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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

This month Climatelinks focuses on new case studies, research and findings on climate change and human health.

• 04/06/2017
• Climatelinks

Proposals of existing projects or brand new ideas can be submitted on the Best Climate Practices website from 13 March to 31 May, 2017.

• 04/06/2017
• Climatelinks

Dr. James Colborn studies how factors such as ecology, immunology, and human behavior interact and contribute to outbreaks of malaria. An increasingly important component to his work is the role ocean temperatures, weather variability and other climate trends play with malaria risk and infection.

• 04/04/2017
• Climatelinks

• 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

At the March Adaptation Community Meeting, Ryan Bartlett shared how WWF, in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research, is taking on the challenge of developing and sharing easy-to-use and understandable climate information.

• 03/23/2017
• Climatelinks

• 03/21/2017

South African government leaders recently learned how they can efficiently advance their low emission development planning by using the Clean Energy Emission Reduction (CLEER) Tool.

• 03/20/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, John Venezia

• 03/16/2017

This month Climatelinks focuses on approaches to land management for achieving climate change benefits and resilience. We are highlighting ways in which climate change affects land and natural resources and how improved land management increases resilience and mitigates climate change.

• 03/16/2017
• Climatelinks

Relative to other countries in the region, Zambia has an abundance of fertile land, water, and a favorable climate for agricultural production. Yet, despite these favorable conditions, crop yields are well below global averages and 80 percent of rural Zambians live in extreme poverty.

• 03/09/2017
• Stephen Brooks

The International Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (I-JEDI) tool, a publicly available economic model, helps policymakers and practitioners analyze economic impacts of renewable energy development.

• 02/27/2017
• Climatelinks

The new RE Explorer is a user-friendly tool that addresses these needs by using spatiotemporal renewable energy data to visualize, execute, and support analysis of renewable energy potential under various user-defined scenarios.

• 02/22/2017
• Climatelinks

A new case study analyzes the benefits of the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) and presents important lessons for maximizing social, environmental and economic returns for other large wind projects in the region and beyond.

• 02/13/2017
• Climatelinks