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Solar Agri Bulletin: 2025 budget special edition
In this special edition on annual budgets, experts delve into the growing emphasis on solarizing agricultural demand in India's Union and state budgets.
Evolving Standards on Stabilization
The publication reviews the evolution of stabilization clauses in mining contracts, highlighting the 2020 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guiding Principles and offering guidance on its implementation toward a reduced use of stabilization clauses, and alternative approaches.
Investment Policy Forum Manila Tool Kit
The Investment Policy Forum (IPF) Manila Tool Kit assists governments to map and navigate between investment legal instruments and international commitments impacting investment.
March 2025 | Carbon Minefields Oil and Gas Exploration Monitor
Last month, a total of 22 oil and gas exploration licences were awarded across six countries, with an estimated volume of discovered resources of 45.4 million barrels of oil and 10.4 billion cubic feet of gas.
Mining Policy Framework Assessment: Bhutan
Identifying policy strengths, gaps, and recommendations to enhance mining governance in the country.
Climate Risk Profile: Fiji
This climate risk profile provides an overview of the Fiji's climate context, observed and projected climate change impacts, and a set of recommended NbS for adaptation actions and measures to promote gender-responsive and socially inclusive climate adaptation.
Why Is Investment Treaty and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform Needed?
Why investment treaty and ISDS reform is critical for unlocking sustainable development.
State of Global Environmental Governance 2024
A review of environmental negotiations in 2024 explores the struggles for progress in a year of climate-fueled catastrophes and political turnover.
The State of BCAs 2025
As more countries boost their climate ambition, border carbon adjustments (BCAs) are emerging to curb carbon leakage, with the European Union, the United Kingdom, and others advancing their own mechanisms. This publication is the first of its kind taking stock of this trend.
February 2025 | Carbon Minefields Oil and Gas Exploration Monitor
In January 2025, 77 oil and gas exploration licences were awarded in seven different countries, with Norway leading in terms of embodied emissions.