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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.

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Editor's Pick: Climate Finance Blogs

The following blogs offer insight into how USAID and its partners are mobilizing climate finance and provide examples of equitable climate finance investments. 
  • Jamie Schoshinski
A community member and her neighbors plant coconut tree saplings in Zambezia province, Mozambique
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Tailoring Inclusive Solutions to Climate Finance: The Role of Individual and Collective Inclusion

Climate finance can and should be more inclusive of marginalized and underserved groups, including women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, low-income people, and people in remote areas. To that end, we believe it is essential for private investors to distinguish between two types of inclusion when designing climate investments: Individual inclusion, which engages individual members of a marginalized group, and collective inclusion, which engages a marginalized group as a whole.
  • Manuel Bueno, Stephanie Landers Silva
In Son La Province, Vietnam the USAID/Vietnam Vietnam Forests and Deltas Project joined with Son La Province for a ceremonial tree planting commemorating Vietnam’s commitment to sustainable development.
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September 2022 Newsletter Recap

Did you miss the Climatelinks September newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the September 2022 ‘Private-Sector Engagement and PREPARE’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month. Do you want to contribute to the Climatelinks community? Send us a resource, blog, or event.
  • Sophie Schrader
A woman potato farmer inspects a demonstration farm in Hooghly, West Bengal.
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August 2022 Newsletter Recap

Did you miss the Climatelinks August newsletter? We’ve got you covered.
  • Sophie Schrader
Apparel workers in Ghana fit at sewing machines
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Advancing USAID’s Climate Strategy through Proposed SEC Rules

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.
  • Manuel Bueno, Lindsay Foley