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The 'Declaración de la Cumbre de los pueblos hacia la COP30' is a statement issued by the People's Summit, which gathered over 70,000 representatives of diverse social movements in Belém do Pará, Brazil, from November 12 to 16, 2025. The document identifies the capitalist mode of production and transnational corporations as the primary drivers of the climate crisis and calls for a transition based on popular sovereignty, feminist justice, and the protection of common goods rather than market-based solutions.

A case study on a distribution grid automation pilot project in the Tallo Nallu load centre of Nepal, implemented by the Nepal Energy Foundation to improve power reliability and fault detection in rural distribution systems.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics argues for the creation of a comprehensive, quantitative global pathway for food systems transformation, similar to the IEA's energy sector roadmap. It highlights that while food systems contribute over 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, existing frameworks are fragmented, lack legal enforceability, and often omit critical areas such as the reduction of animal-sourced product consumption and biodiversity targets.

This document details the methodology used by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) to evaluate the 'investability' of the finance components within the third round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs 3.0). The framework uses seven indicators to assess how effectively non-Annex I countries communicate climate finance needs and strategies to attract private and international capital.

This guide provides a strategic playbook for concessional capital providers to mobilize investment in climate-smart agrifood systems. It identifies a significant financing gap—with global climate finance for the sector reaching only USD 95 billion in 2021/22—and proposes five 'investment plays' to address market failures. These strategies include system-level alignment with national goals, large-scale natural capital restoration, strengthening shared infrastructure, expanding technical assistance for innovation, and scaling local financial intermediaries. The document includes a four-step framework for investor action and detailed case studies of blended finance vehicles operating across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) submitted a consultation document in April 2025 providing recommendations to embed human health considerations into Nepal's draft Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0. The submission emphasizes the intersection of climate action and public health, urging Nepal to align its conditional targets with 1.5°C warming limits, address air pollution as a cross-cutting issue, and quantify the economic costs of health-related climate losses and damages.

A statement by Trend Asia and a global coalition of civil society organizations arguing that large-scale forest biomass combustion for energy is not carbon neutral, harms biodiversity, violates community rights, and obstructs the transition to clean energy. The signatories call for the cessation of forest biomass expansion and the removal of related subsidies.

This case study by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the drivers of infectious diseases in Bharatpur, Nepal, and evaluates how nature-based solutions (NBS) can mitigate these hazards alongside basic urban infrastructure.

This SEI report examines the drivers of infectious diseases in Bharatpur, Nepal, finding that dengue (18.4% of households) and skin infections (11.5%) are significantly linked to proximity to garbage disposal sites and reliance on surface water. While nature-based solutions like green streets and rainwater harvesting are proposed to mitigate these risks by improving drainage and cooling, the report emphasizes that such solutions cannot substitute for essential municipal infrastructure, specifically piped water and reliable solid waste management.

The report "Resilience Science Must-Knows" provides a science-based framework for decision-makers to build systemic resilience. It distills decades of research into nine core principles, emphasizing that resilience is not merely "bouncing back" but the capacity to cope, adapt, and transform. The document highlights the urgency of this approach as the Earth enters the Anthropocene, where human activity pushes planetary boundaries and creates cascading risks across interconnected global systems.

The 'Understanding Climate Risks Through an Intersectional Approach (iCRA)' fact sheet describes a project running from January 2025 to December 2026 aimed at strengthening the evidence base for intersectional climate change adaptation. The project pilots intersectional Climate Risk Assessments (CRAs) in Nepal and South Africa to analyze how overlapping systems of inequity influence climate vulnerability.

This report presents a roadmap developed by the Adaptation Without Borders partnership following a 2023 science-policy dialogue involving 45 regional stakeholders. The roadmap provides 15 recommendations to address cascading climate risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, focusing on research, policy, and implementation.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) updates the tracking of climate commitments for the 70 largest public financial institutions (PFIs) for 2023 and analyzes the climate strategies of 49 smaller PFIs in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). The findings indicate minimal progress among large PFIs, while smaller institutions often demonstrate higher ambition when supported by their national governments.

This research paper by Facundo Calvo analyzes the agriculture negotiations for the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), arguing that success depends on moving beyond non-binding declarations toward binding commitments. The author focuses on the potential for an exemption from export restrictions for least developed countries (LDCs) and the deep divisions among WTO members regarding domestic support and public stockholding.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) 2024–2029 Strategy outlines a framework to advance climate resilience by focusing on three transformative opportunities: food systems, finance flows, and community-led action. The strategy aims to shift from fragmented, Global North-led approaches toward locally-led adaptation and systemic collaboration, targeting high-vulnerability regions in the Global South.

The INVESTING IN RESILIENCE Project Portfolio 2024 outlines the activities of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), which identifies and scales locally-led resilience innovations in the Global South through challenge fund competitions. The document highlights several active projects focusing on climate adaptation, food security, and sustainable finance across Africa, Asia, and South America, while detailing the funding requirements needed to scale these initiatives.

The 2024 Regional Resilience Hubs virtual summit emphasized the necessity of locally-led adaptation (LLA), flexible and decentralized climate finance, and the meaningful inclusion of marginalized groups. Key discussions focused on integrating nature-based solutions, addressing the gendered burden of unpaid care work, and ensuring that climate investments protect human rights and land tenure to prevent the displacement of vulnerable populations in regions including Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

This report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) analyzes the potential for climate finance to advance the electrification and climate-proofing of healthcare facilities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. It establishes a climate rationale for investing in low-carbon and resilient technologies, quantifies potential GHG emissions and cost savings, and maps the landscape of available climate finance sources and the barriers to accessing them.

This report by Zero Carbon Analytics examines the role of smallholder farmers in global food security, their productivity, and their adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. It highlights that small-scale farms, particularly those between two and five hectares, produce a significant portion of the world's food and often exhibit higher land productivity and biodiversity than larger farms. The document emphasizes the importance of integrating smallholders into modern agrifood supply chains and providing financial resources to scale climate-smart agricultural practices, especially in Africa.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute argues for the establishment of a regional cooperation mechanism to address cascading climate risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, emphasizing that climate impacts propagate across national borders and require collaboration beyond local and national scales.