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Incorporate Results of the Strategy-Level Climate Risk Screening

Incorporating results is the third phase of climate risk management (CRM) for strategies, after conducting the strategy-level climate risk screening. To realize the benefits of CRM, design teams must incorporate screening results into strategy design. Incorporating CRM into strategy design not only ensures the sustainability, resilience and impact of USAID’s strategic development objectives, but also facilitates consideration of climate risks during project and activity design and implementation.
Map of Peru's Madre de Dios region, September 2018.
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Tracking Peruvian Forest Loss from Space

Considered a hotspot for biodiversity, the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru is an exceptionally fertile landscape. Standing at the edge of the Amazon basin, Madre de Dios has a rich concentration of endemic species—plants and animals that are found nowhere else in the world. But their habitats are being threatened by human activity.
  • SERVIR Global

Conduct the Strategy-Level Climate Risk Screening

Conducting the climate risk screening is the second phase of climate risk management for strategies, following planning for the screening. Conducting a climate risk screening consists of three interrelated steps—assessing climate risks, addressing climate risks, and planning for adaptive management. The screening also involves consideration of opportunities to enhance results and build climate resilience.

Plan for the Strategy-Level Climate Risk Screening

Planning for the climate risk screening is the first phase of climate risk management for strategies. This phase entails developing a clear plan for conducting the screening. Creating and sensitizing this plan early in strategy development helps ensure that CRM informs the strategy without slowing or delaying the process. The planning process is most effective before the stretegy's results framework and theory of change are finalized.

Climate Risk Management at the Strategy Level

This page introduces the implementation of climate risk management (CRM) for strategy design and implementation. CRM is also implemented for projects and activities. Climate risk management (CRM) at the strategy level seeks to enhance the sustainability, resilience and impacts of USAID’s strategic development objectives while safeguarding US taxpayer dollars. To do this, climate risk screening early in strategy development allows USAID to assess, address and adaptively manage current and future climate risks and opportunities. For example, a strategy that envisions promoting agriculture-led economic growth as a pillar to support self-reliance may be at risk due to changing rainfall patterns or an increasing frequency of drought. By screening for climate risks early in strategy development, USAID ensures these risks are identified in time to be addressed and managed, as necessary. This prevents climate risks from undermining USAID’s development objectives, and thus supports the journey to self-reliance.
Map of lands that are part of CARPE's Congo Forest Basin Partnership
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Editor’s Pick: Geospatial Tools and Resources on Climatelinks

This month, Climatelinks is featuring geospatial tools and analysis. When it comes to climate change, geospatial tools and analysis provide innovative methods of visualizing drivers, threats and impacts. Emerging trends can also be identified and studied through geospatial analysis, which in turn allows for more strategic positioning of resources.
  • Stephan Hardeman