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This report quantifies the economic costs of eight common single-use plastic items in Canada, affecting waste management, wastewater infrastructure, and ecosystems. It highlights a critical lack of item-level data and recommends incorporating volumetric measurements into waste audits. To assist municipalities in evidence-based policy making, the report introduces a Plastic Waste Cost Calculator for estimating and comparing costs across multiple waste streams.

The Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy (CBRT) V1.1 Methodology Document Annexes provide detailed process-based guidance and worked examples for assessing adapting measures, adapted activities, enabling measures, and enabling activities to ensure they contribute substantially to climate resilience.

The Climate Bonds Initiative's Q1 2026 report details the state of the global aligned GSS+ (Green, Social, Sustainability, and Sustainability-linked) debt market. As of March 2026, the cumulative aligned volume reached USD 6,986.0 billion, with green-labelled debt remaining the dominant theme. While the overall market saw a 9% decline in supply compared to Q1 2025 on a like-for-like basis, specific regions like France and Germany showed strong activity in social and green bonds, respectively.

This guide provides a decision-support tool for public finance providers to assess the quality of adaptation finance across project, market, and system levels. It defines high-quality adaptation finance as capital deployed efficiently to deliver resilience while moving solutions toward commercial viability or sustaining necessary public services. The tool uses a three-stage qualitative framework—Initial, Progressing, and Transformative—to diagnose strengths and gaps in interventions across grants, debt, equity, and risk transfer tools.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes the structural misalignment between investment supply (climate finance vehicles) and investment demand (agribusinesses) within African agrifood systems. Drawing on a portfolio of 17 finance vehicles and 23 enterprises, the report identifies how gaps in mandate design, enterprise readiness, and a bias toward cash crops over food crops hinder capital mobilization. It provides six actionable recommendations for donors and technical assistance (TA) providers to improve the conversion of climate-positive agribusinesses into investable pipelines.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/PUC-Rio analyzes the strategic role of the Brazilian livestock sector in climate change mitigation, focusing on reducing methane emissions from enteric fermentation. It proposes a portfolio of solutions across land use, biological productivity, nutrition, and system management to align productivity gains with environmental sustainability.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the role of Brazilian cattle ranching in climate change, specifically focusing on methane emissions from enteric fermentation. It proposes a portfolio of solutions across land use, biological productivity, feed management, and production systems to increase productivity while reducing the sector's climate footprint. The document also evaluates existing public policies and provides recommendations to align agricultural growth with carbon neutrality goals.

The Second Monitoring Report on Chile's Energy Efficiency Law finds that while the light-duty vehicle industry exceeded the 2025 fuel economy standard of 18.8 km/lge (reaching 19.3 km/lge), this was primarily due to multipliers for plug-in vehicles; the actual sales-weighted economy was lower at 16.9 km/lge. Compliance among importers remained stagnant at 45%. Despite this, the market saw a 200% increase in available BEV models and a 32% decrease in available ICE models between 2023 and 2025. BEV and PHEV prices fell significantly, and the cost per kilometre for BEVs is now 70% lower than for ICE vehicles. These improvements contributed to a reduction of 9.1 million litres of gasoline demand and 21.4 thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions since 2024.

The 'Segundo Reporte de Monitoreo Eficiencia Energética de Vehículos Livianos en Chile' analyzes the impact of Law 21.305 on the light vehicle market during 2024 and 2025. It finds that while the average fuel efficiency of sold vehicles reached a historical record of 16.9 [km/lge] in 2025, this progress is heavily reliant on multipliers for plug-in vehicles, as only 45% of importers met their corporate efficiency standards.

This policy brief argues that India is uniquely positioned to lead in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production by utilizing its low-cost solar power and abundant agricultural residue. The authors propose the power-and-biomass-to-liquids (PBtL) pathway as a cost-competitive alternative to fossil jet fuel and other SAF technologies, offering benefits for energy security, air quality, and climate targets.

This report provides a framework of priority actions for companies across the mining and mineral value chain to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. It categorizes the sector into upstream, midstream, and downstream companies, offering specific guidance on nature-positive practices, traceability, and the protection of Indigenous rights to mitigate operational and reputational risks.

The State of ClimateTech in Africa 2.0 is a report by FSD Africa and partners that analyzes the evolution of the African ClimateTech ecosystem between 2016 and 2025. Moving beyond aggregate funding totals, the report employs a new application-led taxonomy and an adapted Carlota Perez techno-economic framework to demonstrate that African ClimateTech is not a single market but a collection of applications maturing at different speeds. It highlights deep concentrations of capital in the Energy and Mobility sectors and identifies critical financing gaps—particularly in early-stage equity and working capital—that constrain the growth of asset-heavy and adaptation-focused ventures.

This report by Genesis Analytics, commissioned by FSD Africa, Shell Foundation, and Shortlist, forecasts green employment opportunities across Africa with a focus on Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. It argues that Africa's green transition is primarily service-led and decentralized, meaning the majority of jobs will be indirect roles in distribution, maintenance, and operations rather than in construction or manufacturing. The study highlights a significant gap between the potential for job creation and the current availability of skilled workers, particularly in advanced technical areas. It emphasizes that while green value chains are accessible to women, youth, and low-income workers, these groups are often concentrated in low-value, informal roles, necessitating systemic reforms in workplace design, social protection, and training to ensure meaningful inclusion.

The 'Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Namibia' (2026) documents 11 projects designed to mitigate climate risks—such as severe drought and water scarcity—through ecosystem-based adaptation. Central to these efforts is community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), which integrates local and Indigenous knowledge to restore degraded lands, diversify livelihoods (e.g., beekeeping and organic farming), and reduce human-wildlife conflict across nine Namibian regions.

The Nature-Based Solutions Inventory for Zambia, published in June 2026 by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), documents 13 nature-based solutions (NbS) projects implemented across eight provinces of Zambia. The report details how these projects address climate and biodiversity crises through ecosystem restoration, sustainable land management, and the integration of gender-responsive and community-led governance to enhance the resilience of vulnerable populations and critical ecosystems.

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd. proposes a system-level framework for planning and implementing distributed renewable energy (DRE) in rural India. Moving beyond fragmented, scheme-driven installations, the study advocates for a 'Model DRE Village' approach that integrates load typology analysis, utility-led planning, and coordinated financing to improve rural electricity reliability and support India's 500 GW non-fossil capacity target by 2030.

This executive summary explains how optimizing the design of water retention projects in the Canadian Prairies can maximize phosphorus reduction to prevent algal blooms. Using data from the De Salaberry project (2019-2023), the authors demonstrate that increasing hydraulic retention time through strategic design changes, such as modifying outlet culvert diameters, significantly improves phosphorus removal. The report recommends integrating quantitative phosphorus reduction estimates into planning, targeting phosphorus hotspots, and developing practical tools for engineers to balance water quality with flood mitigation.

This fact sheet describes the proposed South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM), a short-term trading platform for bulk electricity designed to introduce competition into the energy sector. It outlines the role of the Market Operator, the regulatory oversight of NERSA, and the potential impacts on electricity pricing, renewable energy transition, and municipal operations.

This public information pamphlet, produced by Natural Justice, notifies the public about Motuoane Energy's application to convert an exploration right into a production right for helium and methane gas in the Free State province of South Africa. It outlines the planned infrastructure and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, inviting interested and affected parties to submit comments by February 23, 2026.

The upper Acre River basin, shared by Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru, faces increasing climate risks, including more frequent floods and severe droughts, alongside significant deforestation (over 12% loss in 25 years). While regional agreements like the Amazon Cooperation Treaty exist, there is a gap in local implementation. The report suggests that effective transboundary governance should not rely on creating new structures but on synchronizing existing local water governance platforms in each country through voluntary coordination and decentralized, multi-actor participation.