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Strengthening Climate Information Services in Africa: Where are the Opportunities?

February 15, 2018

Fatema Rajabali

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"Climate sensitive information needs to reach the right people for the appropriate decision that needs to be made...it is not just about useful...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, gender, governance, partnership, private-sector engagement, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Africa

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Community Spotlights: Share Your Work on Public Private Partnerships & Climate Change with the Climatelinks Community!

February 8, 2018

Announcements

Climatelinks is focusing on public private partnerships (PPPs) this month and we would like to hear from you! PPPs provide an opportunity for...

Keywords:

adaptation, climate change integration, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership, private-sector engagement, sustainable landscapes, Training

Geography:

Global

Calculating Energy Savings and Emission Reductions in Colombia Using the CLEER Tool

February 8, 2018

DERINA MAN

JOHN VENEZIA

KEVIN KURKUL

Blog Post

A USAID/Colombia program that concluded in 2017 saved manufacturing facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of tons of greenhouse...

Keywords:

clean energy, climate policy, emissions, indicators, low emission development strategies, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, private-sector engagement

Geography:

Latin America & Caribbean

From the Bottom Up: Key Lessons Learned from Senegal’s National Adaptation Planning Process

February 7, 2018

Dr. Khady Sané Diouf

Fatou Thiaw

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In October 2017, the NAP Global Network invited Dr. Khady Sané Diouf (Project Director) and Ms. Fatou Thiaw (Climate Change Officer)—representatives...

Keywords:

adaptation, climate policy, coastal, ecosystems

Geography:

Africa

Using the US EPA's Workbook to Support Preparation of National GHG Inventories: The Experience of Bangladesh

Preparing National Emissions Inventories with US EPA Templates

January 31, 2018

Joshua Forgotson

Blog Post

Government of Bangladesh inventory experts recently participated in USAID-organized focus group discussions to share practical knowledge and skills,...

Keywords:

emissions, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation

Geography:

Asia

Communtity spotlights blog - climate & conflict

Community Spotlights: Climate Change and Conflict Resources

January 31, 2018

Joyce-Lynn Njinga

Katherine Cunningham

Community Spotlights

This month Climatelinks focused on the connections and complexities between climate change and conflict, environmental peacebuilding and conflict...

Keywords:

adaptation, conflict, food security, mitigation, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+), resilience, sustainable landscapes, water

Geography:

Global

Adapting Development Programs in the Face of Climate Change and Conflict

January 30, 2018

Christine Chumbler

Blog Post

Many of the world’s conflicts have control over natural resources at their core, whether that resource is water, agricultural land, or mineral wealth...

Keywords:

adaptation, conflict, resilience

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean

Relationship-building Key to Reducing Conflict over Water and Grazing in Ethiopia

January 26, 2018

Erin Martin

Blog Post

Motivated by more frequent droughts that have eroded their livelihoods and intensified food insecurity, competing groups of pastoralists in one area...

Keywords:

adaptation, conflict, disaster

Geography:

Africa

Wilson center blog - conflict & climate change

From Disaster Risk Reduction to Sustainable Peace: Reducing Vulnerability and Preventing Conflict at the Local Level

January 25, 2018

Florian Krampe

Roberta Scassa

The summer of 2017 was a stark reminder that climate change exacerbates both the intensity and frequency of natural disasters—and that the most...

Keywords:

adaptation, conflict, disaster, resilience, urban

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Global

Environmental Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Synergies of Climate and Environmental Governance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

January 17, 2018

Florian Krampe

Blog Post

Building peace in fragile and conflict-affected states is rarely if ever straightforward, and climate and environmental changes are exacerbating...

Keywords:

conflict, reducing emissions from deforestation & degradation (REDD+)

Geography:

Africa, Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean

Miami Beach City Government Rises to the Challenge of Climate Change Resilience

January 16, 2018

Christine Chumbler

Blog Post

Sea-level rise poses challenges for cities in both developing and developed countries. One city in the United States offers an example of how coastal...

Keywords:

adaptation, coastal, resilience, urban

To Realize the Promise of Renewables, Address the Concerns of Local People

January 11, 2018

Gwen Andersen

Mily Cortés-Posas

Blog Post

In 2009, in rural Pennsylvania, as head of the Renewable Energy Center, I attended a heated community meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers about...

Keywords:

clean energy, mitigation, water

Geography:

Asia

Climate Field Schools: Transforming Agricultural Risk into Resilience

January 11, 2018

APIK

Blog Post

For farmers in Indonesia, climate change is more than scientific models and emissions scenarios; it is a harsh reality reflected in the day-to-day...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, resilience, weather & climate services

Geography:

Asia

Community Spotlights: Share Your Work on Climate Change and Conflict with the Climatelinks Community!

January 9, 2018

Announcements

Climatelinks is focusing on climate change and conflict in January and we would like to hear from you! The relationship between climate change and...

Keywords:

adaptation, clean energy, conflict, mitigation, Monitoring & Evaluation, sustainable landscapes, Training

Geography:

Global

Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Atoll Communities on Yap Island, FSM

January 4, 2018

Dr. Murukesan Krishnapillai

Blog Post

On Yap Island in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), four atoll communities—about 800 people from the outer islands who have migrated to the...

Keywords:

adaptation, agriculture, coastal, resilience

Geography:

Asia

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Strengthening Climate Information Services in Africa: Where are the Opportunities?

Community Spotlights: Share Your Work on Public Private Partnerships & Climate Change with the Climatelinks Community!

Calculating Energy Savings and Emission Reductions in Colombia Using the CLEER Tool

From the Bottom Up: Key Lessons Learned from Senegal’s National Adaptation Planning Process

Preparing National Emissions Inventories with US EPA Templates

Community Spotlights: Climate Change and Conflict Resources

Adapting Development Programs in the Face of Climate Change and Conflict

Relationship-building Key to Reducing Conflict over Water and Grazing in Ethiopia

From Disaster Risk Reduction to Sustainable Peace: Reducing Vulnerability and Preventing Conflict at the Local Level

Environmental Peacebuilding: Opportunities and Synergies of Climate and Environmental Governance in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Miami Beach City Government Rises to the Challenge of Climate Change Resilience

To Realize the Promise of Renewables, Address the Concerns of Local People

Climate Field Schools: Transforming Agricultural Risk into Resilience

Community Spotlights: Share Your Work on Climate Change and Conflict with the Climatelinks Community!

Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Atoll Communities on Yap Island, FSM

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