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This report by Ember analyzes the declining role of gas in the global electricity mix as of 2025, noting that gas share has fallen for five consecutive years. The analysis highlights that while global gas generation has not yet peaked in absolute terms, its growth has slowed significantly as renewables increasingly meet new electricity demand, particularly in the G7 and large emerging economies.

This synthesis piece evaluates global efforts to achieve universal water supply and sanitation coverage, contrasting the historical use of private capital and management with a reemerging public governance model based on improved institutional regulation and competition management.

A statement by Marco Lambertini, Convenor of the Nature Positive Initiative, arguing for the integration of biodiversity and nature-positive goals into international trade policies, specifically through the World Trade Organization (WTO).

This guide outlines the Deforestation and Conversion-Free (DCF) Sourcing Criteria developed by the Climate Bonds Initiative to certify agri-food entities that source commodities from areas free of deforestation and natural ecosystem conversion. The criteria aim to align global financial markets with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement by providing a science-based certification process for traders, processors, and manufacturers.

The State of Climate Action 2023 report assesses global progress toward the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C temperature limit across sectors accounting for approximately 85% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It concludes that global efforts are failing across the board, with the vast majority of tracked indicators lagging behind the necessary pace and scale to avoid irreversible climate impacts.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines how climate change impacts on crop yields for wheat, rice, and maize may be transmitted across borders through global food trade networks between 2070 and 2099.

This report by Ember analyzes global electricity data from the first half of 2022 (H1-2022) compared to H1-2021, focusing on the role of renewable energy in meeting growing electricity demand and its impact on fossil fuel generation and carbon emissions.

A report by the NewClimate Institute analyzing the collective impact of updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by 156 countries by January 2022, finding that while ambition has increased, reductions remain insufficient to meet Paris Agreement temperature goals.

This policy brief, based on a quantitative assessment of six key agricultural commodities, argues that transboundary climate risks to global food security are mounting and largely unrecognized, necessitating a shift from national self-interest toward cooperative multilateral adaptation strategies.

This research paper examines the necessity of integrating peatland science into Earth System Models and Integrated Assessment Models to improve climate change predictions, noting that peatlands are predicted to transition from carbon sinks to carbon sources within the current century.

This research paper utilizes the FEEDME (Food Estimation and Export for Diet and Malnutrition Evaluation) modelling framework to analyze the projected impacts of climate variability, population growth, and land use change on global food security up to the year 2050.

This report by the NewClimate Institute examines how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery efforts influence global greenhouse gas emission projections through 2030. It evaluates various 'what-if' scenarios based on IMF, IEA, and Global Carbon Project data, and introduces a classification framework ('green', 'grey', and 'colourless') to analyze the environmental impact of government stimulus packages, applying this framework to a case study of Germany.

This research paper, co-authored by 30 experts following a 2018 Aspen Global Change Institute workshop, provides a blueprint for achieving net zero global industrial emissions by 2050–2070. It identifies key technical measures and policies required to decarbonize the industrial sector, which accounted for 33% of global anthropogenic emissions in 2014.

The 2020 report by Global Energy Monitor indicates a general global decline in the coal power pipeline, with construction starts and pre-construction development falling significantly since 2015. However, the global coal fleet grew in 2019 by 34.1 GW, primarily due to a surge of plants entering operation in China. Conversely, the OECD, US, and EU saw continued declines in capacity and generation. Despite these trends, the report notes that current reductions are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement's goal of reducing coal use by 80% by 2030.

This technical annex assesses progress toward Goal 1 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), which aims to halve natural forest loss globally by 2020 and end it by 2030. The report finds that the world is not on track to meet these targets, as average annual global gross tree cover loss and carbon emissions from tropical forests increased between 2014 and 2018 compared to historical baselines, despite a decline in loss observed in 2018.

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) expresses support for three UN Environment Programme (UNEP) reports published in 2018 regarding endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), emphasizing the need for these findings to be translated into effective regulatory policies.

A briefing by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment summarizing 2015 International Panel on Climate Change findings regarding the causes, impacts, and mitigation strategies for global climate change.

This technical annex assesses progress toward Goal 5 of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), which aims to restore 150 million hectares of degraded landscapes and forestlands by 2020 and an additional 200 million hectares by 2030. The report uses restoration pledges from the Bonn Challenge and the UNFCCC's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) as proxies to measure progress toward these targets.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute describes a four-step process for identifying and minimizing 'carbon lock-in'—the process where investments in carbon-intensive infrastructure make shifting to low-carbon pathways more difficult and expensive. The document demonstrates this approach on a global scale, highlighting the high risks associated with coal and gas power plants, private vehicle travel, and capital-intensive fossil fuel supply infrastructure, and provides guidance for applying the framework at national and regional levels.

This research paper evaluates the impact of mitigation and adaptation strategies on coastal flooding during the 21st century using the DIVA and IMAGE models, focusing on sea-level rise and dike maintenance.