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Working With Indigenous Knowledge Holders to Advance Equitable and Inclusive Nature and Climate Initiatives
This brief explores actions for working with Indigenous Knowledge Holders to promote climate and nature initiatives using Indigenous science in collaborative and fair ways.
Brochure: Understanding Climate Risks Through an Intersectional Approach (iCRA)
Action research to advance integration of intersectional approaches in adaptation processes and policies.
Indonesia’s Next Cooking Transition
This report compares three alternatives—induction stoves, dimethyl ether (DME), and city gas—and finds that induction stoves are the most practical and viable option to support Indonesia’s shift to cleaner, non-fossil cooking.
Coal Transition Impacts and the Approach to Inclusive Just Transition Policies in Indonesia
Economic and social impacts of a potential coal phase-out in Indonesia and pathways for an inclusive, gender-responsive just transition.
Ethnographic Research as a Tool for More Inclusive Just Transition Policies
This report explores how ethnographic methods can build trust and inclusion in South Africa's just energy transition.
What Does the First Global Stocktake Mean for the National Adaptation Plan Process?
This report summarizes the key messages on adaptation from the outcomes of the first global stocktake and provides recommendations and actionable steps on how countries can implement the decisions as part of their national adaptation plan (NAP) processes.
Responsible Sourcing, Inclusive Impact: Cross-sector solutions for gender-responsive due diligence
Summary and highlights from a high-level session focused on gender-responsive due diligence in mineral supply chains.
Women Leading Change
This case study explores the contribution of Rwandan women coffee farmers' associations and cooperatives to women's economic empowerment and offers recommendations to government, voluntary sustainability standard-setting organizations, and coffee buyers on how to support these associations.
Unpacking Intersectional Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
This working paper introduces a proposed set of principles for applying intersectional approaches to climate change adaptation.
Climate Risk Profile: Belize
This report details climate hazards, risks, and impacts in Belize and recommends gender-responsive nature-based solutions (NbS) for adaptation measures to address them.