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The Commodities and Forests Agenda 2020 report, launched September 19 by the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 and World Economic Forum, lays out 10 priority areas that company executives, policy-makers and civil society leaders should focus on to accelerate progress in addressing commodity-driven deforestation.

• 09/22/2017
• Climatelinks

USAID/Mexico supported an assessment of the energy and greenhouse gas emission benefits associated with pilot projects designed to reduce emissions in Mexico. The online CLEER Tool calculated clean energy benefits for these pilots, providing an easy way to estimate and track current and future energy benefits and emissions reductions from a wide range of clean energy activities. 

• 09/15/2017
• Derina Man, Kevin Kurkul, John Venezia

Globalwaters.org is a global knowledge resource for USAID staff, implementing partners and the broader community of development practitioners working in the water sector.

• 08/17/2017
• Climatelinks

USAID’s RALI project described the benefits of a robust GHG inventory in a recent white paper, shining a light on three publicly available tools that demonstrably build capacity for improved emission inventories.

• 08/16/2017
• Joshua Forgotson, Pamela Cookson, Marian Van Pelt

The CLEER Tool is a user-friendly online calculator based on internationally accepted methodologies enabling users to calculate emissions reduced or avoided from clean energy actions.

• 07/28/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, John Venezia

Want to problem-solve on climate change? The MIT Climate CoLab, an online crowdsourcing platform of nearly 90,000 members, launches seven new climate contests.

• 07/12/2017
• Climatelinks

The NDC Partnership recently launched the NDC Toolbox Navigator, an online platform designed to connect those involved in planning and implementing NDCs with the tools they can use to support planning and implementation.

• 06/23/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, Greg Carlock

Climatelinks is focusing on climate risk management this month. Explore the following resources and blogs covering this topic, shared with us by Climatelinks community members.

• 06/08/2017
• Joyce-Lynn Njinga

Hydropower is growing rapidly worldwide as a clean and renewable energy source that helps countries enhance energy security and curb greenhouse gas emissions, depending on location.

• 05/31/2017
• Amy Daniels, Molly Hellmuth

The NDC Partnership recently launched the NDC Toolbox Navigator. The Toolbox Navigator is an online resource focused specifically on resources that support NDC implementation.

• 05/10/2017
• Greg Carlock, Derina Man

The USAID Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation (RALI) Project has teamed up with the NDC Partnership Support Unit on the development of a new online navigator tool to help countries identify tools and methods to help achieve their climate commitments.

• 05/04/2017
• Greg Carlock, Derina Man

USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning’s Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research is now accepting submissions for the third-annual Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition through Friday, June 16.

• 05/03/2017
• Climatelinks

USAID supported an assessment of the energy and greenhouse gas emission benefits associated with eight energy efficiency improvement options using the online Clean Energy Emission Reduction (CLEER) Tool.

• 04/07/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, Derina Man, John Venezia

• 03/31/2017

In March, we focused on USAID’s approach to improving sustainable land managment for climate change resilience and mitigation, and the use of mobile technology to strengthen land tenure and management. 

• 03/28/2017
• Climatelinks