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This case study describes SLAMDAM's development of SMART mobile flood barriers and AI-driven IT tools to mitigate the impacts of floods and droughts on communities, farms, and infrastructure across four continents.

A briefing note by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) calling for a moratorium on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) projects in British Columbia until a comprehensive, independent health impact assessment is conducted.

This briefing paper argues that the proposed United Nations Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) to regulate transnational corporations is a critical structural lever for achieving environmental justice. It contends that existing voluntary frameworks are inadequate to stop corporate-driven ecological destruction and that the LBI can transform the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (RtHE) into enforceable obligations, ensuring corporate liability and access to remedy across transnational value chains.

This briefing paper argues for the necessity of a legally binding United Nations instrument to regulate transnational corporations and other businesses as a structural lever for environmental justice. It contends that current voluntary frameworks are insufficient to ensure corporate accountability for ecological destruction and human rights violations, particularly in the Global South.

The Climate Bonds Initiative's Green Bond Dataset (GBD) methodology provides a science-based framework for screening labelled green bonds to determine their alignment with a low-carbon economy. By utilizing a modular ecosystem of core principles and a dynamic internal screening library, the GBD moves beyond issuer labels to provide diagnostic insights into environmental credibility, specifically targeting climate change mitigation and ecosystem protection while actively excluding activities that cause carbon lock-in.

The 'Sustainable Finance Global Market Trends 2025' report by the Climate Bonds Initiative analyzes the scale and composition of the global GSS+ (Green, Social, Sustainability, and Sustainability-Linked) bond market as of December 31, 2025. It highlights a cumulative issuance of 8.1 trillion USD, with 6.8 trillion USD meeting the organization's strict criteria. The report emphasizes the continued dominance of green bonds, the growth of sustainability bonds, and the emergence of adaptation and resilience (A&R) finance as a new frontier.

The Climate Bonds Core Methodology for Data Products (Version 1.0, March 2026) provides the shared analytical framework, screening logic, and data architecture for all thematic debt datasets produced by the Climate Bonds Initiative. It establishes a consistent, science-based system to classify labelled-debt instruments—including green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds—based on their credibility in contributing to environmental or social objectives.

The Climate Bonds Initiative's 2025 report details the state of the global aligned GSS+ (green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked) debt market, which reached a cumulative volume of USD 6.8 trillion by the end of 2025. The report highlights the continued dominance of green bonds, the growth of sustainability-labelled debt, and the emergence of adaptation and resilience (A&R) finance as a significant new frontier, exemplified by the launch of the Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT).

The summary of the 12th Meeting of the San Giorgio Group (SGG12), convened by the Climate Policy Initiative in March 2026, outlines a strategic framework to accelerate climate-development alignment. The meeting focused on moving from incremental interventions to systemic transformation by leveraging 'relevance, resilience, and resolve' to scale climate finance and improve country-level delivery.

This methodology appendix describes the linear regression models used to analyze PRONAF access among smallholder farmers in Brazil. Using 2017 Agricultural Census data, the research finds that cooperative membership and Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER) significantly increase the proportion of farmers accessing credit, while illiteracy had no significant effect.

This methodological appendix describes the quantitative models used to analyze access to the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) in Brazilian municipalities, using data from the 2017 Agricultural Census.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes barriers to accessing the National Program for Strengthening Family Agriculture (Pronaf) in Brazil. It identifies significant regional disparities in credit access, highlighting that technical assistance and rural extension (ATER) and membership in cooperatives are critical determinants for obtaining credit. The study emphasizes that while Pronaf is essential for financial resilience, it must be integrated with complementary public policies to enhance the productive and climate resilience of family farmers.

This report by Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-RIO) analyzes the financial architecture supporting agriculture in Brazil's Cerrado biome, with a specific focus on the MATOPIBA region. It evaluates the effectiveness of subsidized rural credit and emerging blended-finance instruments in aligning agricultural production with zero-deforestation and sustainability goals.

This executive summary by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes agricultural financing in the Cerrado biome and the Matopiba region. It finds that while financial flows are significant, the current architecture fails to align with sustainability and zero-deforestation goals due to high concentration among large producers and institutions, limited scale of sustainable credit, and insufficient territorial coverage.

This methodology brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) details a four-pathway framework for tracking capital mobilization resulting from its support of innovative climate finance vehicles. The approach distinguishes between direct mobilization (capital flowing to vehicles) and indirect mobilization (capital flowing to end investees), aiming to provide a comprehensive view of how upstream technical assistance and grants catalyze downstream investment in climate mitigation and adaptation within emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs).

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) examines the financial and institutional barriers preventing South African municipalities from accessing climate finance to support the just energy transition (JET). It highlights a significant gap where less than 10% of tracked climate finance reaches local governments, despite their critical role in electricity distribution and community resilience. The document analyzes current funding models, the impact of national policy frameworks, and provides recommendations to improve municipal creditworthiness and project bankability.

This policy brief analyzes the July 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, specifically focusing on how it transforms climate change adaptation from a voluntary domestic policy choice into a legally binding international obligation.

This IISD briefing analyzes a July 2025 ICJ advisory opinion which establishes that climate adaptation is a binding legal obligation for states under international law, rather than a voluntary national choice. It details the procedural and substantive requirements for states, the application of a 'due diligence' standard for compliance, the binding obligation of developed nations to provide adaptation finance to developing countries, and the critical link between adaptation and the protection of fundamental human rights.

This briefing by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the implications of the July 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). The document focuses on the ICJ's ruling that EIAs for fossil fuel extraction projects must now account for end-use emissions from the combustion of the extracted fuels, moving beyond previous focuses on operational emissions.

This briefing by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) analyzes the implications of a July 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change, specifically regarding Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). The document highlights the ICJ's ruling that EIAs for fossil fuel extraction projects must now account for end-use emissions (Scope 3, category 11), moving beyond just the emissions from extraction activities. It examines national and regional legal precedents, the subsequent influence on courts such as the European Court of Human Rights, and provides recommendations for states to update their legislation to mitigate legal risks.