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The Costs and Emissions Appraisal Tool for Transit Buses allows users to compare the costs and emissions of two bus fleets, each containing up to three bus types. The tool supports custom data input for specific cities or countries, while providing default data for Brazil and the United States.

The Science-based Targets for Faith (SBTF) guidance helps Faith-based Organizations (FBOs) reduce operational emissions from energy, mobility, heating, and cooling. It outlines a process for compiling emissions inventories, setting science-based targets, and striving for net zero emissions by 2050, leveraging the significant global footprint of FBO assets like places of worship, schools, and healthcare facilities.

The guidelines serve as a supplement to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting, offering a program-neutral framework for project developers and program designers to account for GHG reductions and derive marginal grid emission factors.

The document argues that while the actual risks of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) are low, public perception of these risks significantly influences the development of policy and regulatory frameworks. To build public acceptability, the author recommends the implementation of large, well-managed demonstration projects, the promotion of robust industry standards and regulations, and the creation of interactive public education and outreach programs.

The document proposes a U.S. carbon tax strategy designed to replace taxes on productive resources like capital and labor with pollution taxes. The authors suggest a framework that returns revenues to the economy through other tax reductions, provides compensation to affected households or regions, and prioritizes cost-effective emission reductions.

The document argues that U.S. agricultural producers can benefit from proposed climate policies provided they actively engage in the policy dialogue. It serves as the first of two Farm Bill Policy Notes aimed at identifying opportunities for the industry to participate in climate discussions during a period of high public awareness of climate change.

The document introduces the green economy model (GEM) as a response to the analytical and knowledge gaps that hinder national climate ambition. The GEM is intended to improve the understanding of climate and socioeconomic linkages, provide decision-makers with policy development tools, and build technical capacity for low-carbon policymaking.

The document argues that Jamaica's coral reefs provide critical economic benefits through tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection, but these services are threatened by local pollution, overfishing, and global climate change. It advocates for the use of economic valuation to inform policy and emphasizes the need for sustainable fishing and coastal management to prevent economic losses from reef degradation.

The policy brief emphasizes that for the rural poor, lack of resource rights and market access are often greater drivers of vulnerability than climate change itself. It advocates for a shift in adaptation funding toward creating an enabling environment through national-level tenure and regulatory reforms, the strengthening of local governance institutions, and the establishment of governance metrics.

The document outlines various design features of cap-and-trade programs intended to manage compliance costs and price volatility. It details the roles of compliance period lengths, carbon offsets, banking and borrowing of allowances, and price-stabilization tools such as price floors, price caps, and allowance auction reserves. The text emphasizes the balance between reducing economic burdens for companies and maintaining the environmental integrity of emissions caps.

The document highlights the global investment in battery research and development to lower costs and improve performance, specifically focusing on the current state of EV battery technologies and research in India.

The study finds that while faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Rwanda are deeply integrated into the food system—managing 75% of schools and 30% of health facilities—most lack formal food loss and waste (FLW) reduction programs. Key barriers include limited resources, knowledge, and skills. The paper argues that FBOs can be powerful agents of change for food security and climate resilience if supported through targeted capacity building, funding, and policy integration.

The document argues that COVID-19 recovery plans provide a unique opportunity to invest in climate-resilient infrastructure and low-carbon power sector transitions to prevent an emissions rebound and meet 2030 targets.

The paper examines data management systems for national GHG inventories based on surveys from six developed (Annex I) and four developing (non-Annex I) Parties. It identifies critical capacity challenges for non-Annex I Parties and outlines design principles for effective systems, emphasizing the importance of clear reporting objectives, institutional arrangements, and sustainable funding.

The analysis finds that pursuing a net zero emissions pathway by 2050 in Ethiopia would increase the average real annual GDP growth rate by 1.4 percent relative to a business-as-usual scenario. While the NZE pathway requires an additional US$66.98 billion in cumulative investment costs by 2050, it is projected to generate $111 billion in cumulative co-benefits through increased real GDP and avoid $89 billion in costs, primarily in energy. Social co-benefits include an average of 672,000 additional green jobs and significant increases in disposable incomes (10.5 percent by 2030 and 53.1 percent by 2050). The benefit-cost ratio for investments in mitigation and adaptation is estimated to rise from 1.04 in 2030 to 2.99 by 2050.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) evaluated a sample of World Bank projects approved from January 2012 to June 2013 to determine if they incorporated sustainable development and governance principles. The analysis found significant gaps in climate risk and emissions assessments, though most projects conducted environmental and social assessments. While many projects targeted vulnerable populations, only half demonstrated specific benefits for them. Additionally, less than half of the projects were strategically aligned with long-term sustainable development plans.

The document outlines five primary concerns raised by local and indigenous communities in Cameroon and the DRC regarding the implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), emphasizing that a lack of such perspectives may hinder the development of effective measures in the Congo Basin.

WRI analysis indicates that Colorado can reduce its power sector CO2 emissions by 29 percent below 2011 levels by 2020 using existing policies and infrastructure. This would meet or exceed moderately ambitious EPA standards, which WRI estimates would require reductions between 28 and 37 percent. Key opportunities include meeting renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, increasing the use of combined heat and power (CHP), maximizing the capacity of natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants, and improving coal plant efficiency.

The document outlines a framework for estimating publicly mobilized private finance for low-carbon, climate resilient (LCR) economies, focusing on the technical complexities and trade-offs involved in these measurements to improve the MRV architecture of international climate finance.

Wisconsin can achieve 63 percent of its Clean Power Plan (CPP) emission reductions by continuing the Focus on Energy program, maintaining its renewable portfolio standard, and improving the efficiency of natural gas and coal plants. To close the remaining gap and exceed targets, the state could increase efficiency targets to 2.5 percent by 2025 and renewable generation to 30 percent by 2030. The document argues that adopting a market-based carbon pricing program could generate over $100 million annually from out-of-state sources between 2022 and 2030 if allowances trade at $10 per short ton. Additionally, investments in energy efficiency via Focus on Energy provided a 3:1 benefit ratio from 2011-14, saving homes and businesses $1.7 billion.