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This report introduces the Industrial Zero Emissions Calculator (IZEC), an open-source Excel tool designed to help stakeholders model and visualize the resource requirements—including electricity, hydrogen, bioenergy, and carbon capture and storage (CCS)—needed to fully decarbonize the industrial sector across five global regions.

This briefing by Global Energy Monitor analyzes China's rapid expansion of nuclear power capacity, noting that China is building nearly half of the world's new nuclear power. While the country is positioned to become the world's second-largest nuclear fleet, overtaking France, its progress is tempered by a long-standing moratorium on inland nuclear plants and a massive volume of cancelled projects.

This IISD guidebook provides a framework for integrating climate adaptation planning into Manitoba's Integrated Watershed Management Plans (IWMPs). It outlines a five-stage adaptation process—getting started, assessing risk, identifying actions, implementing, and monitoring—and maps these onto the existing IWMP stages. The guide introduces a risk matrix for prioritizing hazards based on likelihood and severity and offers a menu of climate-resilient actions, such as wetland restoration and riparian management, to enhance the resilience of natural and human systems against floods, droughts, and extreme heat.

This technical brief provides a comprehensive checklist for practitioners to design and implement Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation. It integrates standards from the IUCN, CBD, and FEBA, emphasizing that effective projects must combine climate risk assessments with biodiversity co-benefits, gender-responsive and socially inclusive governance, and conflict-sensitive planning.

This methodological note describes a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment conducted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for a proposed mass rapid transit (MRT) system in Pampanga, Philippines. The document outlines the SAVi framework, which integrates system dynamics, multi-criteria analysis, and project finance modelling to evaluate the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the project compared to a 'no action' scenario.

This policy brief recommends that the Canadian government implement the Sustainable Jobs Act through joint governance, flexible definitions of sustainable employment, and increased Indigenous equity and ownership in clean energy. It emphasizes that for the energy transition to be just, it must advance Indigenous self-determination and provide comprehensive wrap-around supports for workforce development.

This report from the Institute for Security Studies analyzes the activities and structural challenges of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC). It evaluates the performance of the fifth Panel of the Wise, the coordination between the PSC and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the resurgence of mercenarism in Africa, and the underutilization of policing in peace support operations. Additionally, it outlines the priorities of Cameroon during its chairship of the PSC.

This briefing by RMI estimates the climate impacts of the transmission provisions within the draft Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (EPRA). The analysis finds that the EPRA, in conjunction with FERC Order 1920, would significantly accelerate the expansion of regional and interregional transmission, enabling the deployment of clean energy to meet growing load and displace fossil fuel generation. In a central scenario, the EPRA is estimated to reduce cumulative US grid emissions by 6.5 Gt CO2 equivalent through 2050.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines strategies for a just transition to a fossil-free transport system in Sweden. It identifies the socio-economic and geographic groups most at risk of negative impacts—particularly those in low-population density areas—and proposes a policy framework to ensure equity and political acceptance.

This briefing note by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS) analyzes contributions from Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) members regarding the protection of human health within a proposed international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. It focuses on the work of two ad hoc intersessional open-ended expert groups meeting in Bangkok in August 2024 to inform the final negotiation session (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, in November 2024.

This report by the Africa Policy Research Institute maps the methane mitigation landscape in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. It identifies a funding gap of US$1.5 billion needed by 2030, analyzes the alignment of national policies with global goals, and outlines the roles of various stakeholders and the challenges hindering emission reductions.

An open letter from 80 organizations, including the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, urging Canadian political leaders to take urgent climate action and regulate the oil and gas industry following the Jasper wildfire.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative examines the role of community-based renewable energy (RE) mini-grids in providing electricity to remote areas of Eastern Indonesia. Through four case studies in East Nusa Tenggara and East Kalimantan, the report identifies community ownership and consensus as critical factors for the success and sustainability of decentralized RE projects, contrasting these with the significant lack of private sector interest due to high costs and perceived risks.

This report by the Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) Global Resource Centre evaluates the economic and environmental potential of nature-based and hybrid green-grey infrastructure to mitigate flooding and water pollution in the canals of Kochi, India, specifically focusing on a pilot project for the Pandarachirathodu Canal.

This report analyzes national monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for climate adaptation in Canada, France, Kenya, Namibia, Peru, Somalia, Tonga, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. It finds that while monitoring has improved since 2014—with Kenya establishing legal frameworks and others strengthening NAP processes—evaluation and learning remain underdeveloped. Additionally, the systematic integration of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) is lacking, despite examples from Kenya and Vietnam. The report emphasizes the link between these national systems and global UNFCCC processes, such as the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience.

This briefing by RMI argues that battery energy storage systems (BESS) are a cleaner, more flexible, and often more cost-effective alternative to fossil fuel resources for maintaining electric grid reliability. It details how batteries can manage variable renewable energy, provide critical stability services, and support grid restoration, while urging utilities to adopt all-source procurement processes to identify the most cost-optimal reliability solutions.

This case study describes the Kham River Restoration Initiative in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India. The project transformed a polluted seasonal river, previously used as a dumping ground, into a community asset through a combination of waste management infrastructure, ecological restoration, and community engagement. The initiative is notable for establishing the first Urban River Management Plan for a seasonal river in India.

In the first half of 2024, wind and solar power generated 30% of the European Union's electricity, surpassing fossil fuels (27%) for the first time. This shift occurred despite a 0.7% rebound in electricity demand, driven by structural capacity growth and favorable weather conditions, leading to a 17% decline in fossil fuel generation and a 31% drop in power sector emissions compared to the first half of 2022.

This briefing, authored by Dr. Tanya Petach of the Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI), examines the drivers of declining lake and reservoir water storage globally. It highlights the distinction between anthropogenic causes, such as unsustainable water consumption, and climate-driven factors, such as increased evaporation and changing precipitation patterns, to argue for targeted policy interventions and adaptive management strategies to prevent urban 'Day Zero' scenarios.

This report analyzes the proposed United Kingdom Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), comparing its design and implementation to the European Union's CBAM and evaluating its potential impacts on industries, trading partners, and developing nations.