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Bridging the Gap with Parametric Insurance: A Path to Resilience in Developing Countries

With climate-related shocks and stresses increasing globally, economic losses could skyrocket without direct action to build climate resilience and invest in adaptation solutions.
  • Yasmine Alotaibi Williams

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Industry-Level Market Reform in Southeast Asia

To break down the silos that prevent joint climate action, USAID partnered with a global corporate, Barry Callebaut, to convene key buyers – peers – in the coconut industry. The result was the industry’s first global Sustainable Coconut Charter, which aims to improve farmer livelihoods, lessen the carbon footprint of coconuts and boost supply to meet rising global demand.
  • Angela Hogg
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The Intrinsic Relationship between Land, Animals, and Humans

Long-term changes in climate and wildlife habitat can pose significant effects on human health and increase the risk of infectious diseases like the coronavirus (COVID-19). Several of the roots of climate change can increase the risk of pandemics; for example, deforestation increasingly places humans and animals in contact, which enables pathogens from animals to spillover to humans.
  • Isabela Barriga