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A legal letter from Webber Wentzel to Pinsent Masons Africa LLP on behalf of the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), stating that the CER stands by an article published on 6 December 2022 regarding Karpowership South Africa and will resist any legal actions resulting from it.

The March 2019 report 'Boom and Bust 2019' by Global Energy Monitor, the Sierra Club, and Greenpeace tracks the decline in global coal-fired power plant development. It highlights a three-year trend of falling capacity growth, driven by political and economic constraints, while noting that China remains a significant exception due to the resumption of previously stalled projects and proposed capacity increases.

A letter from the Centre for Environmental Rights to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) requesting transparency and legal reasons regarding the potential financing of the Thabametsi and Khanyisa coal-fired power plants.

The Carbon-Free City Handbook: Financing emphasizes the role of cities in expanding capital access and innovative financing mechanisms for both public sector city-led projects and private sector initiatives.

This briefing by the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines policy tools for transitioning to a green economy, focusing on financing mechanisms. It uses Costa Rica's Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) as a case study to illustrate how direct financial support, funded by taxes and international agreements, can reduce deforestation and create green jobs, while discussing the challenges of securing public funding in Manitoba.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the financing gaps and technical barriers facing K-12 school districts in California to recommend strategies for allocating Proposition 39 funds. The authors argue that because private capital is currently available at low interest rates, Proposition 39 funds should be used as supplemental grants for deep energy-saving projects and as technical assistance, rather than as primary financing for short-payback projects that districts can already afford.

This fact sheet describes on-bill financing as a mechanism to eliminate upfront costs for residential energy efficiency improvements by providing low-interest loans repaid through monthly utility bills. It distinguishes between tariff-based systems, which tie costs to the meter and can address landlord-tenant split incentives, and on-bill loans, which typically function as non-transferable personal or business loans. The document highlights a pilot program in South Carolina that achieved significant energy savings through whole-house retrofits.

This statement from the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS), delivered on 24 April 2024 at an INC-4 official side event, advocates for a 'holistic approach' to resource mobilization and financing to ensure the success of a treaty to end plastic pollution.