Publications

Project proposals submitted to the Green Climate Fund tend to have a higher chance of approval when the proposal includes a strong climate rationale. This briefing aims to demystify the climate rationale process and provide some guidance on how to enhance the rationale.

This briefing paper assesses the opportunities for Vietnam to transition towards 100% renewable energy and challenges such as high energy demand, the need for energy security, and over-reliance on emissions intensive fossil fuels.

Several of the world biggest emitters have expressed the targets of their National Determined Contributions in non-greenhouse gas units. The current draft CMA decision in relation to Article 6.2 allows for this inclusion, but there are fundamental concerns with regard to the integrity and effectiveness of such approaches.

This briefing unpacks the key challenges and risks associated with using blue carbon as an offsetting mechanism, including how much the carbon storage in coastal ecosystems threatened by current and future climate impacts.