Resources

Market-based mechanisms for environmental management and conservation are on the rise in LAC, with payments for ecosystem services (PES), tradable permits and quotas (P&Q), environmental taxes, and green bonds gaining momentum.

• 06/22/2021

The LAC region has experienced a surge in planetary health issues in recent years. This trend is projected to get worse because of humanity’s persistently destructive relationship with the environment.

• 06/22/2021

This report presents the results of an analysis of the current and future status of the national woodfuel energy market in Malawi.

• 06/10/2021

The climate change analysis summarized in this annex aims to inform USAID/Egypt's CDCS and ensure that the strategy is responsive to climate risks while strengthening Egypt's resilience and self-reliance.

• 06/07/2021

Climate change presents a significant threat to reducing the burden of malaria globally and in Sub-Saharan Africa, which, despite tremendous progress, continues to have a devastating impact on human health and livelihood throughout the world.

• 06/03/2021

The climate is changing at an unprecedented pace. The risks associated with climate variability and change are increasingly recognized as drivers of both internal migration and displacement.

• 06/03/2021

This case study examines climate risk management (CRM) actions taken by the USAID Agricultural Growth and Rural Opportunities (AGRO) Activity in Kosovo, including monetized benefits.

• 06/03/2021

Global sustainability initiatives have a land problem. Agriculture has long been a primary driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss.

• 06/01/2021

For a country commonly characterized as ravaged by political instability, economic dysfunction and environmental collapse, Haiti is surprisingly self-sufficient in energy.

• 06/01/2021

This document summarizes the achievements across USAID-supported energy programs in Southeast Asia from 2015-2021.

• 05/28/2021

The climate change analysis summarized in this annex aims to inform USAID/Kenya's CDCS and ensure that the strategy is responsive to climate risks while strengthening Kenya's resilience and self-reliance.

• 05/13/2021

This is a summary of the 2020 Amazon Vision Report. It describes the regional context, the current status, and illustrative achievements of USAID’s biodiversity and sustainable landscape initiatives in the Amazon basin through the lens of this Vision.

• 05/04/2021

The purpose of this report is to describe the regional context, the current status and achievements of USAID’s biodiversity and sustainable landscape initiatives in the Amazon basin through the lens of the Amazon Vision.

• 05/04/2021

​​​​​​​This GESI Mainstreaming Checklist for Climate Finance Projects is adapted from materials developed by USAID Climate Ready GESI Specialists working with partners across the Pacific under the USAID Climate Ready Project.

• 05/03/2021

This ESS Toolkit for Climate Finance Projects contains information drawn from ESS technical expertise provided to partners across the Pacific, including Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia and Kiribati, under the USAID Climate Ready Project.

• 05/03/2021