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Here are some Climatelinks resources you may have missed in 2023.

• 12/27/2023
• Jamie Schoshinski

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

• 11/29/2023
• Ariel Schindler

Energy access is critical for strengthening health systems in lower- and middle-income countries. Progress in maternal and child health, combating infectious diseases, and other health priorities also requires co-investment in clean, reliable energy.

• 01/05/2023
• Amanda V. Quintana, Jaime L. Jarvis, Joyce-Lynn (Lyly) Njinga

The USAID ReachHealth project seeks to close gaps between policy and reality through a comprehensive approach to improving reproductive, maternal, and neonatal health outcomes in the Philippines.

• 03/17/2022
• Leah Quin

USAID’s WATSAN (water and sanitation) project works to strengthen local capacity and the water and sanitation infrastructure so that it can withstand and operate reliably under floods, landslides, and droughts.

• 02/22/2022
• Leah Quin

In 2021, Climatelinks featured a wide array of USAID’s climate-related work through its blogs. The Climatelinks blog acts as a resource for the global Climatelinks community and serves as a storehouse for information in the form of lessons learned, success stories, newsletter recaps, and report summaries. 

• 12/28/2021
• Steve Hardeman

Despite the government’s deliberate initiatives to reach more people, Tanzania lags behind in its grid electricity connection targets. Only 24.5% of rural households in Tanzania have access to electricity. To help realize a future where all people enjoy the benefits of modern energy, Pact develops solutions and implements projects to expand access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy and the means to use energy productively.

• 09/16/2021
• Marianna Balampama, Valentina Socias

Malaria remains one of the world’s deadliest diseases, threatening nearly half of the global population today.

• 06/29/2021
• Tedi Rabold

“[Women are] disproportionately impacted by climate change, more vulnerable to gender-based violence, and therefore disproportionately impacted by conflict.” – Vice President Kamala Harris, remarks to the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

• 05/27/2021
• Jamie Wen-Besson, Georgia Hartman

Tremendous progress has been made globally to reduce the burden of malaria. Between 2001 and 2013, the world saw a 47 percent decline in malaria mortality.

• 03/31/2021
• Sophia Dahodwala, Fernanda Zermoglio

This is the final of three blogs examining the lessons and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for sustainable landscape programs.

• 02/12/2021
• Eric Haxthausen

In mid-2020, Climatelinks added sector pages to its website. The 14 pages, accessible by hovering your mouse over “What We Do” in the website’s top navigation menu, showcase sector-specific work on climate change that USAID is undertaking in a variety of contexts. Each sector page houses an introductory overview detailing related climate impacts and stressors, as well as potential solutions.

• 12/30/2020
• Stephan Hardeman

Research[1] demonstrates that when environmental conditions worsen, the treatment of women and girls worsens. Agriculture has significant impact on the environment that can increase environmental degradation. As communities in environmentally-precarious situations face stress, gender-based violence (GBV) is a negative coping strategy that perpetrators sometimes use to reassert control over women’s bodies and minds.

• 01/10/2020
• Meredith Perry

During 2019, the Climatelinks community contributed over 100 resources on a wide range of topics, from clean cook stoves to sustainable forest management.

• 12/12/2019
• Stephan Hardeman

In arid regions with already unreliable water and sanitation services, climate change is a threat multiplier for those who rely on functional infrastructure for basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs.

• 11/12/2019
• Brittany Ajroud, Patrick Nease