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The report examines how Ghana and British Columbia manage mine waste, focusing on tailings facilities and waste rock. It outlines a 'plan-do-check-act' model for governance, emphasizing risk-based standards, corporate accountability, and financial guarantees for closure. In Ghana, the focus is on integrating artisanal mining and strengthening corporate accountability. In British Columbia, the framework has evolved following the 2014 Mount Polley dam failure, leading to the creation of a dedicated Mine Audits and Effectiveness Unit and stricter requirements for independent reviews.

The case study analyzes mine waste governance in Ghana and British Columbia, highlighting the importance of risk-based frameworks, financial assurances, and corporate accountability. It details Ghana's efforts to formalize artisanal mining and British Columbia's regulatory evolution following the 2014 Mount Polley tailings dam failure.

The policy brief identifies structural flaws in Brazil's infrastructure investment governance, noting a lack of long-term planning and a failure to integrate socio-environmental criteria in the land transport sector. It highlights that the Brazilian National Development Strategy (EFD) is medium-term and lacks specific targets for deforestation and biome sensitivities. To address these gaps, the authors propose a new 'pre-viability' phase for large greenfield infrastructure projects. This phase would use a structuring questionnaire and a socio-environmental complexity analysis to filter out unsustainable projects before they reach the costly viability study stage, thereby reducing investment misallocation and protecting sensitive regions like the Amazon.

The report assesses gender inequalities in Colombia, specifically within the Amazon biome, to inform a Gender Action Plan for a REDD+ project implemented by FAO and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. It identifies significant gaps in land ownership, labor market participation, and decision-making power for rural and indigenous women. The document outlines a strategy to mainstream gender by promoting women's leadership in forest management, recognizing ancestral knowledge in food security and biodiversity, and implementing differential quotas for participation.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) announced the election results from its 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28) held on 19 August 2020. The Executive Council for 2020–2022 includes Canada, Chile, Jamaica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, the United States, and Uruguay, with the United States serving as Chair. Additionally, the document lists the newly elected members of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), including their respective areas of expertise and institutional affiliations.

Natural Justice submitted a set of proposed amendments to the Kenya Forest Service regarding the Forests (Community Participation in Sustainable Forest Management) Rules, 2009. The organization advocates for greater transparency, the inclusion of private sector actors in forest conservation, and the mandatory participation of forest associations to align with constitutional requirements.

Natural Justice proposes several amendments to Kenya's 2007 Controlled Substances Regulations to strengthen the management of ozone-depleting substances. Key recommendations include requiring the list of controlled substances to be reviewed every 3 to 5 years, increasing transparency through the gazetting of licensing decisions and public access to registers, and enhancing accountability by reporting accidental disposals to the Ozone Secretariat and NEMA within 24 hours. The organization also advocates for the removal of exemptions for controlled substances, the introduction of monetary fines for illegal procurement, and the expansion of deposit bonds to manufacturers, exporters, and importers to prevent environmental damage.

The document introduces a guide produced by CDKN, ODI, SSN, and ICLEI that extracts South Asia-specific data from the IPCC's 2019 Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. It highlights that human-driven climate change is altering ocean chemistry and temperature, harming marine life and dependent populations, and causing sea level rise and cryosphere changes in high mountain Asia. The guide emphasizes that early mitigation and future-proofing coastal development are essential to reduce risks and costs.

The Green Economy Coalition (GEC) has established a 10-year action plan (2020–2030) to drive structural economic reform globally. The strategy identifies five systemic flaws in current economic models—including outdated metrics like GDP and short-termism in finance—and proposes five key interventions: reforming governance, financial systems, economic sectors, inequality, and the valuation of nature. To achieve these, GEC will pursue four pathways: telling new narratives, building critical mass through citizen dialogue, influencing policy via tools like the Green Economy Tracker, and transitioning to a decentralized 'network of networks' structure. The goal is to ensure that by 2030, inclusive green economy principles are central to decisions made by policymakers, business leaders, and citizens.

Friends of the Earth International argues that the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must move beyond the failed Aichi targets by adopting a rights-based approach, ensuring accountability, and rejecting corporate-led 'false solutions' like offsetting.

The guide outlines a comprehensive legal framework for managing the environmental and social impacts of large-scale mining throughout its entire lifecycle. It identifies 20 essential components for a robust legal system, ranging from sustainable development commitments and public participation to financial guarantees for mine closure. The document provides a phased approach for government action—covering exploration, planning, construction, operation, and closure—and offers practical tools, such as gap analyses and checklists, to help governments improve their regulatory governance and avoid the social and environmental legacies of abandoned mines.

The document outlines a comprehensive legal framework for managing the environmental and social impacts of large-scale mining throughout the mine life cycle. It identifies 20 essential components of a robust legal framework, ranging from sustainable development commitments and public consultation to financial guarantees for mine closure. The guide details key government actions across four phases: exploration (screening), planning (ESIA review and approval), construction and operation (monitoring and enforcement), and closure (post-mining transition). It emphasizes the need for inter-ministerial coordination, the avoidance of legal stabilization of environmental clauses to allow for updates, and the use of gap analyses to improve national legal frameworks.

The report details a workshop held in Thailand that produced text proposals and key messages to weave human rights into the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. It argues that human rights and a healthy planet are mutually dependent and suggests that the framework must move beyond a utilitarian view of nature to recognize the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, particularly regarding land tenure and the protection of environmental defenders.

Natural Justice submits a memorandum on the Public Participation Bill, 2019, arguing that the Bill's current framework is too narrow. The organization proposes amendments to guarantee that information provided to the public is not only timely but also "accurate, complete, relevant", and accessible. Key recommendations include the explicit inclusion of "minorities and marginalised groups" to comply with Article 56 of the Constitution of Kenya, the establishment of mandatory reasonable timelines for public involvement and decision communication, and the requirement that civic education must precede public participation to empower citizens.

The International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) has called for greater transparency in the ICAO Technical Advisory Body's (TAB) process for determining eligible offset programmes under CORSIA. ICSA argues that the current lack of transparency contradicts TAB's own Terms of Reference and undermines the credibility of the market-based measure. Specifically, ICSA demands the publication of public consultation inputs from summer 2019, the restoration of direct access to the Programme Testing Group's procedures and guidelines, and the public release of TAB's recommendations before the ICAO Council makes its final decision.

The document details the efforts of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) to support Namibian civil society organisations (CSOs) in engaging with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Following Namibia's accession to the APRM in January 2017, CSOs formed a working group in 2018 to identify 13 critical governance issues and produce a written submission presented on 21 June 2019. The brief outlines ten lessons for other countries, emphasizing the need for early familiarity with the APRM, strategic issue selection, government engagement to build trust, and the use of peer learning from other states. It concludes that the process not only pressured the Namibian government to accelerate its national APRM process but also led to the creation of 'Civic +264', a new information hub for civil society coordination.

The IAI Strategic Plan (2019–2044) establishes a 25-year roadmap to bridge the gap between science and policy in the Americas. It is organized into three themes: meeting the needs of member states regarding global environmental change, advancing science for regional sustainability, and ensuring the IAI's own organizational sustainability. The plan emphasizes transdisciplinary research, open data, and the inclusion of underrepresented groups to inform climate adaptation and mitigation policies.

The Legal Resources Centre and Natural Justice call for the full adoption and strengthening of a UNEA resolution to protect women environmental rights defenders, noting that women face acute risks including sexual assault and discriminatory laws while defending land and territory.

The document commemorates Bradnee Chambers, a Canadian diplomat and environmental leader who held several senior roles within the United Nations system, including at UNEP and as Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. It highlights his work on international governance, biodiversity assessments, and his collaboration with CIEL to develop the UNEP Compendium on Human Rights and the Environment and the Informea.org database.

The document analyzes the transition from NAFTA's environmental side agreement to the CUSMA framework, highlighting the preservation of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and the introduction of a broader definition of 'affecting trade or investment' to strengthen environmental law enforcement. It notes the loss of the CEC's authority to produce unsolicited reports and identifies new commitments regarding fisheries, endangered species, and marine litter, while observing that climate change is explicitly absent from the ECA work program.