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The study International Transfers under Article 6 in the Context of Diverse Ambition of NDCs assesses the environmental integrity risks of international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and discusses possible international rules to address them.

The focus of the report Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries: Contributions to Reducing Global Emissions is to evaluate the impact of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects in terms of measurable greenhouse gas emissions’ reductions. The 1 Gigaton Coaltion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway

The report Power Shift: Shifting G20 International Public Finance from Coal to Renewables examines the public financing provided by G20 countries to developing countries, and whether their international actions to support clean energy are in line with their domestic actions.

The paper Scale and Sustainability: Toward a Public-Private Paradigm in Powering India assesses the Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) market in India by looking at the supply, demand and framework conditions for the sector, and spells out potential approaches to levelling the playing field.

The report Financing for SMEs in Sustainable Global Value Chains demonstrates how governments, financial institutions and businesses can work together to support financing models that encourage small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to upgrade their production processes to comply with sustainability standards in global value chains (GVCs).

Part 1 explores the importance of SMEs and GVCs for emerging economies. It also examines the rise of sustainability standards and the challenges and opportunities they pose for SMEs. Part 2 reports findings from a stocktaking exercise conducted through a survey administered to governments, financial institutions, businesses and information technology platforms in G20 and non-G20 economies. Lastly, Part 3 outlines policy considerations for the various stakeholders, governments, financial institutions and businesses to develop new financing models to support sustainability-oriented SMEs in GVCSs.