Blog

Human activity is the cause of many environmental problems, but understanding human behavior and decision-making presents a solution.

• 10/31/2023
• Kristi Marciano

With a human-centered perspective rooted in behavior change, climate practitioners can help communities adapt to an uncertain future.

• 10/27/2023
• Alison Howard

A USAID project in Uganda is helping smallholder farmers boost their resilience to an increasingly unpredictable climate by using a market systems approach that addresses obstacles to adopting CSA practices.

• 10/05/2023
• Dorothy Najjingo

The USAID/Uganda Biodiversity for Resilience (B4R) Activity supports the National Forestry Authority to conserve Central Forest Reserve water towers, including in Karamoja.

• 09/14/2023
• Shannon Vasamsetti

Here are four ways USAID supports African leaders across the continent to advance their ambitious climate goals and move toward a cleaner, safer, more equitable Africa.

• 09/12/2023
• USAID

This interview with Serge Ramanantsoa, USAID/Madagascar, is part of the DDI/EEI/LRG Women’s Land Rights Champions series, which profiles staff across USAID Missions and operating units who are working to advance women’s land rights.

• 08/24/2023
• LandLinks

The interconnectedness of life on Earth has never been more apparent, and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is using this perspective to explore how climate-sensitive health threats that impact food security and human well-being can be better predicted to help save lives.

• 08/23/2023
• Hannah Button

In a paper published in Earth’s Future in July 2023, scientists with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network explain how they use climate change-driven insights to predict extreme weather events long before they occur, giving organizations like USAID adequate time to respond.

• 08/07/2023
• Hannah Button

USAID helps Ugandans combat forest degradation and improve livelihoods with sustainable agroforestry techniques.

• 07/13/2023
• Annah Natukunda

As USAID’s Land and Resource Governance Division reflects on the climate crisis, we know that it’s crucial to continue using innovative, evidence-based, and context-appropriate approaches to address land-related challenges within the context of climate change.

• 07/07/2023
• LandLinks

Senegalese youth are repairing degraded mangrove forests. In the process, they are empowering fishing communities to safeguard their own livelihoods ─ and fight climate change.

• 06/20/2023
• Winrock International

The infestation of water hyacinth in the river system suffocates indigenous aquatic life because it competes for oxygen, mushrooms, ends up blocking and ultimately causes pollution in stagnant water. This presents a major challenge for communities, biodiversity and ecosystems that utilize the waters of the Limpopo.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters

USAID’s Resilient Waters Program hosted a community-based celebration to commemorate World Environment Day in partnership with the Kwalata Community Development Initiative at Dinokeng Game Reserve in Hammanskraal, South Africa.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters

More than half of rural people living in southern Africa do not have access to safe and reliable sanitation. That figure emerged during the development of Botswana’s new National Sanitation Roadmap 2020-2022, the country’s first ever sanitation-focused initiative.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters

The USAID Resilient Waters Program supported Bupe Banda, the young, female, head of Zambia’s National Community Resources Board, to attend the World Youth Wildlife Summit held in South Africa on September 21st -24th, 2019.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters