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At the October Adaptation Community Meeting, André Mershon from the Bureau for Food Security presented on USAID’s guidance for shock responsive programming and outlined methods for proactively designing adaptive and shock responsive activities.

• 10/24/2019

Climate variability and change have been identified as major threats to important sectors that drive economic growth and sustainable development in Africa.

• 10/16/2019

Climate information services (CIS) for agriculture and development are useful only when farmers have the ability to make changes in their activities and practices based on the information received.

• 10/09/2019

The monitoring and evaluation of climate information services (CIS) presents unique challenges.

• 10/09/2019

Clean energy has become a major growth sector as countries around the world have increasingly looked to transition to low emission energy systems.

• 10/07/2019

Competition for natural resources, including water, land, and forests, have long been recognized as a source of contention, and sometimes even violence.

• 09/26/2019

While much is known about the biology of plague in Madagascar, linking climate and environmental drivers to plague incidence remains a poorly understood but important challenge.

• 09/26/2019

Communities across the globe are coping with the impacts of a changing climate.

• 09/26/2019

This infographic captures the changing risk profile of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa and outlines recommendations that can help malaria policy and programs reach the goal of elimination.

• 09/26/2019

The Resources to Advance LEDS Implementation (RALI) project was a five-year project designed by USAID to mitigate climate change and promote sustainable economic growth through low emissions development strategies (LEDS).

• 09/26/2019

The effects of climate change are growing more pronounced and increasingly threaten the well-being of society, regardless of geographic location.

• 09/26/2019

Sudan entered the twenty-first century facing substantial internal conflicts and related threats to human security.

• 08/13/2019

As countries implement greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation projects to meet their nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, they will need to begin aligning the measurement, reporting, and verification for projects with the national GHG inventory to ensure that climate progress is captured in their national reporting.

• 09/13/2019

The City of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) in Mindanao, Philippines, faces several natural hazards including flooding, landslides, and storm surge, which are likely to be exacerbated by climate change.

• 08/29/2019

Cities are leading the way in committing to ambitious climate adaptation goals and implementing strategies to reduce climate risks.

• 08/29/2019