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A better understanding of agency through a gendered lens will enable health-focused social and behavior change programs to produce transformative results.

• 10/25/2023
• Rachel Taylor, Piyush Kumar, Courtney McLarnon

Several student projects around the world were recognized as winners of the 2022 USAID Science for Development Awards. The projects were in the fields of agriculture and food security, climate and environmental protection, global health, and working in crisis and conflict.

• 07/24/2023
• USAID

Our 2023 Photo Contest theme is USAID’s Climate Strategy in Action: Confronting the Climate Crisis Across Sectors. We are looking for submissions that show the breadth of issues, impacts, and solutions to climate change across 13 categories. Submissions will be open starting July 11, 2023.

• 06/26/2023
• Climatelinks

Energy access is critical for strengthening health systems in lower- and middle-income countries. Progress in maternal and child health, combating infectious diseases, and other health priorities also requires co-investment in clean, reliable energy.

• 01/05/2023
• Amanda V. Quintana, Jaime L. Jarvis, Joyce-Lynn (Lyly) Njinga

Climate threats to food safety are less publicized and less well understood, but remain just as serious.

• 07/28/2022
• Matthew Thielker

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

In 2021, Climatelinks featured a wide array of USAID’s climate-related work through its blogs. The Climatelinks blog acts as a resource for the global Climatelinks community and serves as a storehouse for information in the form of lessons learned, success stories, newsletter recaps, and report summaries. 

• 12/28/2021
• Steve Hardeman

The Climatelinks Resources Library grew by more than 160 documents in 2021, covering a broad range of topics from climate action in education to projected health impacts caused by climate change. Here are some resources you may have missed.

• 12/14/2021
• Sophie Schrader

In June, Climatelinks explored the important linkages between health and climate change. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress.

• 07/14/2021
• Climatelinks

“[Women are] disproportionately impacted by climate change, more vulnerable to gender-based violence, and therefore disproportionately impacted by conflict.” – Vice President Kamala Harris, remarks to the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

• 05/27/2021
• Jamie Wen-Besson, Georgia Hartman

This is the final of three blogs examining the lessons and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for sustainable landscape programs.

• 02/12/2021
• Eric Haxthausen

This is the second of three blogs examining the issues of the COVID-19 pandemic for sustainable landscape programs. The first blog discusses how deforestation and forest fragmentation can increase the likelihood of future pandemics.

• 11/24/2020
• Eric Haxthausen

This is the first of three blogs examining the lessons and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for sustainable landscapes programs. At a time when everyone is focused on the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) some might think that ongoing efforts to support programming in sustainable landscapes have little to offer at the current moment.

• 10/19/2020
• Eric Haxthausen

Reliable electricity can mean life or death for a patient. Healthcare facilities need electricity to power lifesaving medical equipment and preserve perishable supplies, such as vaccines. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the stakes are even higher, as more people around the world need treatment and services.

• 08/20/2020
• Kristen Madler, Janice M. Laurente

Climate impacts social and economic development across sectors, in numerous ways. Each sector also has unique opportunities to contribute to climate solutions. USAID integrates climate change in development programming across a variety of technical fields.

• 06/18/2020
• Isabela Barriga