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This white paper by civil society organizations analyzes the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in Indonesia. It outlines the structure of the JETP through five working groups (Technical, Policy, Financing, Just Transition, and Electrification & Energy Efficiency) and their respective mandates. The document also identifies specific coal-fired power plants (PLTU) across various Indonesian provinces, such as Banten, East Java, and South Kalimantan, as part of the energy landscape being addressed.

This document consists of the independent auditors' reports for the World Resources Institute (WRI) and its subsidiaries for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2023, and 2022. The reports, conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, provide an unmodified opinion on the consolidated financial statements and compliance with major federal programs, while identifying a significant deficiency in the internal controls used to prepare the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA).

This fact sheet describes mass timber as a class of engineered wood building materials that offers a lower carbon footprint and potential cost-competitiveness compared to steel and concrete. It outlines the environmental benefits, construction advantages, and the current state of mass timber adoption and policy support in the United States.

This analysis by the NAP Global Network emphasizes the importance of progress reporting in National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. It argues that reporting facilitates a "learn-by-doing" approach to monitoring and evaluation, enhances transparency and accountability, and supports the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Despite these benefits, the report notes that few countries currently track NAP progress due to resource and capacity constraints.

This policy brief analyzes consumption-based emission estimation in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. It highlights that while territorial tracking is standard, consumption-based approaches are necessary to address embodied emissions from global supply chains and food production. Key barriers include data collection challenges and a lack of detailed guidance in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for cities (GPC).

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) submitted a statement to the Human Rights Council on September 28, 2023, arguing that geoengineering technologies are incompatible with human rights and should not be deployed or developed.

This briefing by RMI discusses the launch of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in Indonesia and provides lessons on decarbonizing the electricity system through a model that analyzes coal-generating units in the Java-Bali grid.

This policy brief examines the role of international cooperation on standards in the effort to end global plastic pollution, specifically in the context of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) and the WTO's Dialogue on Plastics Pollution (DPP).

This case study examines how Gogoro transitioned from a stealth startup to a global leader in light electric vehicle (EV) battery swapping by employing an 'emergence strategy.' The company focused on the two-wheeled urban scooter market, utilizing a combination of technical innovation, open battery standards, and diverse business models to scale rapidly across multiple countries.

This research paper evaluates the effectiveness of various machine learning and deep learning models in predicting agricultural drought indicators, specifically soil moisture and the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), across Sweden.

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) provided formal submissions on the Draft National Appeal Regulations 2023 under the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), 1998. The CER argues that several proposed regulations create barriers to public participation, violate principles of administrative justice, and are inconsistent with existing NEMA provisions, particularly regarding appeal timeframes and the use of standardized forms.

This report by RMI outlines a strategic framework—focused on competitiveness, constraints, and coordination—to accelerate energy transition investment in the Great Lakes region. It argues that while the region possesses significant industrial legacies and innovation assets, it faces structural hurdles such as slow population growth, labor shortages, and a lack of cohesive industrial strategies. The document proposes that states move beyond simple investment attraction toward coordinated industrial policies, leveraging federal incentives from the IRA, IIJA, and CHIPS Act to build regional clusters in sectors like EV batteries, low-carbon steel, and sustainable fuels.

This briefing by RMI analyzes the potential for transitioning the Great Lakes region's steel industry to near-zero-emissions production. It identifies a gap between aggressive federal incentives—such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—and the lack of coordinated, steel-specific industrial strategies at the state level. The report evaluates three primary decarbonization pathways: Blast furnace–basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) with carbon capture and storage (CCS), natural gas direct reduced iron (DRI) with CCS, and renewable hydrogen-based DRI, noting that hydrogen DRI offers the lowest emissions intensity and most competitive levelized costs when subsidies are included. It emphasizes the region's economic importance, as the Great Lakes house all of the US's integrated steel mills and two-thirds of the nation's steelworkers, while warning that failure to modernize could lead to a loss of competitiveness and jobs to other regions or international markets.

This policy brief by RMI examines the potential for the Great Lakes region of the United States to become a globally competitive hub for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It analyzes the region's strengths in feedstock availability, existing ethanol infrastructure, and logistics, while identifying a significant gap in coordinated state-level industrial policy to support the SAF value chain.

This briefing by RMI analyzes the potential for the Great Lakes region to lead the electric vehicle (EV) and battery supply chain. While the region possesses historical automotive strengths and significant R&D capacity, it faces competition from the 'Battery Belt' in the Deep South and gaps in state-level industrial policies. The document outlines the four stages of the supply chain—upstream, midstream, downstream, and reuse/recycling—and provides a gap analysis of regional policies compared to federal initiatives, urging Great Lakes states to coordinate on strategic coordination, production incentives, and end-of-life regulations to maintain competitiveness.

This research paper analyzes land-based mitigation technologies and practices (LMTs), providing a classification of these tools and an analysis of the barriers preventing their large-scale adoption and scaling.

This research paper examines the perspectives of demand-side actors in globalized supply chains for forest-risk commodities, identifying barriers to sustainability progress and the role of civil society pressure and certification.

An open letter from Indonesian and international civil society organisations (CSOs) urges the global fashion industry to reject biomass as a 'low carbon' alternative to fossil fuels. The CSOs argue that biomass is a 'false solution' that drives deforestation, threatens biodiversity in the Leuser Ecosystem, and violates the rights of Indigenous peoples, while producing more CO2 per kilowatt hour than coal.

An open letter from Indonesian civil society organizations and international think tanks urging global fashion brands to abandon biomass as a fuel source in their supply chains, arguing that it is a 'false solution' that drives deforestation and undermines the transition to truly clean energy like solar and wind.

This briefing from the Center for International Environmental Law argues that current and projected growth in plastic production is incompatible with global climate goals, specifically the 1.5°C warming limit. It asserts that a global plastics treaty must include ambitious obligations to reduce production, as the Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions are insufficient to address the climate impacts of plastics.