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The USAID Climate Team, anticipating many questions from Missions and implementing partners, collaborated with Climatelinks to offer a series of three webinars introducing the strategy and offering examples of how some Missions—Mexico, the Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), and Morocco—are already implementing it.

• 05/24/2022
• Christine Chumbler

The lasting vulnerabilities brought about by its violent past and rapidly changing socioeconomic structures has made Karamoja particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts.

• 05/19/2022
• Daniel Abrahams

The story of Mrs. Rabi Abora from the Mazamni village in Niger is a stunning example of the devastating impact climate change is having on women's livelihoods, nutrition, and health. Her story also demonstrates concrete actions to help mitigate these impacts.

• 05/18/2022
• Shawn Baker

POA has made significant strides in Guyana and Jamaica, providing climate-smart technical assistance to support sustainable livestock systems.

• 05/12/2022
• Agrilinks Team

On November 16, 2020, a major climate change-induced disaster occurred: Hurricane Iota struck Providencia and Santa Catalina with winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour

• 05/11/2022
• Thomas Black, Ricardo Ramirez, Michael Ingram, Jairo Gutierrez, Daniella Rough , Johanna Koolemans-Beynen, Emily Klos

The climate crisis is here, and President Biden has called for all-hands-on-deck in response.

• 05/10/2022
• Colleen Allen

As USAID is accelerating its efforts to meet the urgency of global climate change, INVEST is providing support through activities focused on encouraging the flow of private capital toward climate adaptation, resilience, and mitigation. A closer look at three activities — Power Africa in Kenya, ThirdWay Africa Rural Development Corporation in Southern Africa, and USAID Colombia’s Energy for Peace program — demonstrates how USAID is working with the private sector to scale and speed climate actions that result in climate benefits that are equitably shared.

• 05/05/2022
• Robin Young, Carolanne Chanik

The latest IUCN research shows that countries around the world increasingly recognize women as vital stakeholders and agents of change in urgent climate action.

• 05/04/2022
• IUCN

The Climate Strategy recognizes nature as critical to climate solutions and integrates nature-based solutions throughout.

• 05/03/2022
• USAID

Climate change, with its increasing fires, droughts, and floods, poses an enormous threat to the Amazon and forest-dependent communities.

• 04/28/2022
• Tedi Rabold

Electric utilities in developing countries are vital agents in the fight against the changing climate

• 04/27/2022
• Julia De la Cruz , Elena Ivanova, Kathy Julik-Heine, Abbey Pizel

Since the 1990s, USAID has partnered with Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA) to protect Egypt's Red Sea coral reefs through the installation of a permanent mooring buoy system. Thanks to these efforts, the Southern Red Sea is now home to the largest mooring system in the world, reducing the destruction of coral reefs in the region by 70% .

• 04/27/2022
• USAID Publications

USAID’s Páramos and Forests Activity and the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program are helping these women and their communities manage and protect their lands.

• 04/26/2022
• Helena Andrade, Mario González, Luis Fernando Jara

Indigenous women and girls are key actors in maintaining environmental sustainability – so why are they experiencing rising gender-based violence in connection with the environment and what can be done to stop it?

• 04/21/2022
• Jamie Wen-Besson, Dr. Anita Tzec

Kenya sits on the equator, with an average of 12 hours of sunlight every day. And, despite many recent improvements, it has had historically low rates of per capita access to grid electricity.

• 04/20/2022
• Professor Izael Pereira Da Silva, PhD