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New Guidebook Informs Next Generation of Grid Integration Studies

When the government of India set a goal of deploying 175 gigawatts of renewable power by 2022, they understood that changes to their power system's operations were needed to achieve that level of renewable power on the grid. India decided to work with USAID and the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop a comprehensive grid integration study identifying operational pathways that would enable India to efficiently meet its renewable energy target.
  • Isabel McCan
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Cocoa Industry Looks for Practical Tools for Implementation of Climate Smart Cocoa

The cocoa industry has taken bold steps to preventing deforestation in the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI), a public private collaboration between 33 cocoa and chocolate companies (85% of the industry), the governments of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, and led by the World Cocoa Foundation and the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH). This effort is based on the pillars of preventing deforestation, which include protection and renovation of forests, sustainable and climate smart cocoa production and social inclusion and protection.
  • Agrilinks
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Getting “Gender Right” Is Essential for the Sustainability of Food Systems

The growing emphasis on sustainability of food systems (rather than of agriculture alone) highlights the importance of considering gender at all stages, from production to consumption, to address development goals of zero hunger, sustainable agriculture, and climate action (as well as gender equality as a goal in itself). IFPRI’s Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) addresses the interlinkages between gender, climate change, and nutrition for sustainable food systems.
  • Elizabeth Bryan
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The Gamification of Complex Development Scenarios

Games provide players a low-risk opportunity to explore future impacts of climate change that can lead to innovative solutions. Simulating climate change and including a complicated set of factors and variables that need to be addressed over time can draw important insights and spur new ways of thinking without spending money.
  • Isabela Barriga
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Check Out the All New UrbanLinks

USAID’s Urban Team is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved UrbanLinks website. As USAID’s central hub for information about urban topics and programs, UrbanLinks provides valuable tools, resources, and insights from across the Agency and from our partners.
  • Urbanlinks

Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) Project

USAID’s Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) project supports countries in developing robust, transparent, long-term strategies (LTS) for low-emissions development. This two-year project focuses on building regional and country capacity to model and report on development, economic, and greenhouse emissions scenarios to the year 2050. LTS help to define country priorities and inform the development of near-term activities, such as five-year mitigation targets, to achieve mid-century goals.

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Beverage Company Takes Action for Climate-Smart Awareness in Uganda's Grain Sector

Beverage company AB InBev and its Uganda subsidiary Nile Breweries has explored ways to increase the resilience of their small-scale grain farmers to the effects of climate change. Their process has been documented by the Sustainable Food Lab in the case study Improving Grain Sector Climate-Smart Awareness and Decision-Making.
  • Agrilinks