A group of women in colorful clothes stand together on recently tilled land.

Blog

Do you have a Blog post you would like to share with Climatelinks?

Submit Your Story

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.

About this Blog

The Climatelinks blog provides posts with valuable insight for the climate change and development community.

 
 
Blog Type
Region
Sectors
Country
Project
Topic

Showing 19 results

Two people stand in front of a dumpster in the Philippines where people can dispose of plastic recyclables in exchange for cash.
Blog Post

Private-Sector Engagement in USAID Climate Programming

In the fight against climate change, the private sector plays a strategic role in addressing development challenges. This blog describes how USAID partners with the private sector to consult, strategize, align, collaborate, and implement technological, financial, or strategic solutions to conservation, adaptation, and mitigation challenges.
  • Tedi Rabold
Seeing is Believing
Blog Post

Top 5 Blogs of 2021

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.
  • Sophie Schrader
Mr. Tuladhar charging up an electric bus in Kathmandu, Nepal
Blog Post

Linking Air Pollution and Climate Change in Nepal

Poor air quality and climate change are major challenges facing Nepal. Air pollution poses the second highest risk factor for death and disability in the country, behind only malnutrition. Meanwhile, scientists predict that Nepal will be especially vulnerable to climate change over the next century.
  • USAID
Men sit around a board game on a table and point at it.
Blog Post

Top 5 blogs of 2019

During 2019, the Climatelinks community contributed over 100 resources on a wide range of topics, from clean cook stoves to sustainable forest management.
  • Stephan Hardeman
Stakeholders apply the USAID framework for screening hydropower facilities during a working session hosted by VietNam Electricity (EVN) (2015).
Blog Post

Assessing Climate Risks in the Energy Sector

The implementation of climate resilient low-emission development (LED) strategies is essential for ensuring the integrity and performance of LED programs and projects in the face of evolving climate impacts.
  • Molly Hellmuth, Joanne Potter
Group of llamas walk near a lake in Peruvian highlands
Blog Post

Transformational Approaches to Channel Finance into Action

This is the first blog in a two-part series detailing the Climate Finance Readiness Program (CF Ready), a program implemented by GIZ that receives joint support from USAID and the Ministry for Environment of the Czech Republic on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
  • Regina Bernhard, Johannes Schroeten, Matthew Ogonowski
Blog Post

USAID and IUCN Partner to Advance Gender in the Environment

Gender equality and women’s empowerment – particularly when it comes to ensuring that women and men have equal opportunities in accessing, benefiting from and participating in environmental decision-making – are essential for effective conservation and sustainable development.   
  • Lorena Aguilar, Corinne Hart
Swamp reclamation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo funded by USAID.
Blog Post

USAID Climate Action Review: 2010-2016 (Report Launch)

“Climate work is practical, common-sense, good development,” said Carrie Thompson, deputy assistant administrator at the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
  • Graham Norwood