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This briefing by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) provides a side-by-side comparison of current law and the House version of the Farm Bill regarding the USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP). It details the office's mission to support urban and indoor farming, its climate-related benefits, and proposed legislative changes to its funding, grant eligibility, and pilot project scopes.

This fact sheet provides a legislative side-by-side comparison of the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program under current law and the House Agriculture Committee's amended text from May 2024, noting that Senate text is pending.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-RIO) examines the link between subsidized rural credit and deforestation in Brazil between 2020 and 2022. The analysis reveals that a small number of large properties receive a disproportionate share of subsidized funds while being responsible for significant deforestation, suggesting that current economic incentives are misaligned with Brazil's environmental and climate goals.

This introductory guide by RMI explains performance-based regulation (PBR) as a tool to modernize utility regulatory frameworks to better accommodate renewable energy, distributed resources, and electrification while addressing affordability and emissions.

Energy Innovation has released version 4.0 of the United States Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), an open-source model updated to incorporate the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The updated model features a rebuilt electricity sector with hourly dispatch and expanded power plant types to better analyze the financial incentives and emissions trajectories of the U.S. energy system through 2050.

This briefing from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) provides a legislative side-by-side comparison of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) under current law and the House Agriculture Committee's amended text from May 2024. It details the program's goals of promoting agricultural production and environmental quality, its funding mechanisms, and proposed changes to payment structures and eligible practices, particularly regarding precision agriculture and climate resilience.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the risks associated with Nigeria's strategic focus on expanding liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, specifically the potential for stranded assets and the hindrance of economic diversification.

This research paper by RMI analyzes the systemic inefficiencies of the global fossil energy system, quantifying the energy and financial losses occurring from primary extraction to end-use. It argues that these inefficiencies make fossil fuels vulnerable to disruption by cleaner, more efficient alternatives such as renewables, electrification, and localized energy generation.

This briefing by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) provides a legislative side-by-side comparison between current law and the House Agriculture Committee's amended text (May 2024) for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The document details the program's purpose of providing technical and financial assistance to agricultural and forest producers to adopt conservation activities, with specific highlights on climate-friendly practices and funding allocations from the 2018 Farm Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act.

A statement by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs calling for international organizations to collaborate on defining and reforming 'bad subsidies' to support a low-carbon circular economy and modernize WTO rules.

This briefing from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) describes the Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP), which provides zero-interest loans to eligible entities to fund energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electrification improvements for rural households and small businesses. The document includes a side-by-side comparison of current law and a May 2024 House Agriculture Committee discussion draft, highlighting proposed expansions to eligible borrowers, the inclusion of manufactured home replacements, and the introduction of grants for technical assistance and repairs.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics provides an overview of the global petrochemical industry, highlighting its growing contribution to oil and gas demand and greenhouse gas emissions. It details the specific impacts of nitrogen fertilisers and plastics, the rapid expansion of production capacity—particularly in China—and the limitations of current recycling and substitution strategies in mitigating climate and health risks.

This briefing by Global Energy Monitor analyzes the impact of the Biden Administration's January 2024 pause on non-Free Trade Agreement (non-FTA) LNG export authorizations. It argues that the pause curbs a potential overbuild of U.S. export capacity without threatening European energy security, as U.S. capacity is still expected to grow significantly and European gas demand is forecast to decline.

This systematic map by the Stockholm Environment Institute reviews 227 articles to categorize public policy interventions aimed at promoting environmentally sustainable food consumption, highlighting a research bias toward high-income countries and non-intrusive policy instruments.

This document is a Korean translation of selected sections from the 'Boom & Bust Coal 2024' report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) and its partners. It analyzes global trends in coal power plant capacity as of April 2024, highlighting a contradiction where global capacity reached record highs in 2023 despite a general decline in new project starts outside of China. The text provides specific regional updates, with a detailed focus on South Korea's coal phase-out challenges, financial risks associated with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), and the socio-economic implications of a just transition.

This oral testimony from Energy Innovation to the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service argues for the retention of strict "three pillars" (incrementality, deliverability, and hourly time-matching) for the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The author contends that weakening these rules would lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions, undermine the long-term viability of the hydrogen industry, and result in the misuse of taxpayer funds.

This guide by RMI explains the role of a new generation of satellite missions, particularly those led by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in monitoring and quantifying methane emissions globally to accelerate climate action.

This report examines the methodologies and challenges of monitoring Green Public Procurement (GPP), with a specific focus on tracking reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It analyzes practices in six countries and provides recommendations for governments to improve monitoring systems to support climate and sustainable development goals.

This research paper reviews greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the sanitation and wastewater management chain to improve climate change considerations in sanitation planning, identifying significant data and methodological gaps in current literature.

The Europe Gas Tracker Report 2024 by Global Energy Monitor analyzes the ongoing expansion of gas infrastructure in Europe. Despite a decrease in gas demand and a shift toward renewables, the region continues to plan and build LNG terminals and pipelines, which the report argues creates significant financial risk, environmental damage, and infrastructure overcapacity.