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The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) collaborated with the Estonian government to create the country's first unified carbon footprint calculation methodology and emissions factor database. This tool allows public and private sector organizations to assess their environmental impact on a consistent basis, helping to avoid greenwashing and support EU environmental policy. Initial implementation in the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior has led to measurable reductions in carbon emissions, waste, and water consumption, with the Estonian government aiming to expand these assessments across all ministries.

The report examines the implementation of the Public Forest Management Law (LGFP) in the Amazon, highlighting that federal and state concessions have fallen short of 2006 targets. Focusing on Pará, the study identifies governance failures—including frequent annulment of bidding processes, non-concession of areas, and contract terminations—driven by poor technical capacity and restrictive legal limits on the size and number of areas a single company can manage. It recommends enhancing staff training and removing legal restrictions on concession scale to attract more qualified operators.

ClientEarth critiques the European Commission's proposed Soil Monitoring Law for lacking legally-binding targets and implementation timetables. The briefing recommends establishing a long-term target of 100% healthy soils by 2050 with intermediate milestones, requiring Member States to implement detailed soil district management plans, and ensuring meaningful public participation and access to justice to prevent the law from being ineffective.

The report details a scenario exercise where experts simulated the collapse of ecosystems in a fictional Southeast Asian state to explore the resulting security risks. The exercise demonstrated a feedback loop where ecological failure—specifically the collapse of fisheries and agriculture—triggered food insecurity, mass migration, and internal conflict. This instability led to a political shift from a semi-democratic system to an authoritarian state, as ruling elites prioritized self-preservation and stability over ecological restoration. The findings suggest that preventing ecological disruption is significantly more effective than attempting restoration during a security crisis, and the report recommends integrating ecological security into global security frameworks and investing in early governance stability.

Twenty-five organisations have urged the IMF to revise its macroeconomic strategy for Uganda, claiming that the current Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement contradicts net-zero science by relying on oil extraction for debt sustainability. The signatories argue that the IMF has failed to assess social, environmental, and balance of payment risks, while specifically supporting public investment in oil infrastructure over renewable energy.

The document examines the potential for EU and UK deforestation regulations to drive legislative reform in Côte d'Ivoire's cocoa sector. While the EUDR's benchmarking and traceability requirements offer incentives for better forest governance and transparency, the report warns of risks to smallholder farmers, including potential exclusion from markets due to compliance costs and the persistence of child labour driven by poverty.

The document analyzes how corruption facilitates environmental damage by bypassing laws and influencing resource management. Through case studies in Madagascar, Peru, and Vietnam, it finds that anti-corruption efforts often fail when they are treated as secondary project goals, rely on purely technical solutions, or ignore the complex political dynamics and power imbalances inherent in resource governance. The report recommends strengthening risk analysis, improving donor coordination, supporting civil society and indigenous defenders, and enhancing transnational data availability to combat environmental corruption.

The report analyzes the impact of corruption on renewable resource management through case studies in Madagascar, Peru, and Vietnam. It argues that anti-corruption efforts often fail because they are treated as secondary, technical goals rather than central political challenges. The document highlights how corruption facilitates environmental damage by bypassing laws and enabling illegal resource extraction. Key findings suggest that community-based management and technical solutions like e-payments are insufficient without addressing structural power dynamics, land insecurity, and the global nature of resource supply chains. The report concludes with five recommendations for conservation practitioners and donors, emphasizing risk management, donor coordination, support for civil society, protection of indigenous defenders, and the creation of global data systems for transnational law enforcement.

The study analyzes 175 wastewater treatment plants in Beijing, finding that most are small to medium scale and that energy intensity is highest in large-scale plants using membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology. It identifies five energy-intensive subprocesses and concludes that the existing four-layer policy system effectively supports departmental collaboration.

The document is a directory of participants for the 'Taller Regional en Clima, Ambiente y Salud' (Regional Workshop on Climate, Environment, and Health) held in March 2023 in Neuquén, Argentina. It lists the institutional hosts and organizers, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), and the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE). The text provides detailed professional profiles of the organizers, members of transdisciplinary teams from various American countries, and a list of speakers and experts specializing in climate science, public health, epidemiology, and environmental governance.

The document argues that the Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an underutilized platform for conservationists to drive transparency, participation, and accountability in natural resource governance. It provides three specific templates for creating OGP commitments: beneficial ownership transparency to combat deforestation, openness and integrity in wildlife law enforcement, and participatory governance for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The guide emphasizes that these reforms help prevent 'open washing' by using multi-stakeholder forums and independent reporting to track government progress.

The document argues that conservationists have underutilized the Open Government Partnership (OGP) as a platform for achieving conservation priorities. It provides three specific templates for OGP commitments: beneficial ownership transparency to reduce deforestation, integrity in wildlife law enforcement, and participatory governance for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The guide explains how to identify problems, propose solutions, and define verifiable results within the OGP's multisectoral forum and independent review mechanism.

The 2023 Mining Policy Framework (MPM) provides a systemic approach to mining governance across six pillars: laws and institutions, financial benefits, socioeconomic benefits, environmental management, post-mining transition, and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). It emphasizes the integration of international standards on human rights, gender equality, and climate change into national mining policies to ensure equitable benefit distribution and environmental protection throughout the mine life cycle.

ClientEarth warns that the UK government is in breach of the Environment Act 2021 due to missed deadlines for environmental targets and the Environmental Principles Policy Statement. The organization argues that these delays, combined with the 'sunset' provisions of the Retained EU Law Bill, risk a governance gap where EU-derived environmental protections are revoked before domestic replacements are fully operational.

The document asserts that big business, a primary driver of biodiversity loss, has significantly increased its influence over the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It details how corporations use 'green-sounding' coalitions, revolving doors, and the infiltration of national delegations to promote ineffective, market-based solutions like 'Nature-Based Solutions' and 'Nature Positive' while avoiding regulation. The report highlights specific cases of biotech industry influence and the role of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which includes companies with poor environmental records. It concludes that corporate capture prevents the transformative change needed to stop species extinction and recommends strict limits on business participation in UN negotiations, including a ban on business representatives in national delegations and the end of corporate partnerships.

The report argues that large corporations, which are primary drivers of biodiversity loss, have systematically infiltrated the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) through lobbying, 'green' coalitions, and partnerships. It details how these entities use tactics such as inserting representatives into national delegations and promoting voluntary, market-based 'solutions' like 'nature-positive' concepts to avoid binding regulations. The document highlights the role of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and biotechnology firms in manipulating processes and calls for a total separation of corporate interests from UN decision-making to achieve a 'transformative change' in biodiversity conservation.

The report argues that large corporations and their lobbying groups have systematically co-opted the CBD and the GBF process. It details strategies such as 'revolving doors', privileged access to the CBD Secretariat, and the promotion of ambiguous terms like 'nature positive' and 'nature-based solutions' to replace binding regulations with voluntary reporting and self-certification. The document highlights the role of groups like Business for Nature and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in steering the GBF away from addressing structural drivers of biodiversity loss.

The report argues that large corporations, despite being primary drivers of biodiversity loss, have infiltrated UN processes and the CBD to promote 'green' coalitions and non-binding solutions. It details lobbying tactics such as the use of 'revolving doors', the co-optation of NGOs, and the infiltration of national delegations. The document highlights the contradiction of organizations like the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) representing companies with severe environmental records. It concludes that corporate capture of the CBD prevents the 'transformative change' needed to halt biodiversity loss and recommends strict limits on corporate influence, including banning corporate representatives from national delegations and ending UN partnerships with business associations.

The report analyzes the 'Nature Positive' concept, which aims to stop and reverse biodiversity loss. It argues that the term is vaguely defined and relies on 'net gain' accounting, which allows for the continued destruction of ecosystems if compensated elsewhere. The authors contend that such offsetting is often technically impossible, particularly in forest and marine ecosystems, and frequently leads to human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The document further asserts that the concept is pushed by the private sector to avoid strong regulations and to create new business opportunities, while failing to integrate the rights and knowledge of those who protect 80% of existing biodiversity.

Global Witness reports that 1,733 land and environmental defenders were killed between 2012 and 2021, with 200 deaths recorded in 2021 alone. The report identifies extreme land inequality, corruption, and the repression of civic space as primary drivers of violence, particularly affecting indigenous peoples in the Global South. It highlights critical situations in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and the Philippines, while advocating for the implementation of the Escazú Agreement and mandatory corporate due diligence in the EU to protect those on the front lines of the climate and biodiversity crises.