Resources

Addressing the climate crisis requires a holistic approach to development. Building off USAID's previous 2012-2018 Climate Change and Development Strategy, which focused on specific climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, the new Strategy takes an unprecedented whole-of-Agency approach.

• 04/22/2022
• USAID

Gaps and Opportunities Assessment Report.

• 03/31/2022
• USAID

Health systems strengthening activities should include climate considerations by promoting and building capacity for effective and iterative risk management across all levels, fostering multi-sectoral engagement, and identifying actions and investments over the short- and long-term to increase system resilience.

• 03/30/2022
• USAID

This Joint Strategic Plan is USAID and the State Department's vision for addressing these and other challenges, while preparing for those to come.

• 03/29/2022

This webinar discusses the assessment's findings and the 10 Climate Finance Levers that USAID could potentially apply to increase the scale of investment in clean energy and energy efficiency in partner countries. Explore the full report and an associated primer for more information.

• 03/23/2022
• USAID, NREL

The purpose of the Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources (AIRR) project is to improve participation of Indigenous Peoples in the sustainable economic development of the Amazon, ultimately leading to the conservation of biodiversity and reduced emissions from forest loss.

• 03/10/2022
• USAID

This report aims to present a high-level overview of the major accomplishments and lessons learned by the Vietnam Forests and Deltas Program over a nearly nine-year period.

• 03/07/2022
• USAID, Winrock International

This report offers an overview and analysis of the current climate adaptation finance landscape from a gender perspective. Drawing from a comprehensive desk review of existing programs and interviews with key stakeholders, the report highlights existing public and private approaches to gender-responsive climate adaptation finance, as well as opportunities to expand on this important work.

• 03/03/2022
• Jenny Huang

This webinar provided an overview of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) under the UNFCCC, and highlighted USAID and USG support to partner countries in implementing their NDCs and NAPs to reduce emissions and promote climate resilience. 

• 02/10/2022

This analysis aims to measure global progress on the inclusion of gender considerations and the adoption of gender-responsive policies and programming, showcasing good examples of gender-responsive components.

• 01/25/2022
• IUCN

At COP-26, USAID announced an ambitious set of targets to advance the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE). PREPARE will support developing countries and communities in vulnerable situations around the world in their efforts to adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change. These impacts are already being felt, and USAID brings significant experience to bear on supporting the climate resilience of developing countries.

• 11/06/2021
• USAID

PREPARE activates a coordinated, whole-of-government approach to help more than half a billion people in developing countries adapt to and manage the impacts of climate change by 2030.

• 11/01/2021

Catalyzing private finance for climate action is essential to achieving goals for limiting global warming. USAID can play a pivotal role in climate action across partner countries by increasing funding for activities that catalyze and crowd in private capital to climate-focused investments. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates USD 1.6 trillion is needed annually to keep global warming to the 1.5-2°C target range; only 38 percent of this was funded in 2019. Blended finance, the strategic use of public resources to attract private capital, represents an opportunity for USAID to help close this gap and dramatically increase the scale and scope of climate finance in the coming years.

• 10/25/2021
• USAID

Blended finance can catalyze private sector investment for climate action with financial structuring that enables impact-oriented donors and commercial capital providers to invest alongside each other to increase the speed and scale of climate solutions.

• 10/25/2021
• USAID

USAID’s Climate Readiness Plan outlines actions USAID will implement across the Agency’s operations management functions and programs to adapt to the effects of the changing climate.

• 10/21/2021
• USAID