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Meet the 2024 Climatelinks Photo Contest Winners

The 2024 Climatelinks Photo Contest captured how communities across the globe are confronting climate change. We received over 300 submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 45 countries.

10/29/2024
Climatelinks

Learners of Kwerekwe ‘E’ pre-primary school in Zanzibar, Tanzania, cooling off with clean water during handwashing before their mid-day meal provided by Parent-Teacher Partnership (PTP) members

Beyond Blueprints: Accelerate Implementation Now

CACC was launched at COP26 with the goal of identifying promising mitigation and adaptation investment opportunities with private sector partners to help countries meet their climate commitments and strengthen their climate resilience.

11/07/2024
Dr. Molly Hellmuth, John Heermans, Dr. Emily Weeks

Solar energy enhances farmers livelihood in Thailand. Photo by Dararat Weerapong

Tracking Impact: A Look Back at Past COP Initiatives Ahead of COP29

At previous COPs, USAID launched or announced its participation in a variety of climate initiatives that help create a more climate-secure future. Here’s a roundup of Climatelinks blogs highlighting their progress.

11/11/2024
Jamie Schoshinski

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The Climatelinks blog provides posts with valuable insight for the climate change and development community.

Blog Type

Announcement
Blog Post
Climatelinks Champions
Community Spotlight
Newsletter Recap
News Summary
Postcards from the Field
USAID's Climate Strategy in Action

Region

Africa
Asia
Europe & Eurasia
Global
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America

Sectors

Adaptation
Agriculture and Food Systems
Biodiversity Conservation
Climate
Climate Finance
Conflict and Governance
Education
Energy
Gender and Social Inclusion
Health
Humanitarian Assistance
Infrastructure
Integration
Land
Natural Climate Solutions
Natural Resource Management
Urban
Water and Sanitation

Country

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyz Republic
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Project

Adaptation Community Meetings
AGENT - Advancing Gender in the Environment
Amazon Regional Environment Program
ATLAS - Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments
ATLAS Health and Climate Change Assessments
CCRD - Climate Change Resilient Development
CEADIR - Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment and Resilience
Climate Adaptation Support Activity (CASA)
Climate Integration Support Facility
EC-LEDS - Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development
Energy Opportunities for Agriculture Systems and Food Security
INVEST
Learning Agenda for Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa
Low-Emissions Opportunities in Agriculture
ProLand
RALI - Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation
Resilient Waters
Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Senegal
SERVIR
South Africa Low Emissions Development Program (SA-LED)
Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) Project
Tropical Forest Alliance
USAID-NREL Partnership
USAID Climate Finance for Development Accelerator (CFDA)
USAID Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)
USAID Green Invest Asia
USAID’s Engendering Industries
Women in the Sustainable Economy Initiative (WISE)

Topic

Adaptation
Agriculture
Air Quality
Biodiversity Conservation
Carbon
Carbon Markets
Circular Economy
Clean or Renewable Energy
Climate
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Climate/Environmental Justice
Climate Change
Climate Change Courses
Climate Change Integration
Climate Finance
Climate Finance and Economic Growth
Climate Information Services
Climate Policy
Climate Risk Management
Climate Science
Climate Security
Climate Strategy
Climate Strategy Implementation
Coastal
Conflict and Governance
COP27
Deforestation and Commodity Production
Democracy, Rights, and Governance
Development
Digital technology
Disaster Risk Management
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
Economic Growth
Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Education
Emissions
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Energy Technologies for Deep Decarbonization
Food Security
Forest/Forestry
Gender and Social Inclusion
Geospatial
Green Cities
Green Infrastructure
Green Jobs
Grid Integration
Health
Humanitarian Assistance
Inclusive Development
Indicators
Indigenous
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Infrastructure
Insurance
Land
Land Tenure
Land Use
Locally-Led Development
Loss and Damage
Low Emission Development
Marine
Methane
Microgrids
Migration
Mitigation
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification
Mountain
Natural Climate Solutions
Natural Resource Management
Nature-based Solutions
Nutrition
Partnership
Poverty
Private Sector Engagement
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation (REDD+)
Resilience
Rural
Self-Reliance
Sustainable Land Management
Sustainable Landscapes
Systems Change
Training
Transportation
Urban
Vulnerability Assessment
Water and Sanitation
Water Management
Weather
Youth

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Blog Post

SERVIR Satellite Data Program Develops Higher Resolutions Land Cover Maps for Nine African Countries

Since its inception in 2005 the SERVIR partnership between USAID and NASA has helped countries monitor environmental change and forecast extreme storms, floods, droughts, fires, red tides.

05/04/2015
SERVIR Global

Solar panels the roof of the Nervi Hall at the Vatican.

News Summary

Vatican Conference Participants Declare Climate Change a Moral Issue

The Vatican hosted a high-level conference on climate change this week.

04/30/2015

President Barack Obama walks the Anhinga Trail with rangers at Everglades National Park.

News Summary

Earth Day: President Obama Visits Everglades to Talk Climate Change

President Barack Obama traveled to the Florida Everglades this Earth Day, April 22, to draw attention to the threat climate change poses to U.S. parks and natural resources.

04/23/2015

Macedonia--Municipal Climate Change Strategies Project2

Blog Post

USAID’s CCRD Project Helps Macedonia Integrate Climate Change and Governance

Macedonia is already facing the effects of a changing climate.

04/20/2015
CCRD Project

Roundtable discussion at Howard University with President Obama, cabinet officials, doctors, and clean air advocates.

News Summary

Governments, Health Institutions Warn of Climate Impacts on Human Health

On April 7, President Obama announced several Executive Actions to protect American communities from the negative health impacts of climate change.

04/16/2015

Houseboats float in California’s drought-lowered Oroville Lake.

News Summary

Severe Droughts Unleash Water Crises in California, Brazil

The United States and Brazil are both facing water shortages of historic proportions in some of their largest population centers, Fortune magazine reported on April 6.

04/08/2015
Climatelinks

News Summary

U.S., Mexico, Ghana Submit Pledges to Curb Carbon Pollution

The White House said on March 31 that the United States formally submitted its target to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26-28 percent.

04/02/2015

A world map shows that global concentrations of carbon dioxide emissions correspond roughly with population density.

News Summary

U.S. Formally Commits to Lowering Total Carbon Emissions

On March 31, 2015, the U.S. submitted its 2025 carbon emissions reduction target to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

04/02/2015
U.S. Government

President Obama signs an executive order in the Oval Office to set new targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by the federal government.

News Summary

President Obama Issues Executive Order to Curb Government Carbon Pollution 40 Percent

The White House released a new Executive Order – Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade – on March 19, 2015.

03/25/2015

Blog Post

At Climate-Resilient Development Symposium, Experts Share 4 Years of Lessons

The “development first” approach to climate change adaptation has been tested in over 30 countries ranging from Mali to Kazakhstan.

03/23/2015
CCRD Project

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