Mexico is vulnerable to various climate-related risks, with water-related events accounting for 80% of disaster costs from 2000 to 2022. The Mexican Red Cross is implementing the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities framework in Mexicali and Sotavento to address extreme heat and flooding risks. Improved infrastructure and protective equipment like air conditioning are being used in Mexicali to safeguard health and livelihoods, with a focus on enhancing nature-based solutions and community brigades for disaster preparedness. Resilience fairs are engaging community members in measuring CRMC and raising awareness of risks, empowering local actors to lead resilience efforts in Mexico.
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Building Resilience from the Ground Up: Risk-Informed Planning in Congo and Burundi – Global Center on Adaptation
Communities in the Republic of Congo and Burundi are facing recurring flood risks, land degradation, and erosion due to poor infrastructure and limited financial support. The Global Center on Adaptation and the World Bank partnered to develop Community Resilience Spatial Frameworks (CRSFs) for vulnerable neighborhoods in each country, focusing on community engagement and integrating locally developed resilience measures. These frameworks outline short-term and medium-term interventions, prioritized with community input and multi-criteria analysis, emphasizing a portfolio approach to resilience. The CRSFs developed in various neighborhoods serve as replicable models for other cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the importance of bottom-up planning and community-driven climate resilience to make adaptation more just, inclusive, and effective.
https://gca.org/building-resilience-from-the-ground-up-risk-informed-planning-in-congo-and-burundi/
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Climate TRACE
Climate TRACE is a valuable resource for climate solutions experts, offering news, data, and insights to support global efforts in taking meaningful climate action more efficiently. This platform provides essential information for those working towards solutions to combat climate change, helping to streamline and improve the effectiveness of their efforts. By utilizing the resources provided by Climate TRACE, experts can stay informed and make informed decisions to drive impactful change in the fight against climate change.
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Schneider Electric Recognized for Continued Sustainability Leadership Across Leading ESG Ratings in 2025
Schneider Electric has been recognized for its strong sustainability performance in global benchmarks, including the World Benchmarking Alliance assessments, ranking first in the Social Benchmark and third in the Gender Benchmark. The company's sustainability strategy, guided by the Schneider Sustainability Impact program, has led to measurable results and recognition as a sustainable leader in the industry. With a focus on intelligent devices, software-defined architectures, AI-powered systems, digital services, and expert advisory, Schneider Electric has a large global presence with 160,000 employees and one million partners in over 100 countries. CleanTechnica offers in-depth analyses and summaries on clean tech topics, providing options to sign up for newsletters and podcasts for more information.
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Mpumalanga’s Just Energy Transition Can Succeed—But Only With Communities at the Centre
South Africa's transition to renewable energy in Mpumalanga, a coal-centric region, is gaining momentum with the Just Energy Transition Partnership promising investment and green jobs. However, research warns that without intentional design, benefits may not reach coal-affected communities. Renewable energy projects mainly offer short-term construction jobs, with few permanent roles filled by non-local workers due to skills gaps and distance from coal towns. To ensure a just transition, initiatives like local hiring, training, apprenticeships, and community involvement are crucial. Key actions include requiring community impact plans, strengthening training programs, supporting coal workers, and tracking outcomes to ensure shared prosperity and fairness in the transition.
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Colombia aims to launch fossil fuel transition platform at first global conference
Colombia is hosting a global conference to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, bringing together countries committed to phasing out coal, oil, and gas. The event aims to create a platform for discussions on legal, economic, and social pathways for a just transition, gaining support from 24 countries, including major fossil fuel producers. The initiative is seen as a necessary complement to the UN climate regime, focusing on developing reports and scientific inputs to support countries in moving towards a fossil fuel-free future. The conference will emphasize justice and aim to create a coalition of governments, institutions, businesses, and philanthropies committed to ending the fossil fuel era, with a practical, supportive, and healing approach. Developing countries like Namibia, Guyana, and Nigeria are seeking international support to envision their own energy transitions.
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How we built a basic income pilot directly with Indigenous communities
A basic income pilot was launched in Asháninka communities in the Peruvian Amazon two years ago, co-created with Indigenous women's organizations to address the impacts of the climate crisis. The pilot utilized AidKit technology for simple data collection, empowering community-led monitoring and reflecting principles of trust, co-creation, respect for Indigenous autonomy, and community leadership in climate action. This approach highlights the importance of centering community leadership in climate solutions, particularly in Indigenous communities facing the effects of environmental change.
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Understanding transition in taxonomies: The building blocks of…
The report by Climate Bonds explores the importance of credible transition pathways to achieve global climate goals, focusing on how financial frameworks can support decarbonisation across all sectors. It identifies six Taxonomy Transition Mechanisms that countries are converging towards, such as revising criteria over time and setting future performance guidance, to provide clarity and guidance for sectors needing deep structural change to reach net zero emissions. The report also emphasizes the need for clear transition finance to ensure investments align with decarbonization goals and science-based pathways, aiming to combat greenwashing and promote credibility in the market. Climate Bonds aims to provide guidance to policymakers, investors, and issuers on navigating the complexities of transition finance, with an upcoming webinar to delve deeper into the report's key ideas and operationalization of transition across taxonomy frameworks.
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As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?
World leaders gathered to mark the 80th birthday of the U.N. General Assembly, while the Global Citizens' Assembly met for the first time to deliberate on climate and food crises. The assembly aims to connect communities globally and strengthen international cooperation on climate, AI, and global security. Citizens' assemblies have been shown to produce more effective policy, reduce polarization, and combat misinformation. The Global Citizens' Assembly seeks to link local assemblies into a global network to enhance global governance and address gaps in the existing multilateral regime. The Global Citizens' Assembly allows for continuous, distributed human-machine collaboration to address global challenges at the speed and scale required in today's world, with members understanding the practical necessity of peace, justice, and equality. Just as nation states committed to global collaboration in 1945, ordinary people must be at the heart of global governance today.
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Call for proposals to host the Climate Technology Centre secretariat
The UNFCCC is seeking proposals to host the secretariat of the Climate Technology Centre (CTC), a key institution driving climate technology solutions. The CTC, along with the Network (CTCN), supports developing countries in accelerating the development and transfer of climate technologies for both mitigation and adaptation. Hosting the CTC secretariat offers a strategic opportunity to contribute to climate technology cooperation under the UNFCCC, with a mandate extended until 2041. Eligible organizations can submit proposals by 16 March 2026, with evaluation based on governance, technical capabilities, financial management, and the proposed CTCN management plan.
https://unfccc.int/news/call-for-proposals-to-host-the-climate-technology-centre-secretariat