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Hundreds of sector practitioners participated in the UN-Habitat’s 5th Congress of the Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance (GWOPA).

• 02/13/2024
• David Favazza, Sumbi M Shimwambwa

USAID believes that climate solutions are water solutions — and that investing in water security is essential to building climate resilience.

• 12/10/2023
• Global Waters

AI is not a replacement for human expertise, but careful use helps SERVIR and its collaborators get more out of Earth data.

• 12/07/2023
• Jake Ramthun, Tim Mayer, Biplov Bhandari

This blog about Mozambique is part of a series of country spotlights Climatelinks is publishing ahead of COP28.

• 11/28/2023
• Ariel Schindler

In an increasingly interconnected world, the impacts of climate change are felt across geographies and economies, as emphasized in the just released U.S. Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5).

• 11/14/2023
• Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Doug Mason, Maria Fernanda Zermoglio, Lawrence Sperling, Geoffrey Dabelko, Molly Hellmuth

This blog about Jamaica is part of a series of country spotlights Climatelinks is publishing ahead of COP28.

• 11/09/2023
• Ariel Schindler

This blog about Bangladesh is part of a series of country spotlights Climatelinks is publishing ahead of COP28.

• 11/07/2023
• Ariel Schindler

Social and behavior change communication campaigns are a tool that can help advance and sustain climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.

• 10/12/2023
• Krystle Corpuz

The USAID Reducing Pollution project works closely with local partners in Vietnam to address multiple sources of air pollution.

• 10/10/2023
• USAID Reducing Pollution project

The USAID/Uganda Biodiversity for Resilience (B4R) Activity supports the National Forestry Authority to conserve Central Forest Reserve water towers, including in Karamoja.

• 09/14/2023
• Shannon Vasamsetti

In April 2022, USAID released their new Climate Strategy which will guide the Agency’s approach to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, improving overall operations, and helping partner countries build resilience to climate change through 2030. InterAction began refining and deepening our community’s understanding of climate change’s impacts, sharpening our recommendations for a comprehensive USG response.

• 08/31/2023
• Brian Aka and Claudia Sanchez de Lozada

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

The effects of climate change are threatening agricultural systems and access to nutritious food around the world. This blog explores the Conceptual Pathways between Agriculture and Nutrition independent research project.

• 08/01/2023
• Ashley Boddie

Senegalese youth are repairing degraded mangrove forests. In the process, they are empowering fishing communities to safeguard their own livelihoods ─ and fight climate change.

• 06/20/2023
• Winrock International

When considering urban sources of greenhouse gas emissions, sanitation is not usually the first sector that comes to mind. Transportation, sure. Electricity generation, certainly. But not waste treatment. And yet, one study showed that up to half of the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from Kampala, Uganda could be traced to sanitation.

• 06/06/2023
• Christine Chumbler