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As of March 2023, USAID had mobilized more than $1 billion in private capital for development through INVEST, working in 81 countries across a wide range of sectors.

• 02/05/2024
• Sharon D’Onofrio, Kristin Kelly Jangraw

In December, Climatelinks featured recaps of what happened at COP28 and also highlighted popular blogs and resources published in 2023.

• 01/18/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

The international community reached a number of important milestones at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28).

• 12/18/2023
• Courtland Matthews, Carollyne Hutter

Did you miss the ‘USAID at COP27’ newsletter? We’ve got you covered with the recap below.

• 12/15/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Did you miss the Climatelinks September newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the September 2022 ‘Private-Sector Engagement and PREPARE’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month. Do you want to contribute to the Climatelinks community? Send us a resource, blog, or event.

• 10/13/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Did you miss the Climatelinks August newsletter? We’ve got you covered.

• 09/13/2022
• Sophie Schrader

The Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge (WE4F) announced a call for innovations in the water-energy-food nexus.

• 09/06/2022
• Katie Bailey

This blog is part 1 in the Climate-Smart Agriculture and USAID 2022-2030 Climate Strategy Webinar recap blog series.

• 08/24/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Did you miss the Climatelinks June newsletter? We’ve got you covered.

• 07/26/2022
• Sophie Schrader

On Earth Day 2022, USAID officially launched its new 2022-2030 Climate Strategy.

• 04/22/2022
• Sophie Schrader

At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that the NASA and USAID SERVIR partnership will use USAID funds to support the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in integrating gender and Earth observations into the risk financing sector to build local and regional resilience to climate shocks. The SERVIR partnership works with countries and institutions around the world to tackle development challenges through an approach that uses satellite data to address climate change, food and water security, disasters, land use, and air quality.

• 02/08/2022
• Katherine Casey, Georgia Hartman

Climate change impacts different regions in different ways and, as such, requires tailored initiatives to meet local development needs. Every region will face challenges brought on by the climate crisis and will integrate programs and systems to adapt.

• 01/20/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Climatelinks had a big year in 2021! More than 284,000 people used the site, visiting from more than 220 countries around the globe. In December 2021, we outlined the top 5 photos, blogs, and resources of the year, as well as blogs and resources that you may have missed.

• 01/18/2022
• Sophie Schrader

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

The agriculture sector across the globe not only feeds the world’s population but it also provides nearly 27 percent of worldwide employment. Yet the sector faces significant sustainability challenges: it is estimated to contribute more than one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions through a combination of agricultural activities and land use changes, and it consumes, on average, 70 percent of the world’s freshwater resources.

• 11/18/2021
• Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security