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In January 2017, USAID Nepal’s water project, known locally as Paani, brought together over 150 change agents and students to a hack-a-thon hosted by Nepal’s Mid-Western University.

• 08/21/2017
• Climatelinks

Globalwaters.org is a global knowledge resource for USAID staff, implementing partners and the broader community of development practitioners working in the water sector.

• 08/17/2017
• Climatelinks

USAID’s RALI project described the benefits of a robust GHG inventory in a recent white paper, shining a light on three publicly available tools that demonstrably build capacity for improved emission inventories.

• 08/16/2017
• Joshua Forgotson, Pamela Cookson, Marian Van Pelt

• 08/11/2017

The July Adaptation Community Meeting featured USAID PREPARED’s efforts to improve access to climate information in five East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania).

• 08/08/2017
• Climatelinks

Climatelinks is highlighting challenges and solutions to achieving water security in the face of climate change.

• 08/04/2017
• Climatelinks

• 08/04/2017

The CLEER Tool is a user-friendly online calculator based on internationally accepted methodologies enabling users to calculate emissions reduced or avoided from clean energy actions.

• 07/28/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, John Venezia

Working with Guatemala’s National Council for Protected Areas and other partners, SERVIR provided technical resources for satellite-based data products to monitor fires across Petén, where fire risk is projected to rise due to higher temperatures and longer dry spells.

• 07/18/2017
• Climatelinks

Want to problem-solve on climate change? The MIT Climate CoLab, an online crowdsourcing platform of nearly 90,000 members, launches seven new climate contests.

• 07/12/2017
• Climatelinks

This July Climatelinks is focusing on ecosystem-based adaptation. Climatelinks would like to hear from you! What work are you or your organization doing around ecosystem-based adaptation?

• 06/29/2017
• Climatelinks

At USAID, development practitioners  assess, address, and adaptively manage climate risks to ensure that programs are resilient in the face of changing climate. 

• 06/28/2017
• Geoff Blate, Becky Chacko, Becky Nicodemus

The NDC Partnership recently launched the NDC Toolbox Navigator, an online platform designed to connect those involved in planning and implementing NDCs with the tools they can use to support planning and implementation.

• 06/23/2017
• Kevin Kurkul, Greg Carlock

Two examples of infrastructure development demonstrate how investment in planning and engineering design, that is considerate of future climate conditions, can result in more resilient infrastructure outcomes.

• 06/15/2017
• Climatelinks

Through climate risk management — a structured process to assess and address risks and identify opportunities — USAID can improve the impact and sustainability of its efforts, safeguarding billions of dollars in investments.

• 06/15/2017
• Climatelinks