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Mahila Housing Trust training photo

Building climate adaptation and resilience of the urban poor in South Asia

December 4, 2019
Simone Verkaart
Blog Post
Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) is one of 10 challenge winners of the Global Resilience Challenge to transform interconnected risks into opportunities...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate policy, gender, health, infrastructure, poverty, resilience
Geography: 
Asia
Homes along a coastline, some with rooftop solar panels.

Best Practices for Advancing Energy Efficiency Globally

August 21, 2019
Alexandra Aznar
Alexis Powers
Blog Post
Energy efficiency programs provide multiple benefits that align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals , including economic...
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Keywords: 
infrastructure, Monitoring & Evaluation, poverty
Geography: 
Global
Mangrove management committee meeting

Mangrove restoration for climate resilient communities in the Sherbo River Estuary, Sierra Leone

April 29, 2019
Julia Bradley-Cook
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“The water is pushing very hard on our islands and communities,” recounted the Bonthe Deputy Mayor, during a recent meeting with USAID staff in the...
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Keywords: 
climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, emissions, food security, forest/forestry, low emission development strategies, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, poverty, resilience, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Africa
Young man addressing a group

Calming Climate-Related Conflict in Karamoja

August 10, 2018
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
A program in Uganda's Karamoja region is helping communities resolve conflict over grazing lands even as more intense drought increases pressure on these lands.
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Keywords: 
agriculture, Climate Risk Management, conflict, disaster, governance, poverty, rural
Geography: 
Africa
A fisher glides past a stand of mangroves in a boat.

Managing Fisheries in the Face of Climate Risk

August 1, 2018
Christine Chumbler
Blog Post
Climate risk management is woven throughout the design of a new USAID/Philippines fisheries protection project, which will improve fisheries productivity and increase the resiliency of fishing communities.
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Keywords: 
biodiversity, Climate Risk Management, coastal, ecosystems, food security, poverty, resilience, rural
Geography: 
Asia
Niger, 2014

Making Climate Information Services Work for sub-Saharan African Farmers

February 1, 2017
CISRI
Blog Post
The Challenge Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers are at the frontlines of an increasingly variable and changing climate. Frequent and...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, food security, poverty, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
Farmer in Okavango River Delta, USAID Southern Africa

New Climate Change Guidance for U.S. Agencies; Severe Drought Impacts Southern Africa, Honduras

August 4, 2016
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
The Washington Post (8/2) said the White House Council on Environmental Quality released new guidance that will require all federal agencies to...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, climate change integration, climate policy, climate science, disaster, food security, forest/forestry, poverty, resilience
Geography: 
Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean, Africa
Pope Francis

Vatican Releases Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment

June 19, 2015
Emily Connor
News Summary
On June 18, the Vatican officially released Pope Francis’s highly anticipated encyclical, or teaching letter, on climate change and the environment...
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Keywords: 
climate policy, poverty
Geography: 
Global

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