New community documentation portal released
The Model Documentation and Transparency working group has released a rebuilt documentation portal, with a common structure for describing model scope, versions and assumptions.
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Integrating sustainability into climate finance by quantifying the co-benefits and market impact of carbon projects
High-quality development rooted in low-carbon growth, new jobs, energy security, and environmental quality will be a critical part of achieving multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs). Doing this will require the dramatic scaling up of new climate finance while maximizing co-benefits across multiple outcomes, including for local communities. Center for Global
High-quality development rooted in low-carbon growth, new jobs, energy security, and environmental quality will be a critical part of achieving multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs). Doing this will require the dramatic scaling up of new climate finance while maximizing co-benefits across multiple outcomes, including for local communities. Center for Global Sustainability researchers developed a comprehensive methodology to identify different levels of local co-benefits, followed by an econometric analysis to assess how the market values co-benefits through the clean development mechanism. They found that projects with a likelihood of delivering the highest co-benefits received a 30.4% higher price compared to projects with the lowest co-benefits. Project quality indicators such as the Gold Standard, in conveying higher likelihood of co-benefits, conferred a significant price premium between 6.6% and 29%. The methodology of aligning co-benefits with SDGs and the results of co-benefits valued by the markets indicate approaches to bolstering social and political support for climate finance.
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Overshoot Conference 2026: Launch of Call for Abstracts
When? November 24 – 25, 2026 Where? Beijing, China Hosted by Tsinghua University and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Submission Deadline: August 21, 2026 We’re pleased to share that abstract submissions are open for the Overshoot Conference 2026. Following the success of the inaugural Overshoot Conference in Laxenburg, Austria
Scenario submissions open for the seventh assessment cycle
The community scenario database is accepting submissions for the seventh assessment cycle. The reporting template and validation tools have been updated.