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The document analyzes how climate change disrupts agricultural yields and trade flows, particularly in developing regions, while contributing significantly to global GHG emissions. It highlights the risks of food insecurity and the potential for trade-related climate measures to marginalize vulnerable economies. The author argues for a comprehensive international cooperation agenda focused on reducing trade tensions, reforming harmful subsidies, facilitating technology transfer, and securing global food stocks to ensure a fair transition to sustainable agriculture.

The document outlines a readiness and preparatory support proposal for Paraguay, implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). It addresses four primary barriers: limited coordination and monitoring of climate finance, the absence of a National Direct Access Entity, a lack of standardized green investment definitions, and insufficient climate integration in long-term development planning. Key interventions include training the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) in its role as the National Designated Authority (NDA), updating the GCF Country Programme and No-Objection Procedure, and supporting the AFD's GCF accreditation. Additionally, the project aims to pilot a Green Taxonomy, develop a Green Job Strategy, and establish a climate finance MRV platform to track domestic and international flows. The proposal emphasizes gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), targeting 50% women's participation in events and integrating GESI-disaggregated indicators into national planning.

The report identifies a severe funding gap in urban adaptation and resilience (A&R), noting that only 1% of tracked urban climate finance in 2021/22 was allocated to adaptation. It prioritizes 12 key challenges across demand-side, supply-side, and enabling environment domains, and maps 37 existing CCFLA member programs. The document highlights critical gaps in late-stage project preparation, private investment mobilization, and the integration of city needs into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). It recommends matchmaking between project preparation facilities and financiers, the creation of business model blueprints, and the alignment of A&R taxonomies to unlock private capital.

The report assesses the circular economy (CE) strategies of Bogotá and Buenos Aires, identifying a common over-reliance on waste management and a lack of holistic, long-term visions. It emphasizes the critical role of the informal waste sector, which supports millions of livelihoods in the region, and advocates for their formal integration into urban governance. Key recommendations include adopting the 10-R framework to move beyond recycling toward refusing and rethinking consumption, improving waste infrastructure, and implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes.

The evaluation of the GCF's 'Health and Well-being, and Food and Water Security' (HWFW) result area finds that while investments are highly relevant to country needs—particularly in food and water security—the RA approach itself has been inconsequential to achieving results. The report highlights significant gaps in health-related programming and tracking, as well as systemic challenges in results reporting and data quality. It recommends a comprehensive rearticulation of the purpose and formulation of all GCF result areas to better align with project origination and strategic impact.

The report details Brazil's GSS+ debt market, which reached USD 67.8bn in cumulative volume by June 2025, with a strong emphasis on green bonds and corporate issuance. It highlights the role of the upcoming Brazilian Sustainable Taxonomy (BST) and the government's Sovereign Sustainable Bond Framework in driving market growth. Key sectors for investment include renewable energy, sustainable agriculture (AFOLU), and water sanitation, while noting a significant investment gap of USD 200bn to meet 2030 transition targets.

Global climate finance reached a record USD 1.9 trillion in 2023, with private contributions exceeding USD 1 trillion for the first time. While mitigation finance more than doubled between 2018 and 2023, driven by energy and transport, adaptation finance remains significantly underfunded at USD 65 billion. Investment is heavily concentrated in East Asia and the Pacific, Western Europe, and North America, with 80% of finance sourced domestically. Despite growth, a substantial gap remains to meet the estimated annual need of USD 6.3 trillion by 2030.

The document details the resources and opportunities provided by the IAI to Costa Rica, including seed funding for research on climate, health, and tropical forests, as well as capacity building in scientific diplomacy. It highlights specific projects such as the study of multidimensional vulnerability to dengue and diarrhea and fire management in the Trifinio Region, while listing available institutional resources like the IAI Virtual Campus and expert search tools.

The document details the specific resources and opportunities provided by the IAI to Cuba, including climate-sensitive health research projects, funding through the Belmont Forum, and professional development programs for public officials.

The document provides a comprehensive guide to transdisciplinary (TD) science through seven case studies in Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Panama, Jamaica, Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay. It emphasizes the integration of academic knowledge with local and indigenous systems to create actionable solutions for global environmental change. Key themes include the necessity of 'bridge-builders' in leadership, the importance of epistemic justice, and the shift from 'ecosystem services' to 'nature's contributions to people' (NCP). The case studies cover diverse issues such as Amazonian forest fires, community biodiversity monitoring, gender gaps in coffee farming, and public sanitation in riverine communities. A final synthesis identifies critical success factors: inclusive leadership, co-design of goals with communities, and the translation of technical data into accessible formats for local decision-making.

The document details Paraguay's participation in the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), highlighting the involvement of the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in the IAI Executive Council and the co-design of an environmental observatory in the La Plata Basin. It lists available resources such as a virtual campus and expert search tool, as well as opportunities for scientific diplomacy training, research funding through the Belmont Forum, and nominations for scientific and policy advisory committees.

The document details the engagement of the Dominican Republic with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), highlighting its participation in the Harmonize project for digital tools on environment, climate, and health. It lists available resources such as the IAI Virtual Campus and various opportunities for funding, professional development through the STeP Fellowship, and nominations for scientific advisory committees.

The document lists the specific benefits and opportunities available to Venezuela through its membership in the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). These include access to a scientific publications repository, an expert search tool, and a virtual campus offering certified self-managed courses such as "Diplomacia Científica y Cambio Ambiental Global en las Américas" and "Avances en Investigación Transdisciplinaria sobre el Cambio Ambiental Global en América Latina y el Caribe". Additionally, the IAI provides opportunities for research funding via the Belmont Forum, the ability to nominate members to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), the Science and Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), and the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Committee (IPAC), and a Science, Technology and Policy (STeP) Fellowship program for public sector officials.

The report examines the severe biodiversity loss in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting phenomena like 'empty forest syndrome' and the 'reverse terraforming' caused by gold mining in the Amazon. It emphasizes the critical link between biodiversity and human well-being, citing the water crises in the Northern Andes due to páramo degradation and the role of soil organic matter in climate mitigation. The document advocates for 'inclusive conservation' that integrates Indigenous and local knowledge, arguing that Indigenous lands are essential for climate mitigation. It also analyzes the impact of global trade and 'telecoupling'—where demand for energy transition minerals like lithium in the Global North drives environmental degradation in the Andes—and calls for a sustainable blue economy and the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

The report analyzes the integration of human mobility into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), finding that while 83% of submitted NAPs reference mobility, most lack detailed strategies for sub-national implementation. Through case studies in Costa Rica, Senegal, and Sri Lanka, it identifies gaps in financing, data, and coordination between national and local governments, while proposing a typology of approaches for localizing mobility actions.

The 2025 Global Forum in Bridgetown, Barbados, brought together over 1,300 participants to advance a just energy transition and end energy poverty, resulting in the Barbados Declaration and over $500 million in new financial commitments for clean energy in the Global South.

The report analyzes greenhushing in Colombia's financial sector, identifying key barriers to transparency such as fear of scrutiny over imperfect data, the desire to protect competitive 'know-how', and high market expectations for quantitative metrics. While Colombia's progressive regulation (Circular 031 of 2021) and lack of climate litigation have mitigated some pressures, the document argues that a shift toward flexible, standardized reporting and collaborative regulation is necessary to transform climate transparency into a strategic asset.

The Flood Green Guide Youth Champions pilot program engaged nine young leaders (aged 24-30) from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific Islands to co-design a framework for youth involvement in flood risk management (FRM). Through a hybrid approach of in-person workshops in Sri Lanka and virtual meetings, the program developed a structure focused on capacity building, civic engagement spaces, and targeted funding. While the program successfully fostered a community of advocates and provided foundational knowledge in nature-based solutions, it faced challenges regarding long-term participant engagement and the difficulty of maintaining cohesion in a global versus regional program model.

The report examines the implementation of OECMs across six Latin American countries, arguing that while the framework can provide visibility to diverse conservation efforts, its success depends on addressing systemic inequalities, securing tenure rights, and shifting from top-down technocratic monitoring to locally led, rights-based support systems.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on December 10, 2024, formalizes the association of the Center for Climate and Resilience Science (CR2) with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). The agreement focuses on enhancing regional cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean across several key domains, including climate science, resilience, biodiversity, and the science-policy interface. The parties commit to exchanging scientific data, developing joint funding proposals, and creating capacity-building programs to address global environmental change.