Climatelinks Photo Gallery

Beekeepers in Bajo Cauca resort to artificially feeding bees on their crops when drought or winter weather conditions are extreme. This saves millions of bees from starving to death, provides income for their business, and contributes to the development of ecosystems thanks to the pollinating effect of bees.

Rural women from Cáceres, Antioquia, printing beeswax, a reusable item. Beekeepers clean and return it to use at the start of a harvest. This allows the bees to spend less time creating beeswax and more time producing honey, thus saving time and effort. 

Lisu women in Northern Thailand prepare food to celebrate the Lisu new year in Tha Ton, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand in 2023. On that day, a research team from USAID Mekong for the Future and partner organizations was travelling to research the impact of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and migration. Representatives from the local communities invited the team to join the celebration of the Lisu new year. During the occasion, the community gets together wearing Lisu’s traditional clothes, like the ones in the picture, and performing Lisu’s traditional dances and songs. USAID Mekong for the Future partners with Indigenous civil society organizations and ASEAN. The partnership is developing guidelines to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion in climate action planning in the ASEAN region. The Lisu people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Myanmar, southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. 

David Pulgarín is a young beekeeper from Bajo Cauca, Antioquia. He focused his beekeeping business on the sale of genetically improved queen bees. These bees make the hive less defensive, more productive, and more resistant to the effects of ecosystem changes.

David Pulgarín is a young beekeeper from Bajo Cauca, Antioquia. He focused his beekeeping business on the sale of genetically improved queen bees. These bees make the hive less defensive, more productive, and more resistant to the effects of ecosystem changes.

Jackeline Giraldo holds a frame of genetically improved bees, which makes beekeeping less risky and more productive. Genetically improved bees bring communities closer to this trade and strengthen bees to adapt to new environmental conditions.

Ret Thaung is a Biodiversity and Science Manager at USAID Morodok Baitang’s Conservation Partner Conservation International in Cambodia. She is currently the only female member of the research and community team that has deployed 143 camera traps in the deep forest of Cambodia’s Central Phnom Kravanh Kandal National Park (CPKNP) that extends across three provinces: Koh Kong, Pursat, and Kampong Speu. Ret works closely with the team to train, deploy, and retrieve video footage from the camera traps to produce a biodiversity monitoring baseline so they can support the protection of biodiversity and development of REDD+ in the National Park. The 400,000-hectare landscape is Cambodia’s first protected area and one of Asia’s largest. The park is threatened by illegal logging, land encroachment, poaching, and the demand for valuable hardwoods and illegal wildlife products.

Many areas of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary’s forest have been degraded or cleared outrightly as a result of the illegal activities. To help cope with the issue, USAID Morodok Baitang and conservation partner Wildlife Conservation Society organized a series of events in June that culminated in the planting of over 26,600 seedlings on 21 hectares of land. A total of 278 people (75 women), including the government officials, local authorities, communities, and indigenous people, participated in these events. Local communities played the most significant role by providing labor for land preparation, planting, and ongoing care of the seedling once in the ground. 

These restoration activities were done as part of a Reforestation Project that was initiated as part of the Keo Seima REDD+ Project. The aim of the activity is to restore or enhance forest cover on 1,000 hectares of land and to educate local communities living in and around Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary on the importance of long-term protection for the forests, their livelihoods and REDD+ success.

The image shows two objects providing protection from the rain. One is made in an urban area (the fabric umbrella) and the other, made of hay and bamboo shoots, represents rural creativity. This shows the different forms resilience to climate change's impacts like extreme rainfall can take. 

A torrential downpour along the banks of the Ganges in the city of Kolkata. Climate change has caused the monsoons to become more unpredictable, posing both opportunities and threats to the city's way of life. Through the lens of climate change, this photograph invites us to contemplate the urgent need for adaptation and mitigation strategies. 

Climate change has led to the steady rise of water levels, posing a significant threat to coastal communities and their livelihoods. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and extreme weather events have become harsh realities for the residents along the Bay of Bengal. This coastal town on the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula serves as the backdrop for the "The Rising Tide" photography series, an ongoing project that aims to shed light on the challenges faced by coastal communities in the wake of climate change. 

A lone figure signals a stopping sign to the approaching wave. As part of the "The Rising Tide" photography series, this photograph symbolizes the resilience coastal communities possess in the face of a changing climate.

In Jordan, a country facing severe water scarcity, a population surge and influx of refugees have intensified the demand for water, straining the already struggling water supply systems. Climate change exacerbates the situation, bringing extreme heat and insufficient rainfall. Jordan suffers these effects despite the country's relatively small carbon footprint compared to other major contributors to climate change. USAID has taken action to address the water supply challenges through its Water Engineering Services Activity (WES). The Amman Water System Improvement Project was initiated to reinforce and extend the existing water supply network, adding approximately 40 km of water pipelines. The primary goal of this project is to enhance access to clean and reliable water sources, thus bolstering the country's water security and improving the efficiency of water supply systems. 

Climate change affects people’s cost and standard of living in a variety of ways. Changes in rainfall have led to the seasonal migration of men and young boys out of their homes in Sokoto communities to other parts of the country in search of greener pastures, leaving behind their wives and children. For most, the burden of care and responsibilities falls unto the wives with little or no source of income. This can lead to neglect, financial abuse, starvation, and school dropouts. To address this, Helping Hands and Grassroot Support Foundation through MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership project provide a platform for women and young adolescents affected by climate change and seasonal migration to advocate for gender equality and access to economic opportunities.

Climate change affects people’s cost and standard of living in a variety of ways. Changes in rainfall have led to the seasonal migration of men and young boys out of their homes in Sokoto communities to other parts of the country in search of greener pastures, leaving behind their wives and children. For most, the burden of care and responsibilities falls unto the wives with little or no source of income. This can lead to neglect, financial abuse, starvation, and school dropouts. To address this, Helping Hands and Grassroot Support Foundation through MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership project provide a platform for women and young adolescents affected by climate change and seasonal migration to advocate for gender equality and access to economic opportunities.

In West Sumatra, Lawang Village is famous for Sugarcane. Many people work as sugarcane farmers and produce brown sugar in the home. Sugarcane is processed to become brown sugar, which is a main income resource for many families.