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NCA4 illustrates that U.S. investments in developing countries can build capacity and resilience, leading to climate risk reduction and improved livelihoods.

• 12/19/2018
• Isabela Barriga

These are the five most visited blogs of the year.

• 12/18/2018
• Stephan Hardeman

These are our top five most viewed webinars this past year.

• 12/18/2018
• Isabela Barriga

Climate Risk Profiles and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Factsheets are regularly among the most viewed and downloaded resources on Climatelinks.

• 12/18/2018
• Stephan Hardeman

As part of a multi-year effort, USAID is collaborating with partners to support the design and implementation of practical, scientifically sound MRV systems.

• 12/04/2018
• Julianna White and Noel Gurwick

Social and behavior change (SBC), an approach long championed in global health and biodiversity conservation programming, may be a critical part of enhancing climate resilience.

• 11/19/2018
• Veronique Lee

Climate risk management (CRM) ensures planning and programming is resilient to current and future climate impacts.

• 08/07/2018
• Climatelinks

The new global Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Project was one of the first activities to undergo USAID’s CRM process. The resulting extensive climate risk assessment highlighted the need to include strategies, interventions and assessments to build climate resilience both into program implementation and among beneficiaries in activity design.

• 08/07/2018
• Christine Chumbler, Elaine Gray

At the June Adaptation Community Meeting, four climate change risk specialists from leading development organizations came together to discuss how they are thinking about climate risk and what processes they are putting in place to improve resilience.

• 07/20/2018
• Climatelinks

USAID took stock of climate risk management (CRM) in programming across all sectors to better understand the Agency’s experience with CRM to better support the practice.

• 07/19/2018
• Rebecca Nicodemus, Anna McGinn

The USAID-funded Learning Agenda on Climate Services in sub-Saharan Africa—together with partners from the Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at the University of Cape Town—convened 65 participants in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of the fifth international climate change adaptation conference.

• 07/19/2018
• Climatelinks

The American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, December 10-14, in Washington DC has invited abstracts for a session that will examine how global change research can support national security decision-making.

• 07/03/2018
• Climatelinks

We asked Climatelinks community members to share their resources at the intersection of energy efficiency, emissions reductions, air pollution and related health issues in urban areas.

• 06/18/2018
• Katherine Cunningham, Joyce-Lynn Njinga

The USAID-funded program Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT), is identifying countries most affected by climate vulnerability, fragility and gender inequality.

• 06/15/2018
• Climatelinks

Increasing energy efficiency and reducing energy demand are cornerstones of strategies to increase economic competitiveness while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

• 06/11/2018
• Climatelinks