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This blog is the second part in an Editor’s Pick Series highlighting USAID’s work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• 04/19/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Senegalese youth are repairing degraded mangrove forests. In the process, they are empowering fishing communities to safeguard their own livelihoods ─ and fight climate change.

• 04/13/2022
• Winrock International

USAID, through the U.S. Government’s Water for the World initiative, is doubling down on efforts that adapt to climate change and build resilience.

• 04/12/2022
• Ann Vaughan, Maura Barry Boyle

USAID’s Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) directly provides funds to local scientists to help address development challenges

• 04/07/2022
• Koko Zuberi

Over the last five years, the Government of Nepal has made large strides in modernizing its electricity sector.

• 04/06/2022
• Sri Sekar

The 2018 water crisis was the culmination of decades of overuse, pollution, and reduced rainfall from climate change.

• 04/05/2022
• USAID

FEWS NET is the global gold standard for food insecurity early warning.

• 03/31/2022
• Kiersten Johnson, James P. Verdin

At the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November 2021, leaders from nearly 200 countries came together to establish ambitious plans of action to adapt to and mitigate the threat of climate change

• 03/29/2022
• Maura Barry Boyle

As climate change increasingly damages marine ecosystems, local communities, with support from USAID, are taking steps to protect their way of life.

• 03/24/2022
• Kait Siegel

As one of the world’s largest biodiversity conservation funders, USAID is working to advance win-win solutions for climate and biodiversity.

• 03/23/2022
• Kelvin Gorospe

African and Asian countries have developed Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

• 03/23/2022
• Funke Aderonmu

USAID’s Scaling Up Renewable Energy program works with partner countries to advance a just and inclusive transition to clean energy

• 03/22/2022
• Sarah Lawson, Thomas Black, Janice M. Laurente

The USAID ReachHealth project seeks to close gaps between policy and reality through a comprehensive approach to improving reproductive, maternal, and neonatal health outcomes in the Philippines.

• 03/17/2022
• Leah Quin

Industrial energy efficiency in India is the key to progress.

• 03/15/2022
• Amit Singh Parihar

The increasing threat of climate change highlights the importance of reusable, efficient energy sources and power grid resilience.

• 03/10/2022
• Melissa Trimble, USAID