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This policy brief by Zero Carbon Analytics explores the establishment of comprehensive loss and damage facilities at the national level for African countries to address climate-induced economic and non-economic losses. It distinguishes between avoidable, unavoided, and unavoidable risks, proposing a framework that combines risk finance (e.g., insurance, bonds) and curative finance (e.g., trust funds, impact investments) to build resilience and provide compensation.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics evaluates the role of biogas and biomethane in the energy transition, arguing that their use should be limited to hard-to-abate sectors. The document highlights that biogas only addresses a minority of agricultural emissions, faces significant economic challenges requiring subsidies, and carries risks related to fugitive emissions and safety.

This document describes the approach and methodology used for a special report titled "Impact of COVID-19 in Africa: A scenario analysis to 2030 (July 2020)". It outlines the use of the International Futures (IFs) forecasting platform to model three scenarios against a pre-pandemic baseline, focusing on economic growth, poverty, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets through 2030.

This policy brief argues for the mainstreaming of climate change into Africa's development strategy through green industrialization, renewable energy, and multilateral engagement to ensure a more inclusive global dialogue on trade and climate resilience.

This guide from the World Resources Institute explains buyer-led aggregated procurement of renewable energy for local governments in the United States, detailing the benefits, challenges, and strategies for successful implementation to advance decarbonization goals.

A statement by the Life After Coal (LAC) campaign—comprising the Centre for Environmental Rights, Earthlife Africa, and groundWork—urging the South African government to lead at COP27 by supporting climate-vulnerable nations and accelerating a domestic Just Transition away from fossil fuels.

A letter from the Competition Bureau's Cartels and Deceptive Marketing Practices Branch notifying the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment that an inquiry has been commenced into the Canadian Gas Association's representations regarding natural gas.

This brief report by the Climate Policy Initiative presents preliminary findings from a study on global climate finance for agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and fisheries (AFOLU). It highlights a significant funding gap, noting that AFOLU receives only a small fraction of total climate finance despite the sectors' high emissions and economic importance, particularly in low-income countries.

This report by RMI outlines the economic, environmental, and strategic case for transitioning India's trucking sector to zero-emissions trucks (ZETs), specifically battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles. It details the potential for significant cost savings, emission reductions, and the policy and infrastructure requirements needed to establish India as a global clean freight leader.

This report outlines the objectives of a community of practice on African climate finance, convened by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB), to identify adaptation finance priorities for the COP27 conference in Egypt.

This policy brief by the African Center for Economic Transformation outlines the significant climate finance gap facing Africa and proposes six priorities for the continent at COP27, including immediate technical assistance and long-term financial commitments.

A joint briefing by six human rights and climate justice organizations released at COP27, providing recommendations to policymakers to protect land and environmental defenders and ensure the safe participation of civil society in COP conferences.

This report by RMI describes how power sector leaders are utilizing fossil fuel transition strategies to advance global energy transformation, focusing on innovation, emerging trends, and case studies to minimize new gas build-out and transition coal fleets.

This introductory text for RMI's 'Global Energy Transformation Guide: Market Structures' explains how the design of electricity markets influences resource utilization and pricing. It notes that maturing markets are currently favoring renewables over coal and are evolving to maintain reliability as variable and distributed energy resources increase. The full report aims to provide data, trends, and case studies on leveraging market structures to achieve energy transition priorities.

H2 Energy Sdn Bhd installed a 2.88 kWp solar-powered hydrogen system at the Long Loyang Clinic in Sarawak, Malaysia, on 8 August 2022. The system provides 24/7 power for essential medical services, replacing an unreliable diesel supply, and is estimated to avoid 6 tonnes of CO2 annually. H2 Energy is now scaling this technology for other rural clinics and settlements in Malaysia, as well as projects in Australia and Cambodia.

This report outlines a framework for a just transition away from large-scale meat production and consumption, specifically focusing on domestic meat markets in the Global North. It emphasizes the need for inclusive planning to protect vulnerable stakeholders and distribute costs and benefits evenly as policymakers implement regulatory and financial measures to reduce meat output.

This research paper introduces the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE), a transdisciplinary tool designed to combine human rights-based approaches (HRBA) and gender equality principles within disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA).

This report outlines pathways for a just transition in the meat sector, specifically focusing on national markets in the Global North. It argues that while a shift away from industrial meat production and high consumption is urgently needed for climate, health, and biodiversity reasons, such transitions must be planned inclusively to protect vulnerable stakeholders and ensure equitable distribution of costs and benefits.

This statement argues that climate-induced loss and damage is a human rights crisis, using the 2022 Pakistan floods as a primary example of systemic rights violations. The authors call on wealthy nations and corporate actors to accept responsibility and urge COP27 to implement rights-based solutions, including a public, grant-based Loss and Damage Finance Facility and the operationalization of the Warsaw International Mechanism and Santiago Network.

A statement by the Global Climate and Health Alliance calling for the integration of health metrics into climate action and the cessation of fossil fuel financing to protect public health, issued ahead of COP27.