Resources

USAID LESTARI works with a range of private sector partners operating within its landscapes in order to secure their commitments towards low emissions business practices that reduce deforestation and improve conditions for biodiversity conservation.

• 12/23/2020

As consumer demand for chocolate grows, the international cocoa industry is expanding production across the world’s tropical regions.

• 12/22/2020

Forest protection plays a critical role in sustaining the world’s biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and supporting global economic growth.

• 12/22/2020

This report presents results from the performance evaluation of climate risk management (CRM) at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

• 12/18/2020

The design and implementation of effective climate information services (CIS) requires understanding the extent to which they impact the decisions and lives of those who use them.

• 12/15/2020

To help manage the far-reaching risks of a changing and variable climate in Africa, investments in climate services must simultaneously meet context-specific needs and have a broad scale impact. However, making this investment work for smallholder farmers, at scale, has been challenging.

• 12/15/2020

Well-functioning climate services can play a critical role in managing the risks of a changing and variable climate, helping decision-makers understand, anticipate, and manage climate-related risks across a range of time scales, from days to decades.

• 12/15/2020

This is a webinar of the virtual soft launch of the Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Guide. The Food Loss and Waste Value Chain Selection Guide has been developed with funding support from USAID Sustainable Landscapes Program and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

• 12/14/2020

USAID Sustainable Landscapes Program and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service worked with Agribusiness Associates on an applied research project to enable greater investments in Food Loss and Waste (FLW) and integrate FLW into climate-smart agriculture programming.

• 12/14/2020

The SA-LED final report describes the technical assistance and approaches that led to achieving these results and includes key lessons learned.

• 12/04/2020

During this webinar, participants discussed recommendations of the USAID-funded Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment, and Resilience (CEADIR) Activity's report on ways to create a level playing field for energy storage in developing countries.

• 12/02/2020

This tool offers a simple approach to scoring and prioritizing proposals for climate finance.

• 11/30/2020

In the Pacific region, the private sector is largely comprised of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and about 70% of them operate in the agri-tourism-related sphere.

• 11/30/2020

This new flagship program launched by USAID and a global consortium of organizations brings together stakeholders to advance and institutionalize lasting solutions to air pollution in low- and middle-income countries.

• 11/30/2020

This sector guidance document is based on desktop research about SL related issues among Indigenous Peoples, international standards, and USAID program experiences.

• 11/30/2020