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As part of the global effort to increase climate finance flows, USAID's 2022-2030 Climate Strategy sets a target of mobilizing $150 billion in climate finance by 2030 from public and private sources. To meet these climate targets and incentivize investment, USAID is integrating climate finance throughout Agency programming and establishing key activities and mechanisms that engage the private sector.

• 11/09/2022
• Sashi Jayatileke, Tedi Rabold

Join this listening session on Monday, November 14th at 6:25–7:10 pm EET (11:25 am–12:10 pm EST). The session will seek input from COP27 attendees and the wider public on the preliminary findings of a study on systemic approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural, nutrition, and food systems.

• 11/07/2022
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Climatelinks photo contest––our biggest contest yet. We received more than 200 submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 45 countries.

• 11/01/2022
• Climatelinks

SERVIR, a joint program of USAID and NASA, is responding to the needs of farmers in West with new efforts focused on financial instruments and private-sector engagement.

• 10/27/2022
• Erica Kriner

With a presence in 100 countries and more than 10,000 staff globally, USAID has a unique and timely opportunity to help reshape the renewable energy ecosystem and promote the adoption of a circular economy approach to renewable energy, plastics, and other sectors – helping to shift the balance of natural resource use for all our stuff from one of waste and disposability to one of sustainability while providing and creating new economic opportunities.

• 10/24/2022
• Gillian Caldwell

In the lead-up to the 2022 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 27th Conference of Parties (COP27), the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) will host its 187th public meeting, focused on the ongoing BIFAD-commissioned study on systemic solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agricultural, nutrition, and food systems. Registration is open for this October 26th meeting, and the public is invited to comment on preliminary findings.

• 10/18/2022
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

Co-funded by USAID and UKaid, Modern Cooking for Healthy Forests is a five-year climate change activity designed to support the Government of Malawi to address the growing charcoal-led deforestation crisis.

• 10/04/2022
• Nicholas J. Parkinson

By leveraging partnerships, programs are able to elevate their impact and longevity.

• 09/15/2022
• Sophie Schrader

How USAID is partnering with the private sector to create a plastic value chain

• 09/14/2022
• Ali Syverson

The meeting will publicly introduce the BIFAD Subcommittee on Systemic Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems.

• 08/24/2022
• Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD)

USAID is helping Dominican farmers increase rice yields while protecting the environment

• 08/18/2022
• Brenda Silverio

Climate finance, a key aspect of USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy, applies various financial resources to assist developing countries in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and building resilience to the impacts of climate change.

• 07/13/2022
• Tedi Rabold

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.

• 07/05/2022
• Manuel Bueno, Lindsay Foley

The USAID Climate Team, anticipating many questions from Missions and implementing partners, collaborated with Climatelinks to offer a series of three webinars introducing the strategy and offering examples of how some Missions—Mexico, the Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), and Morocco—are already implementing it.

• 05/24/2022
• Christine Chumbler

Do you have great photos of changemakers in climate and development? Do you want to promote your work on Climatelinks? Now is your chance!

• 05/17/2022
• Climatelinks