Projects

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Adapt Asia-Pacific

The Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility for Asia and the Pacific Activity (Adapt Asia-Pacific), funded by USAID and the US Department of State, covered 13 countries in Asia and 14 Pacific Small Island Developing States. The project built the capacity of governments to adapt to...
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Adaptation Community Meetings

The Adaptation Community Meetings are an informal opportunity for development practitioners, academic researchers, government officials, private sector representatives and other international development professionals working to build climate resilience to exchange experiences and research...
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AGENT - Advancing Gender in the Environment

AGENT is a ten-year program launched by USAID in 2014 and implemented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The purpose of the partnership is to increase the effectiveness of USAID’s environment programming through the robust integration of gender considerations, improving...
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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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ATLAS - Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments

ATLAS aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of climate risk reduction in development programs through tested, harmonized approaches to adaptation assessments; thought leadership; and by building the capacity of USAID and its partners. By integrating adaptation into development investments,...
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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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Energy Opportunities for Agriculture Systems and Food Security

Solutions to food security challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should consider the complex interrelationships of value chains, social and gender dynamics, and enabling environment factors: detailing post-harvest inefficiencies and improving the nexus between agriculture and energy systems that...
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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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ProLand

ProLand supports USAID Missions to improve land use management using a systems approach to resilient development that integrates ecological, economic, and governance aspects. Using primary and secondary research, ProLand develops and disseminates evidence-based guidance around best management...
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RALI - Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation

The RALI project helps 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 strategies (LEDS) by providing tools, technical assistance, and...
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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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South Africa Low Emissions Development Program (SA-LED)

The USAID South Africa Low Emissions Development Program (SA-LED) supports the Government of South Africa’s Green Growth Agenda. SA-LED is strengthening the capacity of the public sector to plan, finance, implement, and report on low emissions development projects and to accelerate the adoption of...
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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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Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) Project

USAID’s Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) project supports countries in developing robust, transparent long-term strategies (LTS) for low-emissions development. This two-year project focuses on building regional and country capacity to model and report on development, economic, and...
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USAID-NREL Partnership

USAID is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support clean, reliable, and affordable power in the developing world and assist with policy, planning, and deployment support for advanced energy technologies. The USAID-NREL Partnership addresses advanced energy system...
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