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Leveraging partnerships for health climate services in the Caribbean

August 19, 2019
Adrian Trotman
Roché Mahon
Cédric J. Van Meerbeeck
Blog Post
Burden of Caribbean climate sensitive disease Illness due to dengue virus is estimated to cost the Caribbean over US$ 300 million per year. Layered...
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Keywords: 
Climate Risk Management, climate science, health, partnership
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
Inside a hydropower control room in Tanzania.

Hydropower in Tanzania

August 14, 2019
Molly Hellmuth
Blog Post
Climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, flooding, and drought, threaten renewable energy generation, particularly hydropower due to the...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, Climate Risk Management, climate screening, infrastructure
Geography: 
Africa
Woman in Madagascar takes a folded mosquito net from a health care worker.

Accounting for climate risks in the health sector

July 3, 2019
Stephan Hardeman
Blog Post
Climate change and variability have impacts on human health, especially in developing countries. Extreme weather events, increased temperatures, as...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, health
Woman hangs mosquito net in her house, Kenya.

Shifting Burdens: Malaria risks in a hotter Africa

June 12, 2019
Fernanda Zermoglio
Sadie J. Ryan
Blog Post
Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease, yet malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, or about 3000 children every day . Nearly 92 percent of...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, Climate Risk Management, health, resilience
Geography: 
Africa
Men receiving his mosquito net LLIN during mass campaign in Casamance, Senegal.jpg

Editor’s Pick: Global health tools and resources on Climatelinks

June 5, 2019
Isabela Barriga
Blog Post
This year’s World Environment Day theme focuses on a global challenge with pressing implications on human health and the environment: air pollution...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, Climate Risk Management, climate science, health, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
A small business undergoing demolition on Las Terrenas beach.

Municipal Hurricane Resilience in the Dominican Republic

May 16, 2019
Molly Hellmuth
Joanne Potter
Blog Post
In 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria were forecast to hit the Dominican Republic. ClimaPlan, a USAID project working with the Dominican municipality of...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, Climate Risk Management, disaster, resilience, urban, vulnerability assessment
Geography: 
Latin America & Caribbean
Mangrove management committee meeting

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

April 29, 2019
Julia Bradley-Cook
Blog Post
“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
Stakeholders apply the USAID framework for screening hydropower facilities during a working session hosted by VietNam Electricity (EVN) (2015).

Assessing Climate Risks in the Energy Sector

April 11, 2019
Molly Hellmuth
Joanne Potter
Blog Post
The implementation of climate resilient low-emission development (LED) strategies is essential for ensuring the integrity and performance of LED...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, clean energy, Climate Risk Management, emissions, resilience, vulnerability assessment
Young women from the Ita Guasu indigenous community in Paraguay, participate in the development of their community development plan.

A Systems Perspective to Climate Services

February 21, 2019
Olga Krylova
Robert O'Sullivan
Ali Blumenstock
Blog Post
What needs to come together in order to get a timely rainfall forecast to Senegalese farmers for the growing season? How can meteorologists in Rwanda...
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Keywords: 
Climate Risk Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, private-sector engagement, weather & climate services
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
Female farmers participate in a training in Rwanda

USAID Launches New Climate Risk Management Portal

August 7, 2018
Blog Post
Climate risk management (CRM) ensures planning and programming is resilient to current and future climate impacts. To help development practitioners...
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Keywords: 
climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, resilience
Geography: 
Global