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Christy Owen helped lead three key climate and environment programs for USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia.

• 01/30/2024
• Erin Hespe-Cudworth

Did you miss the Climatelinks November newsletter? Here's a recap of the 'Road to COP28' theme.

• 12/12/2023
• Jamie Schoshinski

Timber mining not only contributes to forest degradation but also to climate change.

• 11/29/2023
• Claudia Romero

This documentary from USAID's Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests in Malawi explains the factors that exacerbate illegal charcoal production, transportation, and sale in urban areas of charcoal demand.

• 12/08/2022
• USAID Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests

Kandodo markets biogas solutions from his start-up EcoGen, and now he sees farmers in a different light: a source of large amounts of organic waste and a target for fertilizer.

• 12/06/2022
• USAID Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests

Addressing climate change and conserving forests go hand-in-hand, but what does that look like in practice? This blog outlines six approaches for using the power of nature to address the climate crisis.

• 11/16/2022
• Neeha Mian

The five-year Paramos & Forests Activity is helping the Government of Colombia meet its landscape-based climate change mitigation goals and strengthening local economic development.

• 02/23/2022
• Christine Chumbler

This blog is the second part in an Editor’s Pick Series highlighting USAID’s regional approaches to climate and development. The first part of the series featured Climatelinks blogs that reflect these efforts, and this second part features resources and projects with a regional focus.

• 02/09/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Leveraging the learning generated from USAID’s portfolio of climate change and blended and innovative finance programs, and drawing lessons from other leaders in the space, USAID aims to facilitate additional investment into meaningful development projects that contribute significantly to climate change targets.

• 10/20/2021
• Sashi Jayatileke

With agriculture driving deforestation, global climate protection and biodiversity conservation goals seem to collide with the drive to produce more food. Researchers warn of an impending “food security-biodiversity-climate” crisis and “looming land scarcity.”

• 10/12/2021
• Daniel Evans

In May, Climatelinks explored the important role that women and girls—in all their diversity—play in responding to climate change. We featured how the Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) partnership harnesses data for climate advocacy and action through a gender lens.

• 06/24/2021
• Climatelinks

Climate mitigation is essential for helping communities prepare for the impacts of climate change and prevent worst-case climate scenarios. USAID helps countries achieve more ambitious climate targets under the Paris Agreement and provides the foundations for sustainable growth through renewable energy and natural climate solutions.

• 05/20/2021
• Isabela Barriga

Monitoring forest loss remotely is needed for formulating policies and strategies to address deforestation.

• 04/29/2021
• Ankit Joshi

This blog series features interviews with the winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest. This photo, submitted on behalf of the USAID Green Annamites Project, is available on the Climatelinks Photo Gallery.

• 02/26/2021
• Climatelinks

Congratulations to the 13 winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest!

This year’s theme, “Healthy Forests for a Healthy Future,” focuses on nature-based solutions to climate change such as active reforestation, plantations, agroforestry, and natural regeneration. The winning photos tell the stories of individual and community change agents for sustainable development, forest protection, and a climate-secure future.

• 01/25/2021
• Steve Hardeman