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C3F aims to encourage the flow of private sector capital into coastal resilience and blue carbon projects that contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation while benefiting local communities.

• 02/27/2024
• Chip Cunliffe

Remarkably, within just one year CFDA has operated with exceptional speed, achieving multiple milestones.

• 01/11/2024
• Sashi Jayatileke

The most visited blogs in 2023 offer technical guidance for practitioners, share successful interventions from countries where USAID works, and more.

• 12/19/2023
• Jamie Schoshinski

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

• 11/16/2023
• Ariel Schindler

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

• 10/31/2023
• Kristi Marciano

Bangladesh is a land-scarce country with a high-density population. However, land use changes and the impacts of climate change are rapidly reducing the amount of arable land. Bangladesh requires an increased investment in sustainable land use planning to both increase economic growth and ensure food security for its growing population. 

• 08/29/2023
• Kabir Uddin

Strengthening and transforming systems to enhance climate resilience is crucial for vulnerable communities. Explore USAID efforts in the context of coastal communities, the power sector, urban planning, and more. 

• 01/19/2023
• Sophie Schrader

The Climatelinks photo gallery has more than 600 images from 71 countries, covering a range of topics from agriculture to water security. Check out some photos that you may have missed in 2022.

• 12/22/2022
• Krystelle Thomas

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

USAID is advancing gender-responsive climate action by implementing evidence-based, high-impact programs in a range of sectors, including gender-equitable access to green jobs, land rights, natural resource management, and climate finance.

• 11/14/2022
• M. Mena

The Fish Innovation Lab is working to address climate-related shocks to aquaculture and fisheries through current research to estimate aquaculture production and value chain performance in Bangladesh and promote sustainable fisheries management in East African biodiversity hotspots and climate refugia.

• 08/10/2022
• Alaina Dismukes, Agrilinks

Since the 1990s, USAID has partnered with Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) to protect Egypt's Red Sea coral reefs through the installation of a permanent mooring buoy system. Thanks to these efforts, the Southern Red Sea is now home to the largest mooring system in the world, reducing the destruction of coral reefs in the region by 70% .

• 04/27/2022
• USAID Publications

As climate change increasingly damages marine ecosystems, local communities, with support from USAID, are taking steps to protect their way of life.

• 03/24/2022
• Kait Siegel

USAID investments in reducing the risks and impacts of climate change—through increasing community resilience, building regional climate science capacity, or providing meteorological equipment—are vital for the countries of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC).

• 01/11/2022
• Christine Chumbler

To address these challenges, USAID partnered with the Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), to make pioneering impact investments into marine and coastal projects and enterprises. The $132 million Fund invests in projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia and the Pacific that aim to build resilience in coastal ecosystems and create sustainable economic growth and livelihoods in the blue economy.

• 11/23/2021
• Jennifer Kane, Sashi Jayatileke