Search Climate Insights Directory

This briefing paper by Trend Asia discusses the impact of climate disasters in Indonesia and criticizes the government's energy planning documents—the National Electricity General Plan (RUKN) 2025-2060 and the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) 2025-2034—for continuing reliance on fossil fuels and 'false solutions' like biomass co-firing. It details legal challenges filed by a coalition of civil society organizations and affected citizens against these plans in the Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN Jakarta).

A social audit report by Transparency International Indonesia and Hipermata on the development of the 3,500-hectare Takalar Industrial Area (KITA) in South Sulawesi. The report finds that the project, managed by PT Kawasan Industri Tiran (owned by the family of Amran Sulaiman), lacks transparency and public participation, violating FPIC principles. It highlights significant risks to the livelihoods of seaweed farmers and fishermen in Laikang Village, the exclusion of women from consultations, and a history of land-related corruption in the region. Despite being removed from the National Strategic Project (PSN) list, field activities continue, prompting organized community resistance.

This WRI research paper analyzes the vertical integration of climate adaptation in Indonesia, Brazil, and India. It identifies fragmented governance, capacity gaps, and financing shortages as primary barriers to coordinating national and sub-national efforts. The study recommends improving cross-sectoral accountability, enhancing official capacity, harmonizing risk data, and ensuring traceable financial flows to enable more effective, locally led climate resilience.

This fact sheet from the World Resources Institute outlines the current state of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, emphasizing the United States' leadership in research, development, and deployment (RD&D). It details various technological and nature-based approaches to removing CO2 from the atmosphere and the specific U.S. policy mechanisms, such as tax credits and funding programs, used to scale these innovations.

This fact sheet from the World Resources Institute outlines strategies for modernizing the United States industrial sector to maintain global competitiveness through decarbonization and technological innovation across cement, steel, chemicals, and hydrogen production.

This report, commissioned by UNDP South Africa and published by WWF South Africa, provides a roadmap for implementing Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) to help South Africa meet the Global Biodiversity Framework's '30x30' target. It identifies potential marine OECM mechanisms, assesses their biodiversity value and area-based contributions, estimates recognition costs, and proposes a structured national framework for identification, assessment, and reporting.

This fact sheet by WWF South Africa describes the 'Ecochamps' initiative in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, as a model for using community champions to bridge the gap between rural residents, NGOs, government, and researchers. It highlights how upskilling local youth to facilitate the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus can improve natural resource management, citizen science, and social cohesion.

This fact sheet from WWF South Africa describes the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus project, focusing on the use of 'knowledge festivals' and 'community champions' to integrate local decision-making into national frameworks for natural resource management in rural South Africa.

The "One Food: A Toolkit for Farmers" is a guide published by WWF South Africa that introduces the One Food concept, a holistic approach integrating human, animal, and environmental health to create sustainable, climate-resilient food systems. The toolkit provides practical advice for livestock and crop farmers to protect biodiversity, manage resources like water and soil, and mitigate the impacts of climate change through agroecology and rangeland management.

The WWF-SASSI Retailer/Supplier Participation Scheme (RSPS) Report 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative. It evaluates the progress of major South African seafood retailers and suppliers in sourcing sustainable seafood, tracks consumer awareness trends, and outlines a three-phase strategic plan to establish a collaborative industry collective by 2025 to ensure responsibly sourced seafood becomes the market default.

This publication describes a protocol used to analyze CGIAR climate adaptation research conducted between 2012 and 2023. The protocol aims to address the lack of comprehensive research on the effectiveness of global adaptation policies by categorizing a decade of research by topic and evaluating whether the examined adaptation actions achieved their intended goals or benefits.

This research paper by Global Energy Monitor analyzes India's steel industry, arguing that its current strategy of expanding coal-based capacity before implementing decarbonization—a "build now, decarbonize later" approach—risks creating massive stranded assets and locking in high emissions. The document details the industry's heavy reliance on blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) and coal-based direct reduced iron (DRI) production, while evaluating the potential and limitations of green hydrogen, scrap-based production, and renewable energy integration to meet India's 2070 net-zero goal.

This document is a section of the Congressional Record from December 20, 2024, containing several Senate statements. One statement by Senator Van Hollen commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), highlighting its role in providing nonpartisan, science-based information to Congress on energy, environment, and climate issues.

This research paper examines the methods for emissions accounting, target setting, and disclosure within Canada's agricultural portfolios, highlighting the role of financial institutions in supporting the transition to net-zero emissions.

A roadmap developed by RMI and The Bezos Earth Fund outlining goals and requirements for scaling technological greenhouse gas removal (GHGR) by 2050.

This research paper analyzes China's role as the dominant economy within the expanded BRICS bloc, arguing that China uses the alliance to reshape global power dynamics and counter Western influence. While the bloc has achieved significant milestones through the New Development Bank and advocacy for climate justice and 'de-dollarization', it faces internal instability. Key challenges include the territorial and geopolitical rivalry between China and India, as well as the regional friction between new members Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) 2024 End of Year Letter outlines the organization's strategic direction for 2024-2029, highlighting its focus on locally-led innovation, private sector engagement through the PREPARE initiative, and the launch of data-democratization tools via the Resilient Planet Initiative.

This report uses the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) tool to evaluate the 'One School, 5 Hectares of Forest' initiative in Côte d'Ivoire, specifically focusing on a 5-hectare project at the Collège moderne de Bougousso. The assessment compares Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) against grey infrastructure and business-as-usual scenarios, finding that reforestation provides superior cost-effectiveness and diverse socio-economic benefits.

This report by RMI outlines the economic and environmental advantages of adopting limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) as a strategy for decarbonizing the cement industry.

This research paper examines how 'riskification' influences climate change adaptation (CCA) in four European cities, arguing that technocratic risk management often depoliticizes climate risks and obstructs transformative societal change.