Climatelinks Photo Gallery

The village of Kalabagi, located in the Dakop region of the Khulna district of Bangladesh, faces a crisis of freshwater. Due to rising sea levels, Kalabagi was inundated with salt water during high tide. Lacking fresh water, people living in this area are now using salt water for daily use, leading to various diseases.

In Northern Cambodia's Dang Phlet Community Protected Area, Kuy Indigenous Peoples and community members lead a forest patrol to prevent land encroachment, illegal logging, and wildlife crime. Conserving the forest enhances local livelihoods, preserves Kuy Indigenous culture, promotes ecotourism, and supports carbon sequestration projects.

USAID Program: Greening Prey Lang

Female workers sort through a pile of tens of thousands of plastic household items for them to be recycled in a recycling plastic factory in Barishal city, Bangladesh. As plastic breaks down, sunlight and heat cause the plastic to release powerful greenhouse gases. Hotter temperatures cause the plastic to break down further into more methane and ethylene, increasing the rate of climate change––perpetuating the cycle of warming. The thousands of bottles, household toys, plastic materials collected from households, restaurants, hotels and markets, all come from the city of Barishal in Bangladesh. "There are about 20 to 25 thousand bottles in the pile, which usually consists of around 7-10 days worth of collecting plastic bottles from the area. Street workers bring them to the recycling factory in vans or trucks depending on the quantity collected. The people are sorting and recycling the used plastic bottles thrown away after use according to colour, size and thickness." "After that, they are sent out to different factories for further processing. The bottles will be melted and made into new ones. So there will be less harm to the environment. With plastic never decaying, plastic recycling in Bangladesh is a big industry nowadays."

The Yoreme are an Indigenous group from Topolobampo, Sinaloa. They live in a region affected by the construction of an ammonia plant and where sea levels are expected to rise due to climate change.

Before going out to fish, a Yoreme must give thanks to nature, he will raise his prayer to the universe for life, for the animals and plants that surround him, for the food he will be able to gather for himself and his family. This connection with the Earth is the main mystery of this indigenous nation that has lived in the northwest of Mexico for hundreds of years, before this country was colonized by Spain and its religious missions.

India is an agriculture based country. In most of the rural parts of India, agriculture is the main source of income, and rice is widely cultivated. After cultivating the golden paddy, it must be boiled and dried for preservation and to maintain moisture level. This boiling, drying and preservation process is done in several rice mills. After boiling the rice, workers dry it on the ground for 3 to 4 days. During this drying process, workers create many lines and patterns on the ground with this golden paddy.

Charcoal-led deforestation is Malawi’s single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and its impact limits economic development and leaves the nation less resilient to climate change. Partnering with Malawians, USAID is addressing deforestation through sustainable actions poised to restore the country's natural ecosystems.

In Pará state, Brazil, Solidaridad’s extension officer teaches a smallholder farmer how to efficiently manage his pastures for low-carbon beef production. Via the Amazonia Connect activity, farmers are trained in low-carbon agriculture practices that reduce commodity-driven deforestation and associated greenhouse gas emissions. The extension officer listens and provides guidance on how to perfom grasslands soil analysis, apply fertilizers, adjust the stocking rate, improve the genetics of his herd, eradicate the use of fire, and improve the management of his farm. Extension services in the Amazon contribute to increase household productivity and income while avoiding clearing new areas of native vegetation. This way, produceres prosper and contribute to the conservation of the Amazon Rainforest.

Amazonia Connect, a regional project working on Brazil, Colombia and Peru, belongs to the Amazon Regional Environment Program (AREP)

USAID, Earth Innovation Institute, National Wildlife Federation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Solidaridad

Students are planting trees in Gaza as part of the Fashet Amal ("Glimpse of Hope") initiative. The program is designed to help youths take an active role in promoting environmental awareness and mitigating climate change.

PYE supports 50,000 vulnerable and marginalized youth aged 10-19 with services that improve education, health, access to employment opportunities, and community involvement.

The initiative was designed and implemented by Save Youth Future (SYF), PYE's partner in Gaza.

In Togo, climate change is causing shorter, more intense periods of heavy rainfall, and longer and hotter dry seasons. The city of Sokode is using greywater from its septic sludge treatment plant to grow vegetables, ensuring constant access to water for agriculture throughout the year.

A Department of Public Works and Highways worker clears the road after a storm surge caused by Typhoon Rai in the coastal area of the Visayas Region, Philippines. Worsening extreme weather events are causing major damage there, with thousands of families losing their homes. Year-round efforts help communities prepare for and improve resilience to natural disasters.

Program: Typhoon Odette (Rai) Affected Area Recovery

This photo that was taken on a very Christmas Day (25th of December) that supposedly a time to enjoy with the family, but the photo portrays a public worker from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) doing his job when most of the people need him the most is a much more fulfilling thing do. Clearing the roads and doing this for the benefit of everyone. 

Taken September 4, 2021, this photo shows a boy in Danao City, Cebu, Philippines trying to install several mini solar lights around his home.

Solar lights are an energy-efficient lighting option that helps to reduce energy consumption from fossil fuel-based power plants. The greater the number of people who use solar lights, the more energy we conserve. It is an individual action that can mitigate climate change by minimizing energy generated by fossil fuels.

This photo was taken on February 17, 2022, in Mahashila, Parbat, Nepal. A woman adds manure from her goat shed to the kitchen garden where she grows vegetables for her family. Utilizing manure reduces waste from livestock while supplying plant nutrients, increasing the soil’s water-holding capacity, and improving soil structure for growing crops. In Mahashila, where farmers’ ability to grow food is threatened by extreme weather events and soil degradation, this practice also improves food security and offers farmers a low-cost, organic solution to keep their local environment healthy and resilient. This woman was trained in improved animal and resource management, including using livestock manure as fertilizer, by Heifer Nepal with support from the “Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Nepal” project, funded by USAID’s Center for Digital Development in partnership with DAI. Heifer partners with BYC Baglung on this initiative.

This photo was taken on February 17, 2022, in Mahashila, Parbat, Nepal. A woman prepares her veterinary supplies before heading to work, where she conducts home visits for local farmers. As a Heifer-trained “community agrovet entrepreneur,” she earns income by providing livestock vaccinations and other animal health services in her village. Livestock is a critical source of nutrition and income in her agricultural community, but raising them is made increasingly difficult by extreme weather, new diseases, and environmental degradation caused by climate change. In this context, she is a front-line worker, helping her neighbors keep their animals — and families — healthy and productive in the face of climate threats. “Animals are also like people,” she said. “We need to love them like our own children. If animal management is good, it will be good [in the village].” This woman was trained as a community agrovet entrepreneur by Heifer Nepal with support from the “Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Nepal” project, funded by USAID’s Center for Digital Development in partnership with DAI. Heifer partners with BYC Baglung on this initiative.

This photo was taken in February 2022 in Mahashila, Parbat, Nepal. A woman, age 40, prepares veterinary vaccines before heading to work conducting home visits for local farmers. As a Heifer-trained “community agrovet entrepreneur,” she earns income by providing livestock vaccinations and other animal health services in her village. Livestock is a critical source of nutrition and income in her agricultural community, but raising them is made increasingly difficult by extreme weather, new diseases, and environmental degradation caused by climate change. In this context, she is a front-line worker, helping her neighbors keep their animals — and families — healthy and productive in the face of climate threats. “Animals are also like people,” she said. “We need to love them like our own children. If animal management is good, it will be good [in the village].” She was trained as a community agrovet entrepreneur by Heifer Nepal with support from the “Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Nepal” project, funded by USAID’s Center for Digital Development in partnership with DAI. Heifer partners with BYC Baglung on this initiative.

This photo was taken on February 18, 2022, in Phalebas, Parbat, Nepal.



A dairy farmer collects her earnings from selling milk to a nearby dairy to be transported to market. Through Heifer Nepal and her local women’s cooperative, she received training to improve her dairy cows’ productivity, market support to connect her to customers, and financing to expand her business. This has increased her income enough to meet the family’s basic needs, send her children to school, and purchase equipment and infrastructure for her farm. In Nepal, where nearly 70% of the population relies on agriculture and the impacts of climate change are a daily reality, robust livelihoods are integral to climate resilience, helping farmers build an economic safety net to withstand shocks. “We failed multiple times as we were not aware of the technical skills and animal management skills, and [instead] pursued traditional methods,” she said, “but with training from Heifer Nepal, we were able to learn and improve our practices which were limiting our capacity to succeed.” Heifer works with this woman with support from the “Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Nepal” project, funded by USAID’s Center for Digital Development in partnership with DAI. Heifer partners with BYC Baglung on this initiative.

This photo was taken on February 20, 2022, in Bhaglapur, Kapilvastu, Nepal. 

A farmer harvests berseem clover, a nutritious livestock fodder, to feed her dairy cattle. In her dairy farming community, where people have historically been limited to subsistence production, inadequate nutrition, and little opportunity for enterprise — especially as climate change makes smallholder agriculture more fragile — high-quality cattle feed directly translates to more productivity, improved well-being, and greater resilience. “Animal health and human health are interconnected,” she said. “[A] healthy animal also means nutritious animal-source food.” With training from Heifer Nepal, this woman learned about better feeding practices and other livestock care techniques, quadrupling the amount of milk her cows produce for her family’s food and income. She is also caring for the environment by feeding her cows a gut-friendly diet year-round, as the practice helps reduce methane emissions from livestock. Heifer’s work with her is made possible with support from the “Bridging the Gender Digital Gap in Nepal” project, funded by USAID’s Center for Digital Development in partnership with DAI. Heifer partners with Mount Everest Social Development Organization on this initiative.