manuals for Finagro, training Bancamia staff on risk analysis and green investment, and designing two new financial products aligned with the green taxonomy. The project is implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) over an 18-month period.

The author proposes a 1% environmental service payment on all food exports to address the gap between market prices and the actual environmental and social costs of food production. This funding would be managed by exporting and consuming countries to support less-efficient producers in reducing impacts such as deforestation and soil degradation, thereby increasing the sustainability and resilience of the global food system.

Reclaim Finance establishes a comprehensive framework to identify insufficient or greenwashed corporate climate transition plans. The report outlines five essential steps for a robust plan: setting science-based absolute emission targets, developing a detailed decarbonization strategy (including financial alignment and fossil fuel phase-outs), implementing a value-chain engagement strategy, integrating reporting and governance, and addressing just transition and biodiversity. It further maps these criteria to the EU's European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the European Central Bank's (ECB) supervisory expectations to help companies and financial institutions meet regulatory obligations.