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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

Bike sharing systems play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable transportation within cities, especially in regions where the demand for innovative mobility options is pressing. The city of Bogotá, Colombia has established an extensive bike sharing system, showcasing the city's commitment to sustainable and accessible urban mobility.

• 09/29/2023
• Gabriela Salgado

Check out some blogs that you might have missed from 2022.

• 12/27/2022
• Ariel Schindler

Over the course of 2022, Climatelinks has amplified dozens of blogs that bring to light important topics ranging from renewable energy to water security. Check out our top five blogs from 2022!

• 12/20/2022
• Ariel Schindler

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

• 05/10/2022
• Colleen Allen

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

Kenya sits on the equator, with an average of 12 hours of sunlight every day. And, despite many recent improvements, it has had historically low rates of per capita access to grid electricity.

• 04/20/2022
• Professor Izael Pereira Da Silva, PhD

USAID’s Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) directly provides funds to local scientists to help address development challenges

• 04/07/2022
• Koko Zuberi

Industrial energy efficiency in India is the key to progress.

• 03/15/2022
• Amit Singh Parihar

The increasing threat of climate change highlights the importance of reusable, efficient energy sources and power grid resilience.

• 03/10/2022
• Melissa Trimble, USAID

As clean energy production accelerates, the annual need for critical metals could outpace reserves and result in potential supply chain disruptions, endangering the transition to a clean energy economy.

• 02/03/2022
• Amanda Valenta, Andrew Fang, Monica Raphita Simarmata

In November 2020, two back-to-back category 4 hurricanes, Eta and Iota, struck Central America, making landfall on the coast of Nicaragua, near its border with Honduras, and also affecting El Salvador and Guatemala. Altogether, they caused an estimated one billion US dollars in damage. Despite such impacts, the region was better able to prepare for and respond to Eta and Iota using space-based technologies.

• 10/26/2021
• Betzy Hernandez Sandoval, Emil Cherrington, Kel Markert, Eric Anderson, Daniel E. Irwin, Ashutosh Limaye, Peter Epanchin, Bathsheba F. Bryant-Tarpeh

Across the globe, people are struggling to improve air quality, but the sources of pollution that cause the most harm are a moving target. They can differ by location, time of year, and time of day.

• 07/29/2021
• Lauren Azmon

As one of the most densely populated countries in the world, Bangladesh understands how critical a reliable energy supply is to the country's growth. However, Bangladesh is currently dependent on a waning natural gas supply and has reached a point where it must evaluate energy independent paths that are sustainable, cost-effective, and ensure long-term domestic energy supply. 

• 05/11/2021
• Isabel McCan, Carishma Gokhale-Welch

Improving energy efficiency is an integral but often-overlooked part of low-emission development (LED) strategies that can help countries reach their climate targets while meeting growing demands for energy.

• 05/05/2021
• Andrew Fang, Michael McNeil, Katie Koerper