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The LT-LEDS for Equatorial Guinea outlines two primary pathways for the country's climate future: a Base Scenario and a Mitigation Scenario. While the Base Scenario predicts a 31% increase in gross emissions by 2050, the Mitigation Scenario targets a 50% reduction in gross emissions compared to 2019 levels, aiming for net-negative emissions by 2050. The strategy focuses on four key sectors: Energy, Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU), and Waste. Key proposed actions include a total transition to renewable electricity by 2049, a 80% reduction in deforestation and forest degradation rates, and the implementation of a circular economy for waste. The document also emphasizes adaptation priorities, gender equality, and a 'just transition' to manage the economic risks associated with the country's high dependence on oil and gas.

The document outlines the application of the Unlocking a Better Future (UBF) framework to Scotland's policy landscape to support a "net-zero, nature-positive" future. It details a methodology involving the mapping of existing policies against three transformative shifts—redefining the human-nature relationship, ensuring lasting prosperity, and investing in a sustainable future—to identify systemic gaps. Key recommendations include integrating nature-based education, exploring the 'Rights of Nature', and adopting wellbeing-based economic metrics. The framework emphasizes the use of the SDG Synergies tool to manage policy trade-offs and suggests tracking progress through values-based indicators, such as those from the World Values Survey, to monitor deep structural and cultural shifts.

The report finds that while energy transition policies in China and Southeast Asia acknowledge justice indicators in some form, the overall representation is low, with all countries scoring below 50% of the maximum possible score. Environmental, restorative, and distributional justice are particularly underrepresented, while procedural justice and energy access score relatively higher. The study highlights a significant gap between policy goals and actual implementation, especially regarding land rights and labour protections for fossil fuel workers.

The report proposes the minerals-energy-food (MEF) complex as an evolution of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It argues that the WEF nexus fails to account for the global trade of commodities, the critical role of minerals in the energy transition, and the systemic power asymmetries between resource-rich low-income countries and wealthy consuming nations. The MEF complex integrates three commodity clusters (minerals, energy, food), three local mediating factors (water, land, labour), and five higher-order global factors (global governance, trade, supply chains, geopolitics, and climate change). Using examples from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, and Ukraine, the authors demonstrate how these components interact to create cascading risks and unequal exchange. The report concludes with a research and policy agenda focused on data transparency, risk ownership, governance mapping, and inclusive participation.

The report benchmarks Ukraine's green transition readiness across 12 sectors, emphasizing that post-war reconstruction offers a strategic opportunity to implement sustainable development and 'build back better' principles. It identifies high-level governance, green skills development, and integrated land use planning as critical priorities for the next 3 to 5 years to ensure national resilience and alignment with EU membership requirements.

The National Comprehensive Green Transition Assessment Report evaluates Moldova's progress toward a green economy and EU alignment. Based on research conducted between November 2023 and December 2024, the document analyzes policy planning, implementation, and institutional collaboration across sectors including energy, transport, and biodiversity. It aims to identify priority areas for government reform and targeted investments from international development partners to enhance Moldova's energy security and climate resilience.

The paper addresses a gap in literature regarding the practical capacities needed to facilitate transdisciplinary knowledge co-production. Drawing on lessons from the DIRECTED project's real-world labs in Europe, the authors propose a framework of four key capacities—collaborative, systems thinking, creative, and reflexive—and detail the corresponding skills necessary for both academic researchers and practitioner hosts to effectively manage local sustainability and disaster resilience challenges.

The document introduces a new methodology and a Water Evaluation and Planning System (WEAP) plugin designed to estimate seasonal water stress. By improving the spatial separation of regions, the method aims to prevent the double-counting of freshwater resources and reveal regional disparities in water scarcity that are often hidden by national averages, thereby supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.4.

Indonesia can reduce road transport emissions by up to 84% by 2050 through a multifaceted strategy of avoiding travel demand, shifting to public transport, and improving vehicle efficiency via electric vehicles and biofuels. The document recommends stronger policy enforcement, stricter fuel efficiency standards, targeted infrastructure incentives, and improved data collection and emission tracking to achieve these goals.

The Nordic region faces increasing vulnerability to climate change impacts abroad due to a heavy reliance on global trade, yet national policies and business practices frequently overlook these transboundary climate risks (TCRs). The document identifies four primary challenges: diffuse risk ownership across jurisdictions and value chains, a lack of business preparedness, policy gaps, and siloed adaptation approaches. To address these, the brief suggests strengthening Nordic and international cooperation, improving risk assessments, and promoting public-private partnerships.

The research examines the effectiveness of workplace campaigns and carbon footprint calculators in driving pro-environmental habit changes among employees. While such campaigns can successfully reduce carbon footprints through social support and leadership, their impact is often limited by technical issues with calculators and a failure to target specific current practices or foster a strong sense of community.

The research analyzes the transmission of compound climate hazards—such as simultaneous temperature and precipitation extremes—through global agricultural trade networks. Using climate model simulations and trade data for four major crops, the study finds that in extreme simulated years, nearly one-third of the world's countries see 20% or more of their caloric supply exposed to these hazards. The authors highlight that countries with low diversification in their number of suppliers and the regional climates of those suppliers are most vulnerable, with some importing up to 93% of calories exposed to compound hazards.

The research identifies ecological citizenship (EC) as a multidimensional practice emphasizing shared responsibility for sustainability and social equity. Using roundtable discussions and workshops, the authors found that participatory approaches focusing on people, place, and legacy enable more people to engage in positive climate action. However, the study warns that the uptake of EC practices is hindered by a lack of social and structural innovation, as the model requires significant cooperation between public and private sectors.

The document highlights the rapid degradation of wetlands in Myanmar, noting a 25% loss in the Upper Chindwin River basin between 2000 and 2020. It critiques existing government-led initiatives for being tokenistic and limited primarily to Ramsar sites, leaving smaller wetlands vulnerable. Based on a project in the Hkamti region, the authors demonstrate that community leadership—through village working committees and alternative livelihood planning—enhances resource management and monitoring. The brief recommends establishing a community-led management framework, diversifying funding, and integrating wetland conservation across sectoral policies like agriculture and tourism.

The report evaluates Moldova's progress toward climate neutrality by 2050, identifying 'Some Progress' in most sectors but 'Little Progress' in zero pollution. Key challenges include heavy reliance on energy imports, outdated building stock, linear waste management, and a significant financing gap, while enablers include EU accession aspirations and international donor support.

The report finds that while a majority of Armenians recognize the impacts of climate change—particularly on health—and support renewable energy, actual personal engagement in environmental activities remains low at 22%. Public trust in environmental action is highest for educational institutions and lowest for the private sector and NGOs. Significant barriers to participation include a lack of time, financial costs, and indifference.

The report finds that while a majority of Moldovans (61%) perceive their understanding of climate change as good or very good, actual engagement in environmental activities is around 57%. Public priorities for environmental protection are led by access to clean water and sanitation and waste management. There is significant concern (65%) regarding dependence on foreign energy sources, with strong support for developing solar and wind power. Educational institutions are viewed as the most important actors in driving environmental action, while corporate sustainability initiatives receive the highest level of public support. Barriers to individual engagement include a lack of time (62%) and financial costs (34%).

The report finds that while a majority of Ukrainians acknowledge the personal impacts of climate change and support renewable energy development, significant barriers such as financial costs and a perceived lack of common practice hinder individual engagement. Public trust in environmental action is highest for volunteers and youth activists, while the central government is viewed as moderately important but less efficient. Energy security is a major concern, with a strong preference for solar and wind power to reduce foreign dependence.

The paper argues that Colombia's previous price-based renewable energy auctions failed to consider socio-economic factors, leading to social conflict and project cancellations, particularly in La Guajira. It recommends two main pathways for the new framework: enhancing community engagement and benefit sharing for large-scale projects through stricter qualification requirements and multicriteria award mechanisms, and scaling up energy communities via a reserved auction quota (adhesion process) and a dedicated support agency to prevent 'community washing'.

The document examines how rapidly growing cities in India and Kenya rely on informal, decentralized water solutions—termed 'gridless water configurations'—to bridge gaps in failing or insufficient centralized infrastructure. It highlights the risks of unregulated groundwater extraction and social inequality, while proposing that water authorities formally recognize and co-design these systems with local communities to create more resilient and equitable urban water governance.