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This report by Transforma provides a comprehensive guide for the financial sector to integrate nature-related risks and opportunities into business models. It identifies four primary barriers—undervaluation of nature, regulatory gaps, challenges in nature-based financing, and a knowledge gap—and proposes strategies to overcome them. A significant portion of the document is dedicated to detailing the 'Locate' phase of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) LEAP approach, offering a roadmap for financial institutions to identify the geographical and sectoral intersections of their portfolios with the natural environment.

This guide by Transforma provides a foundational explanation of energy concepts, the electricity market, and the process of a just energy transition (JET) in Colombia. It aims to demystify technical terms and combat misinformation to encourage public participation in shifting from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources.

This guide explains how Colombian financial institutions can use the TNFD framework, the LEAP approach, and the ENCORE tool to comply with the SFC's External Circular 015 of 2025. It details the alignment between the regulatory requirements for identifying, measuring, controlling, and monitoring environmental and social risks and the international standards for managing nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities (DIROs).

This guide by Transforma explains the "ambition cycle" of the Paris Agreement, an iterative process designed to help countries progressively improve their climate commitments through formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. It details the key instruments involved—such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Strategies (LTS)—and provides a roadmap for national implementation to align short-term actions with long-term goals like net-zero emissions by 2050.

This briefing by Transforma presents simplified negotiation options for the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, intended for adoption in Baku, Azerbaijan, by November 2024. The document organizes various proposals from Parties and groups into a structured framework covering the goal's preamble, context, temporal scope, structure, quantum determination, qualitative elements, access, concessionality, and transparency arrangements.

This guide by Transforma provides a comprehensive framework for strengthening Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to be submitted by 2025. It outlines a 'decalogue of ambition' requiring emissions reductions of 43% by 2030 and 60% by 2035 (relative to 2019) to limit warming to 1.5°C. Key recommendations include sectoral targets for energy, transport, and industry, a phase-out of fossil fuels, the protection of 30% of global ecosystems by 2030, and the establishment of national loss and damage monitoring systems by 2030.

This policy brief by Transforma analyzes the electricity supply-demand balance in Colombia through 2038, specifically evaluating the impact of phasing out coal-fired thermal power plants. While the system currently has sufficient capacity, the report identifies potential deficits in 'firm energy' (reliable capacity during low hydrology) depending on the speed and sequence of the coal phase-out, emphasizing the need for accelerated renewable energy deployment and grid improvements.

This policy brief by Transforma analyzes the feasibility and requirements for Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile to contribute to the global goals of tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency rates by 2030, as established during COP 28. Using the EnergyScope modeling tool, the document evaluates various scenarios to determine the most cost-effective paths for each country to transition their electrical matrices while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This executive summary by Transforma analyzes the feasibility of meeting global targets to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030 in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile. The study finds that for Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, a literal tripling of 2022 capacity would exceed projected energy demand, whereas for Argentina, it could meet demand but is deemed unfeasible due to the extreme infrastructure and market shifts required to move from a 37.4% to a 90% renewable share in six years.

This briefing by Transforma presents a set of simplified negotiation options for the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG). The document reorganizes various elements from the Ad-Hoc Work Programme (AHWP) and inputs from groups such as AOSIS and LDCs into a structured framework to assist stakeholders during negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan.

This briefing by Transforma presents a proposal to simplify the negotiation options for the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance under the Paris Agreement. The authors condense 44 existing negotiation options, categorized into 10 elements by the Co-Chairs of the Ad-Hoc Work Programme (AHWP), into a more direct framework to assist stakeholders as negotiations resume in the second quarter of 2024.

The 'Guía de Ambición 2024' by Transforma is a guide designed to help the public understand the key instruments of the Paris Agreement used to combat climate change. It describes a 'mechanism of ambition' consisting of long-term strategies, medium-term national climate commitments, and biennial transparency reports, all aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and climate resilience by 2050.

This briefing provides recommendations to enhance synergies between climate and biodiversity international agendas, specifically targeting the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UNFCCC COP29, and COP30. It identifies five key opportunities: improving monitoring indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), aligning national biodiversity and climate plans, increasing collaboration between scientific bodies (IPBES and IPCC), establishing a joint work program among the Rio Conventions, and formalizing the role of CBD Action Agenda High-Level Champions.

This research paper analyzes whether the financial target model of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) can be applied to the UNFCCC's New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance. The authors argue that the current USD 100 billion goal is insufficient and poorly structured, noting that developing countries' needs reach up to USD 6 trillion annually. They recommend a multi-layered NCQG approach that includes a core public finance target, private finance mobilization, and the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies (which totaled USD 7 trillion in 2022). The paper also suggests a 10-year staggered timeframe and updates to the Enhanced Transparency Framework to include Loss and Damage and non-State actor contributions.

This policy brief, produced by Transforma and WWF, outlines the climate adaptation challenges and opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil. It emphasizes the need to scale adaptation financing, integrate biodiversity and human rights into national planning, and leverage Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) to build resilience in a region that is the second most exposed to climate change globally.

This policy brief, produced by Transforma and WWF, analyzes the structural barriers to climate and biodiversity financing in Latin America and the Caribbean. It argues that current global financial flows are insufficient, poorly distributed, and lack the accessibility needed to support vulnerable communities and nature-based solutions. The document proposes a shift toward 'just financing' that prioritizes quality, accessibility, and the alignment of national fiscal policies with environmental goals ahead of COP30.

This policy brief, produced by Transforma and WWF, advocates for increased policy coherence and synergies between the three Rio Conventions (Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Desertification) ahead of COP30 in Belém do Pará, Brazil. It emphasizes that integrating national plans for climate mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity is essential for efficient resource use and effective environmental governance, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This policy brief, produced by Transforma and WWF, analyzes the challenges and opportunities for a Just Energy Transition (JET) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It argues that the region must move beyond simple decarbonization toward a socio-ecological transition that addresses structural inequalities, fiscal dependence on fossil fuels, and the protection of biodiversity and human rights, particularly in the context of the upcoming COP30 in Brazil.

This report by Transforma evaluates the implementation of Colombian national policies aimed at integrating non-conventional renewable energy sources (FNCER) and phasing out fossil fuels in electricity generation. Using the 'Implementation Check' methodology from Climate Transparency, the document analyzes key legislation, including Law 1715 of 2014 and Law 2169 of 2021, finding that while legal frameworks are strong, overall implementation is rated as 'medium' due to gaps in execution, social conflicts, and a lack of alignment between international commitments and national plans.

This policy brief by Transforma and Power Shift Africa outlines a framework for a Just Energy Transition (JET) in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. It advocates for a total phase-out of fossil fuels by 2040, emphasizing that the transition must be a comprehensive social, economic, and environmental transformation. The document highlights the need for grant-based financing from developed nations, the sustainable management of transition minerals, and the prioritization of energy access and social justice to address historical inequalities and the disproportionate impact of climate change on the Global South.