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Climate finance, a key aspect of USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy, applies various financial resources to assist developing countries in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

• 07/13/2022
• Tedi Rabold

With the right funding and advisory support, the rules have the potential to significantly advance private sector climate adaptation and mitigation in emerging markets and across multiple supply chains and geographies.

• 07/05/2022
• Manuel Bueno, Lindsay Foley

USAID supports women leaders towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in land tenure, resource governance, and agroforestry value chains

• 06/30/2022
• Corinne Hart, Sarah Lowery

CACCI is a worldwide coalition of research institutions dedicated to helping countries use better research methodologies, data analysis and policy building to create climate resilience through implementation of NDCs and NAPs, based on the best available research.

• 06/28/2022
• Policy, Research, Capacity and Influence Innovation Lab

Transforming systems will require approaches that seek to fundamentally change relations, structures, and systems that sustain and perpetuate climate change.

• 06/15/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Climate change is projected to have substantial and widespread impacts on food production, food security and the livelihoods of the poor in low-income countries.

• 06/14/2022
• Agrilinks, Avni Mishra, Els Lecoutere, Ranjitha Puskur, Jawoo Koo, Carlo Azzarri

The USAID Climate Team, anticipating many questions from Missions and implementing partners, collaborated with Climatelinks to offer a series of three webinars introducing the strategy and offering examples of how some Missions—Mexico, the Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), and Morocco—are already implementing it.

• 05/24/2022
• Christine Chumbler

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

• 05/10/2022
• Colleen Allen

As USAID is accelerating its efforts to meet the urgency of global climate change, INVEST is providing support through activities focused on encouraging the flow of private capital toward climate adaptation, resilience, and mitigation. A closer look at three activities — Power Africa in Kenya, ThirdWay Africa Rural Development Corporation in Southern Africa, and USAID Colombia’s Energy for Peace program — demonstrates how USAID is working with the private sector to scale and speed climate actions that result in climate benefits that are equitably shared.

• 05/05/2022
• Robin Young, Carolanne Chanik

The latest IUCN research shows that countries around the world increasingly recognize women as vital stakeholders and agents of change in urgent climate action.

• 05/04/2022
• IUCN

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

• 05/03/2022
• USAID

Electric utilities in developing countries are vital agents in the fight against the changing climate

• 04/27/2022
• Julia De la Cruz , Elena Ivanova, Kathy Julik-Heine, Abbey Pizel

This blog is the second part in an Editor’s Pick Series highlighting USAID’s work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• 04/19/2022
• Sophie Schrader

USAID, through the U.S. Government’s Water for the World initiative, is doubling down on efforts that adapt to climate change and build resilience.

• 04/12/2022
• Ann Vaughan, Maura Barry Boyle

To better support the livelihoods of farming communities and their resilience, USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance is supporting a project called Standards for Supporting Agricultural Livelihoods in Emergencies (SEADS) to develop evidence-based practice standards for humanitarian agencies that provide crop-related assistance in emergencies. This support can include providing seeds and fertilizer, offering tools and training support, or rebuilding damaged infrastructure, such as irrigation schemes, but all with an emphasis on market-based delivery mechanisms.

• 02/10/2022
• Tedi Rabold