Resources

Through its Climate Change Adaptation activity, USAID will build the capacity of the private sector, civil society, and government to respond and adapt to climate change in ways that contribute to sustained, inclusive, market-based growth. It will help identify and scale up innovative solutions to climate-related challenges, strengthen governance to address climate-related risks, and improve access to high-quality information for decision-making to reduce vulnerability to climate change.

• 08/13/2021

The Guatemala Biodiversity Project was a critical and timely response to growing trends impacting protected areas that, if continued, could have led to significant loss of key conservation gains made in Guatemala. The project addressed institutional and resource challenges and constraints at the heart of encroaching threats to key ecosystems. Through a local systems approach, it improved management and governance of the country’s System of Protected Areas (SIGAP) at the national level and in interventions areas in Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Maya Biosphere Reserve, and the Pacific Coast. This final report describes the project’s activities, approaches and results achieved, and recommendations for sustainability of the achievements.

• 06/15/2021
• USAID, Chemonics International Inc.

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 Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. In recent years, extreme hurricanes have devastated communities and infrastructure in the region and left thousands of people without shelter, livelihoods, and services.

• 05/31/2021
• USAID

The Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) region is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. In recent years, extreme hurricanes have devastated communities and infrastructure in the region and left thousands of people without shelter, livelihoods, and services.

• 05/31/2021
• USAID

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

In late 2020, the USAID Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) project conducted a four-part online training for practitioners on developing mid-century, low-carbon strategies that consider climate risks and include climate adaptation strategies

• 04/21/2021

This tool contains data and information drawn from a USAID-supported Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation training course delivered to government and non-government partners in 10 countries across the Pacific under the USAID Climate Ready Project.

• 03/10/2021

Haiti is one of the most food-insecure countries in the world: around 70 percent of the population is food insecure. Of the BHA target geographies, the Centre department experiences severe chronic food insecurity, while the North-East, South, and Grand’Anse departments experience moderate chronic food insecurity.

• 03/05/2021

Across countries, gender inequality, state fragility, and climate vulnerability present challenges to the well-being of communities and the ecosystems upon which they depend. While much research exists connecting pairs of these issues—for example, the need for gender-responsive approaches to realize climate goals—little attention has been devoted to the intersection of the three issues.

• 03/03/2021

Papua is home to some of the most iconic species, many of which are illegally trafficked. Wildlife trafficking and smuggling results from the demand for exotic species as pets, souvenirs, and traditional medicine.

• 12/23/2020

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

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

• 11/30/2020

Distributed energy resource (DER) maps can help government planners and regulators, utilities, and other stakeholders make better decisions on distributed energy investment and use.

• 11/24/2020