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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is commonly seen as a barrier to expanding electricity access in a cost-effective manner, but recent analyses conducted for Bangladesh suggest otherwise.

• 05/11/2018
• Climatelinks

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific are facing a future of sea level rise, increased frequency and intensity of weather events and ocean acidification. A new paper in the Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation (RALI) Series explores these climate challenges and the progress of SIDS.

• 04/13/2018
• Robert Kay, Charlotte Cherry

In the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, over 270 government officials, members of civil society organizations and atoll community leaders acquired skills to manage water supplies in the face of changing conditions. 

• 03/28/2018
• Dr. Pierre Mukheibir, Louise Boronyak-Vasco

Last year, USAID and CARE International in Vanuatu worked together to strengthen disaster resilience in Tanna and three other islands, so they can bounce back faster from natural disasters and rely less on foreign aid.

• 03/20/2018
• USAID Publications

The asymmetry between men’s and women’s participation in forestry decision-making is often rooted in two inter-related issues. First, forestry institutions and forest resources are generally male-dominated and second, village-level decision-making takes place in the public sphere. Women are traditionally associated with the private sphere of home and family life.

• 03/08/2018
• Christi Hang

To help bolster both community and ecological resilience, USAID’s Hariyo Ban (Green Forests) program was established in 2011 to work in two biodiverse landscapes in Nepal: Terai Arc and Chitwan-Annapuran.

• 03/05/2018
• Climatelinks

With collaboration between Winrock, the Government of Vietnam and the private sector, Vietnam’s payments for forest environmental services has the potential to be a model for other countries struggling to conserve forest areas — and a way to help people live more secure and prosperous lives.

• 02/28/2018
• Lauren Keller, Nga Dang

USAID is building mutually beneficial partnerships with private sector actors that leverage their respective expertise, assets, technologies, networks and resources to achieve greater development impact.

• 02/26/2018
• Climatelinks

Government of Bangladesh inventory experts recently participated in USAID-organized focus group discussions to share practical knowledge and skills, including how to use the US EPA Template Workbook.

• 01/31/2018
• Joshua Forgotson

USAID’s Findings and Preliminary Lessons from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Peru looked at three countries facing challenges from climate change. In all three countries, climate change is disrupting communities’ long-held understandings of their environments.

• 01/30/2018
• Christine Chumbler

By working together to reduce fragility and vulnerability, could we not only better prepare for disaster, but also help prevent conflict? We have the policy tools to take an integrated approach to climate, conflict, and disaster—but we need the political will to use them.

• 01/25/2018
• Florian Krampe, Roberta Scassa

• 01/17/2018

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 struggle to sustain their livelihood. Farmers are intimately familiar with the traditional ebb and flow of the weather, and the increasing chasm between how things used to be and how things are today.

• 01/11/2018
• Climatelinks

Fortunately, there are proven ways to engage communities and bring them on board with renewable energy. A case in point is the USAID ProParque project in Honduras and its experience introducing small hydropower to highland communities.

• 01/11/2018
• Gwen Andersen, Mily Cortés-Posas

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 main island—have gained a reputation for growing good-quality vegetables.

• 01/04/2018
• Dr. Murukesan Krishnapillai