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The world is witnessing the highest levels of migration on record, and climate change will increasingly drive this trend. Estimates indicate that by 2050 over 216 million people could move within their countries for climate-related reasons.

• 10/19/2023
• Urbanlinks

Climatelinks newsletter recap for June 2023 ‘Urban’ theme. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.

• 07/27/2023
• Climatelinks

Read the May 2023 Newsletter Recap here.

• 06/29/2023
• Climatelinks

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

Explore some of the Agency’s helpful resources on climate and urban development in this Editor’s Pick blog.

• 06/15/2023
• Climatelinks

USAID is pleased to announce the release of new technical guidance for developing and implementing activities that strengthen the resilience of cities and urban communities. The new guidance provides evidence-based, practical recommendations for programming across a variety of sectors in urban settings.

• 06/08/2023
• Urbanlinks

Learn how USAID is aiding in the progression of climate-resilient urban communities through some of the following blogs on Climatelinks.

• 05/31/2023
• Ariel Schindler

Strengthening and transforming systems to enhance climate resilience is crucial for vulnerable communities. Explore USAID efforts in the context of coastal communities, the power sector, urban planning, and more. 

• 01/19/2023
• Sophie Schrader

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Climatelinks photo contest––our biggest contest yet. We received more than 200 submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 45 countries.

• 11/01/2022
• Climatelinks

The Green Cities program provides a range of programming options that will help USAID partner countries develop more sustainable, equitable, healthy, and prosperous cities and will help USAID Missions achieve Climate Strategy targets, as well as governance, health, inclusive development, and other development objectives.

• 07/21/2022
• USAID

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

The climate crisis is here, and President Biden has called for all-hands-on-deck in response.

• 05/10/2022
• Colleen Allen

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

Over the course of 2021, the Climatelinks community contributed over 140 blogs on topics from youth climate action to a new wave of private investment for climate solutions.

• 12/09/2021
• Sophie Schrader

USAID’s work across numerous sectors helps countries achieve ambitious climate targets and aids in building the foundation for sustainable growth through natural climate solutions.

• 09/02/2021
• Climatelinks