Resources

This handbook lists the FY 2020 USAID and Department of State standard indicators for climate change and development. 

• 09/21/2020

Khangezile Primary School was one of four schools chosen by Earthlife Africa, an environmental justice organization, to have renewable energy technology installed as part of the Sustainable Energy and Livelihoods project.

• 11/29/2019

This report from the USAID-funded Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments project examines a range of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches to guide cities toward robust, practical, and resource-efficient urban adaptation M&E systems.

• 10/21/2019

Climate variability and change have been identified as major threats to important sectors that drive economic growth and sustainable development in Africa.

• 10/16/2019

Climate information services (CIS) for agriculture and development are useful only when farmers have the ability to make changes in their activities and practices based on the information received.

• 10/09/2019

The monitoring and evaluation of climate information services (CIS) presents unique challenges.

• 10/09/2019

Clean energy has become a major growth sector as countries around the world have increasingly looked to transition to low emission energy systems.

• 10/07/2019

While much is known about the biology of plague in Madagascar, linking climate and environmental drivers to plague incidence remains a poorly understood but important challenge.

• 09/26/2019

Communities across the globe are coping with the impacts of a changing climate.

• 09/26/2019

This infographic captures the changing risk profile of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa and outlines recommendations that can help malaria policy and programs reach the goal of elimination.

• 09/26/2019

Competition for natural resources, including water, land, and forests, have long been recognized as a source of contention, and sometimes even violence.

• 09/26/2019

As countries implement greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation projects to meet their nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, they will need to begin aligning the measurement, reporting, and verification for projects with the national GHG inventory to ensure that climate progress is captured in their national reporting.

• 09/13/2019

This report provides an overview of historical climate trends and future projections, asses climate vulnerability in select sectors, and provide recommendations to improve climate resilience in South Sudan.

• 08/21/2019

Many countries face the challenge of strengthening and expanding electricity generation and infrastructure while incorporating climate resilience and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets into long-term power planning.

• 08/06/2019

These infographics by the Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments project showcase high-level project successes from USAID/Jamaica’s rich and diverse portfolio of activities on climate resilience, advanced energy, and disaster risk reduction from 2012-2018.

• 07/26/2019