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The report introduces a portfolio-led approach to net-zero banking, designed to help financial institutions move from high-level commitments to robust implementation. This framework focuses on four pillars—sectors, geographies, asset classes, and business units—to identify where and how a bank can best support the real-economy transition. The approach is intended to underpin three stages of net-zero banking: strategy design, implementation, and reporting, while remaining compatible with existing guidance from organizations like GFANZ and the NZBA.

The report outlines a strategic framework to transition South Africa's TVET system toward a green hydrogen economy (GHE). It identifies critical gaps in current vocational training, such as low throughput and poor industry alignment, and proposes a 'demand-led' model using Centres of Specialisation (CoS). Through four quantitative scenarios, the report forecasts that an 'All-inclusive Portfolio' of domestic use and exports would maximize GDP growth and TVET job creation by 2050. Key recommendations include developing a Green Skills Master Plan, implementing nano-credentialing, and reskilling workers from sunset industries like coal mining into growth sectors such as platinum mining and green steel.

The brief outlines the necessity for multinational corporations to adopt just adaptation strategies to protect workers, communities, and supply chains from climate risks, proposing seven recommendations to avoid maladaptation and systemic instability.

The document asserts that Africa requires novel equitable climate financing and that developed nations must fulfill previous financial promises. It argues that global decarbonisation agendas must incorporate African perspectives to be considered just. Additionally, it highlights the need for equitable urban climate adaptation governance and locally led, resilient food governance to combat food insecurity driven by the climate crisis, geopolitical tensions, and commodity price increases.

The briefing highlights the socio-economic risks and opportunities for Africa amidst global decarbonisation, noting that while fossil fuel exports (40% of total) are threatened, the continent's mineral wealth can drive a just transition. It advocates for an 'African Green deal' to shift Africa from being a mere source of raw materials to an industrialised hub, mitigating climate-induced economic losses which reached US$38 billion in 2020.

The document outlines the role of Coal Transition Mechanisms (CTMs) in accelerating the shift from coal to clean energy, particularly in emerging markets. It highlights the challenge that 93% of coal capacity is shielded from market pressures by regulation or contracts, necessitating blended finance and CTMs to manage early retirement. To address reputational risks—such as the appearance of financing coal or failing to protect workers—the authors propose a framework focused on assessing moral hazard, ensuring Paris-aligned emissions savings, supporting just transition provisions, and maintaining transparency through public disclosures.

The document addresses the need for credible financing to accelerate the global transition from coal to clean energy, specifically focusing on coal transition mechanisms (CTMs). It highlights that while CTMs are essential because 93 percent of coal capacity is shielded from market pressures by regulation or contracts, they face significant reputational risks and constraints from private financial institution policies. To address this, the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), and RMI have developed guidelines to ensure CTMs deliver positive climate and social outcomes, avoid moral hazard, and support a just transition for workers and communities.

The paper argues that while coal transition mechanisms (CTMs) are essential for turning phaseout commitments into action, they carry risks that can undermine climate and social outcomes. To address this, the authors propose a framework consisting of four 'stage gates' to assess coal plant eligibility, transition pathways, social protection, and accountability.

The We Mean Business Coalition expresses disappointment that COP27 failed to include a proposal to phase down all fossil fuels, despite recognizing the 1.5°C limit. While the Coalition welcomes progress on financial support for vulnerable communities, the recognition of a just transition to renewable energy, and the role of business in the 2030 Work Program, it warns that current national commitments are insufficient to drive the necessary emissions reductions by 2030.

The We Mean Business Coalition asserts that current government commitments are insufficient, putting the world on track for over 2.5°C of warming. The author calls for COP27 to translate G20 agreements into a science-based plan of action, emphasizing the need for a just transition away from all fossil fuels, streamlined permitting for renewables, and a reformed global financial system using ISSB standards as a baseline.

The We Mean Business Coalition, representing over 9,000 companies, calls for COP27 cover decisions to explicitly support a just energy transition away from all fossil fuels, not just coal, to align with the 1.5°C warming limit.

The document reviews eleven research projects to identify which climate engagement frames resonate with seven British public segments. It finds that nature and health-related frames are generally stable and effective, while economic and political messaging requires careful tailoring to avoid alienating lower-income or conservative-leaning groups. The review emphasizes the need for positive framing and the recognition of differing capacities for individual action amidst cost-of-living crises.

The analysis finds that a vast majority of non-state entities fail to meet the minimum criteria for net zero targets established by the UN HLEG. While the number of pledges from cities, regions, and companies has increased over the past year, many remain as mere aspirations without detailed transition plans, interim targets, or transparent reporting mechanisms. Specifically, only a minority of companies include full value chain emissions (Scope 3) in their targets, and over half of cities with net zero pledges lack any reporting mechanism to track progress.

The People's Accord towards a New Social Contract argues that radical structural change through new social contracts—covenants between citizens, states, businesses, and nature—is the only way to achieve a just transition and prevent societal collapse. It advocates for the use of mechanisms such as citizen assemblies, ecological constitutions, and just transition plans to rebuild trust and democratic accountability.

The We Mean Business Coalition's "4 As of Climate Leadership" framework provides a strategic guide for companies to achieve net-zero emissions. It emphasizes setting science-based targets (Ambition), integrating climate goals into core business operations and supply chains (Action), aligning corporate lobbying with climate targets (Advocacy), and maintaining transparent ESG reporting (Accountability).

The Institute for Economic Justice argues that South Africa's JETP is a flawed climate finance model that relies heavily on loans rather than grants, benefiting private Independent Power Producers (IPPs) while leaving the state with the financial risk. The author contends that the deal lacks transparency, fails to adequately fund the localization of the renewable energy value chain, and provides insufficient social security for workers in the coal belt.

The report analyzes European coal transitions, finding that while support measures limited poverty, they often failed to secure new employment for workers. Successes were linked to bottom-up project identification combined with top-down financing, investments in transport and education, and environmental restoration. It suggests China can achieve a more successful just transition by proactively planning based on these European experiences.

The LAC campaign urges South Africa to advocate for climate reparations and a non-fossil fuel development vision for Africa at COP27, while domestically accelerating the transition to renewable energy and phasing out coal by 2040.

The report argues that while shifting toward plant-based diets and away from industrial meat production is urgently needed for environmental and health reasons, such transitions must be planned inclusively to protect vulnerable stakeholders. It applies the 'just transition' framework—previously established in the energy sector—to the meat sector to ensure costs and benefits are evenly distributed among consumers, farmers, workers, communities, and companies.

The document argues for an urgent shift toward plant-based diets and away from industrial meat production due to environmental and health impacts. It emphasizes that because meat supply chains support numerous livelihoods and cultural traditions, policies to reduce production must be inclusive and carefully planned to ensure costs and benefits are distributed equitably and vulnerable stakeholders are protected.