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Empowering Central American Farmers Against Climate Shocks

Forecasting tools and simple, low-cost interventions can help farmers adapt to some of the worst impacts of climate change-driven extreme weather events in Central America.
  • Nik Steinberg, Zachary Johnson
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Still Standing

How USAID’s disaster-resilient construction in Pakistan is keeping children in school amidst devastating floods.
  • Ali Syverson

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Maximizing the Power of Climate Data by Building Trust

As the frequency and magnitude of climate-related hazards increases, these changes are affecting people’s livelihoods, particularly those of rural and vulnerable populations more than ever.
  • Jeff Ratcliffe, Marie-Claire Tuzeneu
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How Can Climate Action Be Inclusive?

A growing demand to address the threats of climate change and social inequality has led to the emergence of inclusive climate action.
  • Wendy Jaglom, Logan Pfeiffer
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Is Grid-Scale Battery Storage Key to Renewable Energy Integration?

The USAID-NREL Partnership developed a suite of resources within the Grid Integration Toolkit that provides information about the role that battery energy storage systems (BESS) play in integrating variable renewable energy, such as wind and solar, into large-scale power systems.
  • Isabel McCan
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Serving Governments’ Climate Data Needs

Farmers around the world increasingly rely on long-range weather forecasts when planning their crops. Traditional timing for planting is no longer as reliable as it used to be, and neither are the rains, thanks to shifts in climate patterns.
  • Christine Chumbler
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New Drought Monitoring System Will Reduce Climate Risks for South Asian Farmers

To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts, scientists and policymakers from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) recently joined forces to launch an innovative decision support and agricultural planning system.
  • Agrilinks Team
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Equipping Youth with Knowledge and Capacity to Better Manage Climate Risk

Children, along with women and the elderly, are especially vulnerable during natural disasters, according to the Indonesia National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), which estimates that 60 to 70 percent of disaster victims fall in those demographic categories
  • Nyoman Prayoga
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Climate Hazards Center Early Estimates and the East Africa March-to-May 2019 Drought

The Climate Hazards Center (CHC) has been using the CHC Early Estimates for agroclimatological monitoring and forecast-plus-observation rainfall scenarios since late 2018. The CHC Early Estimates are regional maps that show rainfall conditions for multiple accumulation periods, which are useful for agroclimatic monitoring.
  • Agrilinks Team
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Despite Challenges, Urban Microgrids Increase Resilience

Urban microgrids are high on the global development agenda. They are attractive for many reasons, most recently for their relevance to climate change adaptation and mitigation. They have proven resilient to extreme weather events, and, because they create commercial opportunities for low-carbon generation technology, they can reduce greenhouse gases from the urban sector in the long term.
  • Michael Ashford, Lisa Pagkalinawan
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Hydropower in Tanzania

Climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, flooding, and drought, threaten renewable energy generation, particularly hydropower due to the necessary proximity of power stations to water sources. As a result, energy security and the ability of countries to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets may be compromised.
  • Molly Hellmuth
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A Robust Business Responding to Climate Shocks in Mozambique

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation builds agribusiness’ capacity in myriad ways – from organizational strengthening to business plan design to investor relations – all with the aim of improving their ability to respond to the specific needs of smallholder farmers. Our approach pairs investments in new technologies with targeted services that help agribusinesses accelerate their growth so they can quickly and successfully enter new markets, increase profits, and expand their customer bases.
  • Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation