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This blog about Jamaica is part of a series of country spotlights Climatelinks is publishing ahead of COP28.

• 11/09/2023
• Ariel Schindler

In order for USAID to have maximum impact in confronting the most urgent demands of the climate crisis, improved participation at all levels is key. Thus, an increased emphasis on working with Indigenous Peoples and local communities is critical to USAID’s climate efforts.

• 03/03/2022
• Sophie Schrader

USAID investments in reducing the risks and impacts of climate change—through increasing community resilience, building regional climate science capacity, or providing meteorological equipment—are vital for the countries of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC).

• 01/11/2022
• Christine Chumbler

When the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu were threatened by forest fires last September, firefighter Jessica Morón and her wildland firefighting team battled the flames to protect the historic sanctuary and its surrounding biodiversity.

• 05/06/2021
• USAID Publications

Since 1991, USAID has been investing in actions that help the Agency in understanding climate change risks and opportunities to reduce vulnerabilities.

• 12/05/2019
• Stephan Hardeman

As residents of an island nation, Jamaicans are all too aware of the risks, and realities, of climate change. More than half of the population lives within a mile of the coast; most of the those who live inland are dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods.

• 12/02/2019
• Christine Chumbler

“We know that Haiti is an extremely vulnerable country for the impacts of climate change,” says Jesse Leggoe, Acting Deputy Director in the Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Office, “Having Hurricane Matthew hit during our design process just re-emphasized that for everyone.”

• 07/11/2018
• Climatelinks

Two examples of infrastructure development demonstrate how investment in planning and engineering design, that is considerate of future climate conditions, can result in more resilient infrastructure outcomes.

• 06/15/2017
• Climatelinks

On September 26, 2016, Climatelinks and co-sponsors USAID, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, Future Climate for Africa, International Institute for Environment and Development and World Wildlife Fund hosted a Twitter chat on climate risk management.

• 10/03/2016

In a semi-arid region of East Africa, an unforeseen lack of rain is leading to a dismal farming season, undermining development progress.

• 12/22/2015
• Carrie Thompson