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The Multiple Benefits of Turning Waste to Energy

December 4, 2020
Peter Nash
Landfills and wastewater treatment plants generate methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), from decomposing organic waste and wastewater treatment...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, carbon, clean energy, climate change integration, emissions, governance, infrastructure, low emission development strategies, urban
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USAID Reveals the Top Five Renewable Energy Auction Resources

August 4, 2020
Sarah Lawson
Araí Monteforte
Blog Post
Open, transparent, and competitive renewable energy procurement, coupled with declining prices for solar and wind technologies, has facilitated...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, emissions, governance, infrastructure, partnership, private-sector engagement, Self-reliance
Geography: 
Global
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Opportunity in Crisis: Building a Cleaner, More Resilient Energy System

July 30, 2020
Emily Chen
Blog Post
As we all know too well, the coronavirus pandemic has left no one untouched, fundamentally altering billions of people’s daily lives, disrupting the...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate change integration, health
Geography: 
Global
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Climatelinks Website Redesign Showcases Climate Integration

June 18, 2020
Isabela Barriga
Announcements
Climate impacts social and economic development across sectors, in numerous ways. Each sector also has unique opportunities to contribute to climate...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, clean energy, Climage Risk Management, climate change integration, conflict, disaster, food security, gender, health, infrastructure, Natural Resource Management, Natural Resources, urban, WASH, water
Geography: 
Global
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Announcing the Winners of the Climatelinks 2019 Photo Contest

December 3, 2019
Steve Hardeman
Blog Post
The Climatelinks photo contest received an impressive total of 170 submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 40 countries...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, biodiversity, clean energy, climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, coastal, conflict, disaster, food security, forest/forestry, gender, health, indigenous, infrastructure, land use, mitigation, mountain, partnership, resilience, safeguards, Self-reliance, urban, WASH, water
Geography: 
Global
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Competition in Colombia Sparks Renewable Energy Expansion

November 7, 2018
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Blog Post
Colombia will host its first renewable energy auction in 2019 after more than a year of coordination with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, climate finance, partnership, resilience
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
integration case studies

Integrating Climate Change into USAID’s Development Portfolio Through Solicitations

October 10, 2017
Rebecca Nicodemus
Blog Post
USAID typically contributes to development outcomes through solicitations where a contract or grant is awarded to a partner to undertake the...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, clean energy, climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, emissions, food security, mitigation
Geography: 
Africa, Global, Middle East
Swamp reclamation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo funded by USAID.

USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 (Report Launch)

December 29, 2016
Graham Norwood
Blog Post
This blog was originally posted on the Wilson Center's New Security Beat after the report launch of the USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 , co-...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, clean energy, climate change integration, food security, land use, low emission development strategies, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, resilience, sustainable landscapes, urban, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa, Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean
Bill Breed and Children

Climatelinks Champion Bill Breed Reflects on 22 Years of the COP, Opportunities to Continue Building on the Momentum

November 9, 2016
Jamie Carson
Climatelinks Champions
With the 22 nd Conference of Parties (COP) ongoing in Marrakech, Bill Breed reflects on his COP involvement since its early days, having participated...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, climate policy, emissions, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, sustainable landscapes, Training
Geography: 
Global
Chinneth Cheng speaks at an Equality in Climate Change training in Vientiane, Laos.

Women Join Ranks of Climate Change Advocates in Cambodia

August 18, 2016
USAID
Blog Post
Women—an untapped yet central resource in addressing climate change—are stepping forward to be more involved in decisionmaking in Asia, and Chinneth...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, gender, sustainable landscapes, Training
Geography: 
Asia
Xiehe power plant, China

What Next? Climate Mitigation After Paris

July 5, 2016
Kathleen Mogelgaard
Blog Post
This blog was originally posted on the Wilson Center's New Security Beat after the event What Next? Climate Mitigation After Paris , co-hosted by the...
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Keywords: 
clean energy, climate change integration, climate finance, climate policy, emissions, low emission development strategies, mitigation, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East
Project mini-sites

USAID Project Mini Sites Now on Climatelinks!

March 16, 2016
Joyce-Lynn Njinga
Blog Post
Climatelinks now features mini-sites for climate change projects managed from USAID/Washington. The mini-sites feature information about the...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, mitigation, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Global
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The Paris Climate Agreement: A Range of Early Analyses

January 7, 2016
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
Nearly 200 nations made history last month, when they adopted a landmark global agreement to take shared action on climate change at U.N. climate...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, climate finance, climate policy, governance, mitigation, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Global
Secretary Tom Vilsack, USDA, at COP21

Global Leaders Gather in Paris for UNFCCC COP21

December 3, 2015
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
The UNFCCC COP21 climate change talks began Monday, November 30 with some 150 world leaders gathered in Paris to negotiate the terms of a global...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, climate finance, climate policy, development donors, governance, mitigation, partnership, private-sector engagement
Geography: 
Global

Join USAID at the COP 21 U.S. Center via Live Webcast!

December 1, 2015
Joyce-Lynn Njinga
Announcements
USAID's Global Climate Change team is actively supporting the U.S. Center at the U.N. COP 21 in Paris. We would like to highlight several events that...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, climate change integration, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, sustainable landscapes, Training
Geography: 
Global

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