Global Climate Change

Planners at USAID and in host country governments need to choose how to invest funds to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from land. Should they...

Half the world’s total mangrove deforestation since 2000 has taken place in Indonesia, where the main driver is conversion for shrimp ponds. A new cost-benefit analysis by the USAID-funded Climate Economic Analysis Development, Investment, and Resilience (CEADIR) Activity sheds light on the financial and economic value of mangrove conservation, including impacts on near-shore fishing and greenhouse gas emissions.

Many of the world’s conflicts have control over natural resources at their core, whether that resource is water, agricultural land, or mineral wealth...

Building peace in fragile and conflict-affected states is rarely if ever straightforward, and climate and environmental changes are exacerbating...

Integrated biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation approaches can be instrumental in making people, places and wildlife more...

The direct consequences of climate variability and change on the health of vulnerable populations are fairly well established, but there is emerging...

The densely forested and richly biodiverse Panchase area of Western Nepal is vulnerable to climate change--from the drying of water sources to...