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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Climatelinks Photo Contest!

The 2021 Climatelinks photo contest was a huge success! We received more than 100 stunning submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 22 countries.
  • Steve Hardeman
Drought Resistant Maize for Food Security

Climate Smart Agriculture for a Food Secure Future

The U.S. Government’s Feed the Future program is making climate change a central objective of their strategy. Global food security is under stress from increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, dr...
  • Tedi Rabold
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A New Wave of Private Investment for Climate Solutions

With the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) portfolio of climate change programs, partnerships, and expertise around the globe, the Agency is positioned to answer the global call to a...
  • Sashi Jayatileke

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Combating Climate Change with Communities in Papua

In Indonesia’s Papua Province, a province on the eastern edge of the Indonesian archipelago that shares an island with the nation of Papua New Guinea, reducing deforestation is the most effective way to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Christine Chumbler
Residents in Pursat province, Cambodia, cast fishing nets.
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Climate Risk Management Proves Critical to Sustaining Food Security in Cambodia

This blog is part of the Benefits of Climate Risk Management blog series that aims to provide evidence-based deep dives into USAID case studies. A USAID-funded Cambodia fisheries project outperformed productivity goals after incorporating climate-sensitive design, including planning for increased risk of drought and extreme heat events.
  • Jamie Carson, Elizabeth Hutchison
A team from the Legazpi City Water District was mobilized to inspect the springs facility right after Typhoon Kammuri hit the Philippines in December 2019.
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Resilient Development for Clean Water Access

In December 2019, Typhoon Kammuri flooded parts of Legazpi City, one of the biggest natural hazard hotspots in the country. Earlier that year, USAID had helped the local water district develop an emergency preparedness plan for maintaining and restoring water services when disasters strike.
  • Tedi Rabold
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The Business Case for Gender Equality

When women are able to fully participate and lead in the workforce, we know that businesses prosper. Research shows that gender and ethnically diverse companies outperform industry standards by 25 percent.
  • Corinne Hart, Hayley Samu
A farmer waters young acacia trees during the dry season in Tien Phuoc, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
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Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest

Congratulations to the 13 winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest!

This year’s theme, “Healthy Forests for a Healthy Future,” focuses on nature-based solutions to climate change such as active reforestation, plantations, agroforestry, and natural regeneration. The winning photos tell the stories of individual and community change agents for sustainable development, forest protection, and a climate-secure future.
  • Steve Hardeman
A group of women in colorful clothing walk towards the camera carrying metal pots full of water on their heads.
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Top 5 Photos of 2020

Photos are a great way to not only capture climate programming in action, but to tell one’s story. The Climatelinks photo gallery has more than 230 photos depicting climate and development, from gender and inclusion to natural resource management.
Below are the five most popular photos of 2020. Let us know if you have a favorite photo.
  • Isabela Barriga
Jamaican farmer
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Top 5 Resources of 2020

Climatelinks’ Resource Library houses a variety of climate-related resources from scaling up energy efficiency to community-based forestry enterprises. In 2020, the Climatelinks community contributed over 150 resources on a wide range of topics.
  • Isabela Barriga
A group of people walk along the edge of a ridgeline field in a mountainous landscape.
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5 Resources You May Have Missed in 2020

The Climatelinks Resource Library grew by 150 documents in 2020, covering a wide range of topics from climate finance to human health. Do you have a favorite Climatelinks resource from this past year? Make sure you didn’t miss these great resources from 2020.
  • Isabela Barriga