This paper highlights how civil society organizations can play critical roles in establishing transparent and accountable climate finance systems that put communities at the center of decision-making.
This report, co-developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy initiative, provides actionable recommendations for policy makers and other stakeholders to scale up investment and mobilise capital in the sector.
This policy brief focuses on practical ways in which countries can use green budgeting and tax policy tools to implement stimulus packages that support a green recovery, and the inter-linked role of both tax and spend measures in aligning stimulus programmes with decarbonisation objectives.
This report aims to track each of the G20 countries’ progress in phasing out government support to fossil fuels. It does so by reviewing progress in ending direct budgetary transfers and tax expenditures, price support, public finance and investments by state-owned enterprises for fossil fuels.
This research explores the experiences of three cities – Mexico City, Beijing, and Delhi – which offers lessons on how countries can tackle the growing challenge of air pollution.
The article discusses the performance on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for natural capital protection, by framing the green growth concept into four pillars (i.e. environmental quality, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, ecosystem and biodiversity protection, and cultural and social value).
The Life Cycle Initiative provides the life cycle community worldwide with a series of training materials which focus on life cycle management and some specific tools such as (environmental) life cycle assessment.
This paper sets out a new framing of the challenges and opportunities for scaling up financing and investment for a sustainable ocean economy.
This paper provides a sequential approach that may assist in providing support for the analysis of fossil fuel's implementation on various countries as they face seemingly irreconcilable policy agendas of economic growth and sustainability coupled with potential political backlash against austerity and rising costs.