Projects

Adaptation Community Meetings

At monthly Adaptation Community Meetings, development practitioners and professionals exchange experiences related to their climate change adaptation work. Meetings take place each month in Washington, DC, are open to the public and are accessible to remote participants. Regular attendees include...
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ARCC - African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change

ARCC promoted climate change adaptation and its integration into development policies, programs, and investments in Africa and Latin America to support sustainable, climate-resilient growth. The project delivered technical and analytical assistance, as well as capacity building to improve the...
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CCRD - Climate Change Resilient Development

CCRD worked in thirty-six countries to enhance climate resilience of developing country populations, assets, and livelihoods through technical assistance, thought leadership, capacity building, tools, and guidance to USAID staff, national governments, and local communities. The project facilitated...
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GECCO - Gender Equality for Climate Change Opportunities

GECCO is a five-year program launched by USAID and the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) in 2014. GECCO’s overall goal is to leverage advancements in women’s empowerment and gender equality through, and for, the benefit of climate change and development outcomes. Governments, donors, non-...
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Learning Agenda for Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Providing decision-makers with timely, accurate information on climate and weather variations helps inform decisions that enhance agriculture production and mitigate or avoid harvest loss. This improves food security, lifts agriculture incomes and increases farmers’ resilience to future shocks...
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Low-Emissions Opportunities in Agriculture

Supporting food security, economic growth and biodiversity conservation Agriculture and related land use change contribute nearly a quarter of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. About 75% of agricultural emissions originate in developing countries, and approximately 33% come from smallholder...
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RALI - Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation

The RALI project supports the U.S. Global Climate Change Initiative by helping developing countries speed their transition to climate-resilient, low-emission, and sustainable economic growth. RALI supports the technically rigorous development and implementation of low emission development...
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SERVIR

A joint development initiative of NASA and USAID, SERVIR works in partnership with leading regional organizations world-wide to help developing countries use information provided by Earth-observing satellites and geospatial technologies to manage climate risks and land use. SERVIR empowers decision...
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TFA 2020 - Tropical Forest Alliance 2020

Forests are critical to climate change mitigation as well as food and water security and livelihoods. Sourcing of agricultural commodities is a major driver of deforestation and in recent years innovative approaches and partnerships have emerged to stop commodity-driven deforestation. Tropical...
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