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This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) assesses the landscape of climate-aligned investment within Indonesia's financial sector from 2015 to 2021. It identifies a significant funding gap to meet the country's 2030 Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, noting that government budgets and the financial sector combined cover only a portion of the required investment. The document analyzes the roles of public and private financial institutions, sectoral investment trends—particularly in land use and power—and the impact of policy signals like the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM).

A fact sheet by Ember and Initiative Klimaneutrales Deutschland analyzing the untapped wind energy potential in Bavaria, Germany, and the impact of distance regulations on the region's energy transition and gas dependency.

A December 2023 briefing by Global Energy Monitor reporting on the global expansion of gas transmission pipelines, highlighting that Asia accounts for over 80% of current construction costs and length.

This report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the Global Resilience Partnership, and USAID outlines the business case for private sector investment in climate adaptation and resilience. It identifies three primary opportunities: 'Protecting' existing assets and supply chains, 'Growing' the market for adaptation solutions, and 'Participating' in public sector implementation. The analysis emphasizes that adaptation is no longer a theoretical risk but a business imperative, particularly in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), where investments often yield high benefit-to-cost ratios.

This insights brief by the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA) examines the role of urban informality in building equitable resilience in cities across southern Africa and the Global South. It argues that while informality is often invisible or viewed as a challenge, it provides critical services, livelihoods, and innovation that can enhance urban resilience if harnessed through inclusive governance and partnerships.

This briefing describes the integration of the Photovoice methodology into a post-graduate psychology programme at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. The project aimed to enable students to document and investigate community resilience from their own perspectives, contributing to a broader effort by the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA) to conceptualize 'equitable resilience' within the Global South.

This guidance note, published by the Global Resilience Partnership in December 2023, examines 24 marginal, small-scale initiatives termed "Seeds" within African food systems. The document analyzes how these initiatives contribute to equity and sustainability, the barriers they encounter, and how development partners can better support them to achieve systemic transformation.

The National State of the Environment Report: Uzbekistan (2023) provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental trends, socio-economic drivers, and policy responses in Uzbekistan. Using the DPSIR framework, the report details critical challenges including severe water scarcity, land degradation, atmospheric pollution, and the ongoing Aral Sea crisis, while highlighting progress in renewable energy, afforestation, and public health.

The National Report on the State of the Environment: Uzbekistan (2023) provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental trends in the context of the country's socio-economic development. Using the Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) framework, the report analyzes critical issues including climate change, water scarcity, land degradation, air pollution, and the ongoing Aral Sea crisis. It highlights the tension between rapid economic and population growth and the sustainability of natural resources, while detailing national strategies and international partnerships aimed at achieving a 'green' transition by 2030.

This 2023 report, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development on behalf of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of the environment in Uzbekistan. Using the Drivers-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) framework, the document analyzes trends in air quality, water resources, land degradation, biodiversity, and climate change from 2012 to 2022. It highlights the critical impact of the Aral Sea crisis, the challenges of water scarcity in agriculture, and the government's strategic responses, including the 'Green Space' initiative and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% relative to 2010 levels by 2030.

The December 2023/January 2024 edition of the Peace & Security Council Report evaluates the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) performance in 2023, highlighting a trend toward discussing thematic issues over sensitive country crises. It examines the challenges of consensus-based decision-making, the upcoming 2024 AU chairship and PSC membership elections, and the potential impact of the UN's New Agenda for Peace on African security architecture.

The RMI Aluminum GHG Emissions Reporting Guidance (2023) provides a standardized framework for aluminum producers to report product-level greenhouse gas emissions. It introduces fixed system boundaries—a benchmarking boundary (mine-to-cast house) and a full boundary (cradle-to-gate)—to ensure comparability across different levels of vertical integration. The guide mandates the reporting of specific metrics, including emissions intensity and scrap-based content, while strongly advocating for the use of primary data to accurately reflect climate performance and incentivize decarbonization.

This RMI report analyzes the barriers and gaps associated with 'stacking' (combining) federal, state, and local financial incentives for residential clean energy retrofits in the US. It identifies significant complexities in application processes, unclear guidance on the order of funding, and critical funding gaps for health and safety repairs and pre-electrification upgrades. The report provides a framework for program administrators to improve accessibility, particularly for low-income households, to ensure the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other funds effectively drive decarbonization.

This report by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) analyzes the potential for climate finance to advance the electrification and climate-proofing of healthcare facilities in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. It establishes a climate rationale for investing in low-carbon and resilient technologies, quantifies potential GHG emissions and cost savings, and maps the landscape of available climate finance sources and the barriers to accessing them.

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) describes a new PlugIn for the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) software, developed in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The tool calculates water stress disaggregated by catchment area and sub-basin, assisting countries in meeting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 6.4.2.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes climate change risks and adaptation strategies for eight nature-based value chains in four arid and semi-arid counties of Kenya: Narok, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, and Turkana. Using the VC-ARID methodology, the study identifies how rising temperatures and erratic rainfall impact production, processing, and marketing of products such as livestock, fodder, honey, and aloe. It emphasizes the need for transformative adaptation, including the integration of traditional knowledge with modern technology, the strengthening of cooperatives, and the involvement of the private sector to build resilience against frequent droughts and floods.

This report examines the inclusion of producers—including farmers, farm workers, and factory workers—within the governance systems of six voluntary sustainability standard-setting organizations (VSSSOs) in the agricultural sector, focusing on representation, participation, transparency, and subsidiarity.

This document introduces a set of case studies designed to help adaptation practitioners and planners ensure that nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation deliver measurable biodiversity co-benefits and support community livelihoods.

This briefing, submitted by Natural Justice and the Environmental Lawyers Collective for Africa (E.L.C.A), provides commentary on a zero draft study by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) regarding the impact of climate change on human and people's rights in Africa. The document evaluates the study's identification of vulnerable groups and rights, critiques its approach to corporate accountability and extractive industries, and offers recommendations to strengthen the protection of indigenous peoples, children, and the environment through legal and monitoring frameworks.

This report examines carbon neutrality practices within the steel, cement, petrochemicals/chemicals, and aluminum industries globally and in China, introducing the Performance-Target-Action-Management (PTAM) framework to assess decarbonization efforts and providing six strategic recommendations for Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs).