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The research paper examines infrastructure financing in Botswana, focusing on the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs) like the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank. It highlights that while MDBs provide competitive financial terms and valuable non-lending services, their processes are often hindered by slow loan approvals and procurement systems that are not fully aligned with national systems. The paper also explores alternative financing sources, such as domestic bonds and public-private partnerships (PPPs), noting that their current uptake is limited, leaving MDBs as a critical source of external funding for Botswana's energy, water, and transport sectors.

The program seeks USD 70 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as part of a total USD 106.9 million investment to address deforestation, climate vulnerability, and economic stagnation in Central Kongo Province. It builds upon an existing Forest Investment Program (FIP) by expanding its scope to include green growth and resilience. Key interventions include scaling up agroforestry, distributing improved cookstoves, protecting coastal areas from erosion and sea-level rise, and supporting SMEs in transitioning to green investments. The program targets a mitigation impact of 6.5 million tCO2eq and aims to benefit 12,000 poor households directly, with 1.6 million indirect beneficiaries.

The policy brief argues that while industrialisation and urbanisation offer growth opportunities for African economies, they risk locking countries into carbon-intensive pathways if not managed. Focusing on Ethiopia's use of urban 'clusters' and industrial parks, the document suggests a corridor approach to urban-industrial development to ensure sustainability. Key recommendations include identifying catalytic projects that link local and national priorities, incrementally building the capacity and effectiveness of regional and city institutions, ensuring national and local urban plans are integrated and aligned with national climate strategies, and addressing infrastructure bottlenecks through business models that place green growth at the centre of planning.

The document evaluates the performance of Canadian cities against SDG 8, focusing on GDP per capita, labour productivity, median income, unemployment, and youth unemployment. While GDP and median incomes have generally risen, the report highlights persistent gender pay gaps and regional disparities in unemployment, particularly in Prairie cities.

Colombia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) is described as a dynamic process rather than a static document, designed to integrate climate risk management into sectoral and regional planning. The process has evolved through several phases since 2011, including the establishment of the SISCLIMA system and a Green Growth strategy. The plan identifies priority sectors for adaptation—including agriculture, health, finance, and energy—and targets specific climate impacts such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and sea level rise.

The briefing proposes the use of Solar Investment Trusts (SEITs), structured as Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), to address financing barriers for small-scale rooftop solar projects in India. By pooling assets, SEITs aim to attract institutional investors, reduce the cost of equity by 300-350 basis points, and potentially mobilize USD 1 billion for the rooftop solar sector within five years. However, the document identifies significant barriers to immediate implementation, including SEBI's minimum asset value requirement of INR 500 crore and strict leverage limits of 49%, which currently exceed the capacity of even the largest Indian rooftop solar developers.

The Green Economy Coalition defines a green economy as one providing prosperity for all within the planet's ecological limits. The document argues that a successful transition requires moving beyond narrow technocratic policies toward an inclusive social movement that values nature, tackles inequality, greens economic sectors, reforms financial systems, and implements new governance metrics.

The report presents a road map for developing Colombia's green bond market, noting that while initial issuances by Bancolombia (2016) and Davivienda (2017) have occurred, further tools and strategies are needed to remove barriers and ensure sustained growth in green bond issuances to fund the country's green growth goals and Paris Agreement contributions.

The India-UK partnership has focused on unlocking India's energy efficiency sector through technical assistance, advocacy, and the development of investment strategies. Key efforts targeted buildings, industrial efficiency, standards, labelling, and demand-side management, involving stakeholders like the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The brief highlights that while India has implemented significant schemes such as the Perform, Achieve and Trade scheme, the viability of energy efficiency investments remains dependent on national and state-level policies and the coordination of multi-level government and non-government actors.

The document highlights that Indian cities will generate 70% of future energy demand and face increasing climate hazards, necessitating the Smart City Mission's focus on core infrastructure and sustainable environments. It details the India-UK Smart Cities for growth partnership's support in urban planning and clean energy, while recommending multi-stakeholder dialogues, better use of evidence bases, and improved coordination between national and state actors to bridge implementation gaps.

The document identifies five key building blocks for a successful green bond market: the enabling environment, investors, issuers and project pipeline, governance, and definitions and standards. It highlights a significant funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that US$1 trillion is needed annually for clean energy alone. Because public sector balance sheets lack the capacity to meet these needs, the text estimates that 80–90% of funding must come from the private sector, necessitating the leverage of capital markets.

The document details CDKN's support for Kenya's climate goals, highlighting the impact of the 2016 Climate Change Act and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP). Key achievements include a 140 MW increase in geothermal energy in 2015, the development of the CaRROT tool for the flower sector, and the submission of four proposals to the Green Climate Fund. It also discusses the 'Raising Risk Awareness' initiative for extreme event attribution and efforts to integrate water, energy, and food (WEF) security planning at the county level.

This report analyzes Costa Rica's green growth, noting that while historical investments in education and natural capital fueled an industrial transition and a successful eco-tourism sector, the country now faces a skills gap in innovation and critical deficiencies in sustainable public infrastructure, specifically regarding wastewater and greenhouse gas emissions.

The document proposes a conceptual framework to improve sustainability in source-to-sea systems, addressing the challenges of fragmented governance and climate-driven alterations to ecosystem flows. The framework provides a taxonomy of key flows, tools for analysis and planning, and a method for developing a theory of change, emphasizing the importance of governance baselines and stakeholder engagement.

The document argues that Indonesia's current energy trajectory is unsustainable due to rapidly growing demand and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, while structural political challenges impede the adoption of green growth solutions.

The document examines Kenya's potential to lead the East African Community in climate objectives, noting that while the 2016 Climate Change Act and international support provide a strong framework, progress is hindered by limited government capacity and the discovery of fossil fuel reserves. It recommends prioritising energy infrastructure, integrating micro-grids and solar home systems for universal energy access, and leveraging devolution to increase public accountability.

The document examines the tension between energy security and green growth in fossil-fuel-endowed middle-income countries, noting that domestic fossil resource reliance often overrides climate ambitions.

The document argues that Colombia can leverage its post-conflict stability to accelerate green growth by linking renewable energy incentives to development programmes, scaling private sector green production models, and integrating local green strategies into national policy. It highlights the need for the private sector to finance 63 percent of climate commitments and warns of risks associated with heavy hydropower reliance and transport sector pollution.

The report identifies that Indonesia's energy security is deteriorating while investments remain focused on fossil fuels. It argues that green growth opportunities are underutilised due to structural political challenges, including policy inconsistency caused by proportional democracy and internal pressure to exploit domestic fossil resources. The authors suggest that win-win outcomes for energy security and green growth are more likely as clean technology costs decrease and government reforms improve the environment for climate-compatible investments.

Ethiopia is positioned as a climate leader, being the first Least Developed Country to submit an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). The government aims to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions from 150 Mt CO2eq in 2010 to 145 Mt CO2eq by 2030. To support these goals, CDKN has assisted the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC) in achieving accreditation as a National Implementing Entity for the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund in March 2016. Infrastructure investments include a 34-km light rail transit in Addis Ababa and a 750-km railway to Djibouti. Additionally, CDKN is supporting the development of geothermal risk insurance and research into greening the industrial sector, specifically leather, garments, and cement.