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The following blogs highlight how USAID programs are using these processes to support a just energy transition.

• 10/01/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

Rural and conflict-affected communities in Colombia struggle to access a reliable, affordable, and sustainable source of energy, which negatively affects their quality of life and economic prospects.

• 09/24/2024
• Natalie Alm

From increasing local awareness and knowledge of air pollution, to tackling its sources by improving access to clean cooking and transportation, read how USAID is working with India, Thailand, Zambia, and Malawi to improve air quality.

• 09/19/2024
• Jane Clifford

Traditional approaches to health programming are no longer sufficient in this rapidly changing climate.

• 09/17/2024
• Fernanda Zermoglio, Maggie Barnes, Liz Lugten

To mitigate air pollution in developing countries, we need to examine its causes in local contexts and support solutions that are affordable, sustainable, and reliable.

• 09/12/2024
• Jane Clifford

The International Programs Office of the Forest Service has been providing natural resource management technical assistance in southern Africa for more than 20 years.

• 09/10/2024
• USDA Forest Service

The USAID Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) program aims to support Senegal's public water service companies in modernizing their rural borehole pumping systems.

• 09/05/2024
• Gamou Fall

These resources highlight how USAID programs support a just and inclusive transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient energy systems around the world.

• 09/03/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

Complex risk necessitates a shift in how development actors approach international development and climate resilience programs and policies.

• 08/26/2024
• Dr. Jennifer Denno Cissé, Dr. Molly Hellmuth, Dr. Zarrar Khan

Many researchers worry that the Amazon is approaching a tipping point, also becoming a carbon source and dramatically changing ecologically, if we do not do more to curb the current rate of deforestation.

• 08/22/2024
• Shannon Vasamsetti

The RISE grants challenge is a first-of-its-kind grant fund that supports activities designed to address GBV in environment and climate change programs and generate evidence on promising interventions.

• 08/22/2024
• Jason Ocampo

USAID received a Certificate of Excellence in Accountability Reporting Award for integration of climate-related risk information into performance reporting in its FY 2023 Agency Financial Report.

• 08/20/2024
• Greg Shanahan

The USAID Upper Lempa Watershed Project focuses on the headwaters of the Lempa River, one of the longest in Central America – and the largest river in El Salvador.

• 08/15/2024
• Winrock International

USAID is committed to improving the well-being of people who migrate or are displaced by climate impacts, as well as the people and communities that receive them.

• 08/15/2024
• Laurie Ashley

Today, Zambia is experiencing the worst drought in 20 years. Drought-induced power outages, lasting up to 20 hours a day, impact the quality of care at health facilities.

• 08/13/2024
• Presley Musonda