Blog

Reducing livestock emissions while increasing production efficiency is key in Africa and can be achieved through better livestock feeding practices and more efficient management techniques. 

• 04/23/2024
• Saskia Hendrickx

Analyses of USAID Feed the Future programs revealed substantial opportunities to reduce methane emissions while increasing incomes and food security.

• 04/16/2024
• Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Alyxandra Ruzevich

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.

• 04/09/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

Como a USAID ajuda empresas locais a florescer enquanto restaura a floresta amazônica.

• 04/05/2024
• Joey DeMarco

The Amazon rainforest is home to thousands of unique species, serves as a critical carbon sink, and regulates rainfall and weather patterns across South America and beyond.

• 04/05/2024
• Joey DeMarco

USAID Morodok Baitang is working with local farmers in Cambodia to advance low-emissions agriculture and reduce deforestation in and around protected areas.

• 04/04/2024
• Vaneska Litz

Q&A about livestock including the intersection between livestock and climate change.

• 03/28/2024
• Andrew Bisson, Leslie Brooks

USAID’s approach to Low Emissions Agriculture and Food Systems serves to substantially reduce GHG emissions compared to business-as-usual scenarios and/or emissions intensity.

• 03/20/2024
• Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Alyxandra Ruzevich

HEARTH is a collaborative public–private partnership approach to sustainable development initiated by USAID that seeks to address biodiversity loss and climate change while supporting the livelihoods of local communities. 

• 03/19/2024
• Sara Carlson, Robert Cohen

PERU-Hub is a dynamic research and innovation center that explores advanced technologies in climate resilience, crop diversification, and food production to improve the livelihoods of rural farmers in Peru.

• 03/12/2024
• Siena Fleischer, Marilyn Finney, Julie MacCartee

The following resources offer guidance on how USAID programs can limit emissions from the agriculture sector and implement other climate-smart agriculture practices. 

• 03/05/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

At the IWA Water and Development Congress in December 2023, USAID’s WASH-FIN 2 activity co-convened a session on “Unlocking Climate Finance for Sanitation: The Role of Partnerships,” with the Kenya Water Sector Trust Fund.

• 03/04/2024
• Barbara Kazimbaya-Senkwe

In a significant move towards advancing Jordan's decarbonization initiatives, USAID's Energy Sector Support Activity created the Decarbonization Finance Directory.

• 02/22/2024
• Daniel Potash, Anne Canavati, Ameya Sampath

The following blogs offer insight into how USAID and its partners are mobilizing climate finance and provide examples of equitable climate finance investments. 

• 02/01/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

While the annual average of climate finance flows has reached an all-time high of $1.3 trillion, it still falls dramatically short of what’s needed.

• 01/16/2024
• Sashi Jayatileke