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USAID’s approach to Low Emissions Agriculture and Food Systems serves to substantially reduce GHG emissions compared to business-as-usual scenarios and/or emissions intensity.

• 03/20/2024
• Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Alyxandra Ruzevich

With more than 150 blogs published in 2023 alone, it is easy for some to fly under the radar. Here are some blogs you may have missed.

• 12/21/2023
• Jamie Schoshinski

These resources can help agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.

• 12/10/2023
• Alejandro Valencia, Michael Saltz

USAID Senior Advisor for Climate Change Ann Vaughan talks about gender equity in agriculture and food security as related to climate change.

• 12/07/2023
• Feed the Future

As the ongoing El Niño is expected to gain strength, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network is using scientific insights to predict how it will affect food security.

• 11/02/2023
• Hannah Button

Human activity is the cause of many environmental problems, but understanding human behavior and decision-making presents a solution.

• 10/31/2023
• Kristi Marciano

The interconnectedness of life on Earth has never been more apparent, and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is using this perspective to explore how climate-sensitive health threats that impact food security and human well-being can be better predicted to help save lives.

• 08/23/2023
• Hannah Button

In a paper published in Earth’s Future in July 2023, scientists with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network explain how they use climate change-driven insights to predict extreme weather events long before they occur, giving organizations like USAID adequate time to respond.

• 08/07/2023
• Hannah Button

In Zimbabwe, USAID Resilient Waters is working with the Dambari Wildlife Trust to conserve and rehabilitate wetlands—a natural source of water for humans and wildlife alike.

• 02/09/2023
• Christine Chumbler

USAID has made climate-resilience a key focus of its 2022-2030 Climate Strategy. Reducing exposure and vulnerability to climate disasters, cutting back greenhouse gas emissions, and conserving biodiversity are all important aspects of building resiliency, and aid in the protection of sectors such as agriculture, health, energy, and water.

• 01/12/2023
• Ariel Schindler

Over the course of 2022, Climatelinks has shared dozens of videos and webinars touching on a variety of themes. Check out some videos you may have missed!

• 12/19/2022
• Maggie Allegar

Droughts and floods, more intense storms, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels are devastating communities around the world, and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable populations. In response to the severe and urgent global climate crisis, the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) supports developing countries and communities around the world in their efforts to adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change.

• 11/08/2022
• Tedi Rabold

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.

• 10/25/2022
• Tedi Rabold

This blog highlights USAID’s work that is already underway to strengthen the resilience of women farmers through insurance and finance, as well as key learnings from CARE and FAO’s work in the space of gender and climate-smart agriculture.

• 08/30/2022
• Sophie Schrader

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