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The Climate Bonds Core Methodology for Data Products provides a science-based framework for evaluating labelled-debt instruments, including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds. It employs a tiered system consisting of the Core Methodology, dataset-level methodologies, and an internal screening library to ensure consistency and credibility. Instruments are screened based on their use-of-proceeds (UoP) or key performance indicators (KPIs) and classified as 'aligned', 'not aligned', or 'pending'. The framework prioritizes avoiding 'fossil-fuel lock-in' and uses a materiality-based approach for tagging sub-themes such as biodiversity and climate resilience. While external reviews are considered supplementary, alignment is determined independently through a systematic review of issuer disclosures and formal transaction documentation.

The document translates the technical findings of the IPCC's Working Group II report into accessible messages, emphasizing that vulnerability to climate change is driven by systemic inequalities. It argues that adaptation efforts are more effective and just when they integrate gender, equity, and justice, and warns that ignoring these factors leads to 'maladaptation'. The briefing advocates for inclusive participation, the integration of indigenous and local knowledge, and a shift toward 'climate-resilient development' that addresses the root causes of vulnerability.

The document synthesizes research from the IPCC's Working Group II to highlight how gender, equity, and justice are critical to effective climate adaptation. It identifies highly vulnerable groups—including women, children, indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities—and argues that ignoring these social dimensions leads to 'maladaptation.' The briefing advocates for inclusive participation, the integration of indigenous and local knowledge, and a rights-based approach to ensure that adaptation efforts are equitable and sustainable.

The assessment identifies agriculture as the most vulnerable sector in the Kassena Nankana Municipality, with high sensitivity in zonal councils like Biu and Doba due to the prevalence of mud-brick housing and flood-prone farmlands. While the quantitative Vulnerability Index suggests that adaptive capacity currently outweighs exposure and sensitivity across all zonal councils, Naaga is identified as the most vulnerable area due to its low adaptive capacity and high exposure to the White Volta River. Future projections indicate rising temperatures and irregular rainfall, which are expected to reduce maize and soybean yields and increase the prevalence of climate-sensitive diseases like cerebrospinal meningitis.

The report examines how girls and young women in Asia and the Pacific navigate climate vulnerability and advocate for climate justice. It highlights their efforts to challenge risky circumstances and influence community and policy changes despite facing barriers to being heard. The findings are based on a snapshot of perspectives from 30 girls, young women, and stakeholders across three countries, supplemented by an online survey, literature review, and social media listening exercise to understand their use of advocacy tools and their response to a "shrinking civic space".

Ghana's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, coordinated by the Environmental Protection Agency and guided by the 2018 NAP Framework, aims to reduce climate vulnerability and integrate adaptation into national policies. The process employs a hybrid approach to foster cross-sectoral collaboration across national and sub-national levels, targeting priority sectors such as agriculture, health, and energy to address impacts like flooding, droughts, and sea level rise. Key milestones between 2018 and 2023 include the submission of the Adaptation Communication to the UNFCCC, the launch of a GCF NAP Readiness project, and the completion of gender integration and policy coherence reports.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is seeking comments on a new policy designed to enhance gender balance and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within its scientific projects and capacity building activities. The policy aims to ensure the equitable participation of underrepresented groups and reduce bias in the implementation of IAI activities in the Americas. Feedback is requested by 22 April 2022 for submission at COP-30 in Montevideo.

Between 2018 and 2020, Côte d’Ivoire implemented a series of policy, institutional, and financial measures to mainstream gender into climate action. Key achievements include the creation of the National Gender and Climate Change Strategy 2020–2024, the establishment of a National Gender and Climate Change Platform, and the integration of gender considerations into the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) funding proposal and the revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

This document is a role-playing scenario for a 'social lottery' game designed to simulate the experiences of a 22-year-old commercial sex worker living with HIV in Ethiopia during a drought.

The evaluation concludes that the NAP GN has been a valuable contributor to the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, exceeding its grant targets for training and institutional capacity building. While highly effective in providing neutral knowledge brokering and tailored country support, the report identifies needs for improved impact measurement, better coordination with multilateral entities, and a strategic shift toward supporting the implementation phase of NAPs.

The document details a 2019 case study in Colombia's Campoalegre River Basin where the Tandem framework was used to bridge the gap between climate information providers and water planning users. Through a series of workshops and interviews, stakeholders co-defined adaptation challenges and designed the graphical interfaces of needed climate services. The process highlighted the importance of addressing power dynamics, building trust prior to implementation, and using tools like social mapping and individual questionnaires to ensure inclusive participation. The study also emphasizes the role of the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) tool in supporting robust decision-making within the Colombian POMCA planning framework.

The study examines the gendered and social drivers of vulnerability to climate-related water insecurity in Burkina Faso's Centre-East region, highlighting how gender roles and ethnicity influence risks and responses.

The report finds that while India's clean cooking schemes improve energy access and save women an average of one hour per day, current LPG subsidies are inefficiently targeted, with nearly half of beneficiaries not belonging to the poorest households. It recommends refining subsidy targeting to better support poor households and adopting a holistic strategy that promotes non-fossil-fuel cooking technologies, such as electricity.

Jordan launched its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in February 2017, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment's Climate Change Directorate. The process aims to create a formal roadmap for sectoral adaptation plans, identify financial needs, and establish a national monitoring and reporting system. Priority sectors for adaptation include water, agriculture, health, gender, biodiversity, ecosystems, and protected areas, with a focus on addressing impacts such as severe water shortages, desertification, and extreme weather events.

The document introduces a guide for facilitating peer learning among adaptation policy-makers, based on Targeted Topic Forums (TTFs) piloted by the NAP Global Network. These forums, which involved government representatives from 23 countries, focused on themes such as financing, gender, and sectoral integration to move away from presentation-heavy meetings toward participatory planning.

The document details Ghana's approach to integrating climate adaptation into government policy and planning. It identifies priority sectors for adaptation—including agriculture, energy, water, health, infrastructure, gender, and forestry—and lists specific climate threats such as increased temperatures, rainfall variability, and sea level rise. It also provides a timeline of policy milestones from 2012 to 2018, including the development of the National Climate Change Policy and the submission of a NAP Readiness Proposal to the Green Climate Fund.

The document outlines a review of sustainable consumption drivers, emphasizing that behaviour is shaped by a complex matrix of pricing, technology, social norms, and infrastructure. It argues for a shift from targeting individuals to addressing the 'organization of practices' and whole systems to avoid rebound effects. The report also notes a lack of nuanced research on the intersection of gender and consumption patterns.

The text emphasizes that climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya will fail unless policies account for the intersection of gender with class, caste, ethnicity, and geography. It asserts that climate science and interventions must be linked with the contextual experiences of different groups, as gender relations create distinct vulnerabilities for women and men.

The guide outlines a framework for moving away from presentation-heavy meetings toward participatory knowledge co-creation in the context of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. It details fundamentals of facilitation—including purpose, context, power dynamics, and monitoring—and provides specific methodologies for technical, relational, and reflexive interaction. These include expert presentations, participatory timelines, knowledge-sharing marketplaces, knowledge clinics, collective problem solving, and structured reflection.

The guide outlines a framework for moving away from presentation-heavy meetings toward interactive peer-learning. It details seven core planning principles—objective, context, participants, power, venue, process, and monitoring—and provides five specific facilitation techniques: expert presentations, participatory timelines, knowledge marketplaces, knowledge clinics, and collective problem-solving. These methods are designed to balance technical input with relational and reflexive interactions to support the implementation of National Adaptation Plans in developing countries.