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Editor's Pick: Mitigation Low-Emissions Agriculture Blogs

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.
  • Jamie Schoshinski
Picture in April 2023, shows a rice farm in Majin Gari, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State (Long: 6.113753, Lat: 9.07204), Nigeria, by Salihu Idris (in the plot), was fertilized solely with biochar and compost, and no synthetic fertilizers, yielded 4.5 tons/ha, without any release of carbon emissions from the farming activity. The farmer, Salisu, is one of the participants of the USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock International.

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Leveraging the Power of Nature

Addressing climate change and conserving forests go hand-in-hand, but what does that look like in practice? This blog outlines six approaches for using the power of nature to address the climate crisis.
  • Neeha Mian
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Biodiversity and The Climate Strategy

The Climate Strategy recognizes nature as critical to climate solutions and integrates nature-based solutions throughout.
  • USAID
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Newsletter Recap

Newsletter Recap: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Did you miss the Climatelinks March newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the March 2022 ‘Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.
  • Sophie Schrader
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Top 5 Resources of 2021

In 2021, the Climatelinks community submitted over 160 resources on topics ranging from climate resilience in WASH and agriculture to environment and energy trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Other notable documents included the 2020 Amazon Vision Report, an updated SERVIR Service Planning Toolkit, and more than 30 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Annexes on climate change. 
  • Stephan Hardeman
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The Role of Sustainable Finance in Forest Landscape Restoration

The recent forest fires in Brazil and Bolivia showed once more that traditional approaches to sustainable development and nature conservation are not sufficient to reduce carbon emissions from land use and stop the ongoing destruction of natural resources.
  • Ruben Coppus
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RALI Collaborates with WRI to Identify Tools to Support Climate Commitments

The USAID Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation (RALI) Project has teamed up with the NDC Partnership Support Unit on the development of a new online navigator tool to help countries identify tools and methods to help achieve their climate commitments.
  • Greg Carlock, Derina Man
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What Next? Climate Mitigation After Paris

The Paris Climate Agreement sets forth a bold goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, keep global temperature rise below 2.0 degrees Celsius, and employ best efforts toward no more than 1.5 degrees of warming.
  • Kathleen Mogelgaard