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In the lead-up to the 2022 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 27th Conference of Parties (COP27), the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) will host its 187th public meeting, focused on the ongoing BIFAD-commissioned study on systemic solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural, nutrition, and food systems. Registration is open for this October 26th meeting, and the public is invited to comment on preliminary findings.

• 10/18/2022
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Illegal farming is threatening Madagascar's largest dry forest in the Menabe Antimena Protected Area. With the support of USAID Hay Tao, the forests and their unique biodiversity have a better chance of withstanding the complex challenges facing one of the poorest countries in the world, whose citizens depend on its natural resources for their livelihoods.

• 10/11/2022
• Becky Band Jain

USAID is helping decision makers visualize and plan where investments in land-based climate mitigation can be most effective while also providing co-benefits for both people and the environment.

• 09/20/2022
• Ioana Bouvier, Janet Nackoney, Christine Urbanowicz

SERVIR Amazonia supports sustainable development throughout the Amazon region by strengthening the capacity of governments and other key stakeholders through the integration of Earth Observation and geospatial technologies.

• 09/01/2022
• SERVIR Global

The meeting will publicly introduce the BIFAD Subcommittee on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems.

• 08/24/2022
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

USAID is helping Dominican farmers increase rice yields while protecting the environment

• 08/18/2022
• Brenda Silverio

Chocolate can be even better when you know where it comes from.

• 08/11/2022
• USAID, Kelvin Gorospe

Working on the ground with partner governments and local actors, USAID aims to achieve a resilient, prosperous, and equitable world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. 

• 08/01/2022
• Sophie Schrader

A new USAID private sector partnership increases biodiversity and rural incomes in Madagascar

• 07/27/2022
• USAID

The Green Cities program provides a range of programming options that will help USAID partner countries develop more sustainable, equitable, healthy, and prosperous cities and will help USAID Missions achieve Climate Strategy targets, as well as governance, health, inclusive development, and other development objectives.

• 07/21/2022
• USAID

Madagascar is home to around 5% of the world’s biodiversity, but as one of the world’s poorest countries, biodiversity is under severe threat. USAID has partnered with The Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity of Madagascar (FAPBM) to introduce a new approach to financing protected areas.

• 07/21/2022
• Becky Band Jain

Transforming systems will require approaches that seek to fundamentally change relations, structures, and systems that sustain and perpetuate climate change.

• 06/15/2022
• Sophie Schrader

With countless fishing boats bobbing in the waves, homes nestled next to expansive mangrove forests, and dinner tables filled with fresh fish, it is obvious how important the natural world is for the people who live on the islands.

• 06/08/2022
• Ali Syverson

USAID launched the five-year, $32 million Resilient Waters Program in 2018 to improve transboundary natural resources management and increase the water security and resilience of communities and ecosystems

• 06/01/2022
• Wendy Putnam

Do you have great photos of changemakers in climate and development? Do you want to promote your work on Climatelinks? Now is your chance!

• 05/17/2022
• Climatelinks