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Climate finance can and should be more inclusive of marginalized and underserved groups, including women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, low-income people, and people in remote areas. To that end, we believe it is essential for private investors to distinguish between two types of inclusion when designing climate investments: Individual inclusion, which engages individual members of a marginalized group, and collective inclusion, which engages a marginalized group as a whole.

• 11/17/2022
• Manuel Bueno, Stephanie Landers Silva

Extreme heat is often referred to as a “silent killer.” Its impacts are not starkly visible like the destruction caused by a flood or hurricane, but it can be equally catastrophic. For example, a 2010 heat wave in Russia killed an estimated 55,000 people.

• 05/01/2019
• Joslin Isaacson

At the December Adaptation Community Meeting, more than 60 people convened for a lively discussion on calculating the economic cost of climate change.

• 12/14/2016
• Climatelinks

The potential for solar-powered irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa is high, as demonstrated by research conducted by ILSSI partner, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 

• 08/16/2022
• Agrilinks, Nicole Lefore

Do you have great photos of climate and development? Do you want to showcase your photos and promote your work on Climatelinks? Now is your chance!

• 07/24/2019
• Stephan Hardeman

Over the course of 2021, the Climatelinks community contributed over 140 blogs on topics from youth climate action to a new wave of private investment for climate solutions.

• 12/09/2021
• Sophie Schrader

The tropical air hangs over the Sierra Leonean coastal village of Gbongboma like a moist towel. Musa Lahai sits in an enclave of thatched huts, surrounded by women and children sitting around two cooking fires. Orange flames lick the sides of several large kettles of fish stew. Each fish was hard to come by. “Before, we were catching good fish. Now, we’re not,” Lahai says. He is deputy chief of the village, where approximately 90 people survive off earth’s bounties, from harvesting oysters, to deep sea fishing, to farming and growing palm fruit.

• 03/12/2020
• David Goodman

With training from Heifer Nepal, this farmer learned about better feeding practices and other livestock care techniques, quadrupling the amount of milk her cows produce for her family’s food and income. By feeding their cattle a gut-friendly diet year-round, the farmer and her community are caring for the environment by aiding in reducing methane emissions produced by livestock.

• 04/19/2023
• Climatelinks

CEADIR’s final report contains summaries and links to seven years of assessments, analyses, tools, and training and technical assistance materials on planning, financing, and implementation of clean energy, sustainable landscapes (natural climate solutions), and climate adaptation.

• 10/19/2021
• Eric Hyman, Christine Chumbler

Did you miss the Climatelinks March newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the March 2022 ‘Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.

• 04/14/2022
• Sophie Schrader

Empowering the private sector to drive economic growth can be a powerful force for strengthening communities and accelerating self-reliance. Private Sector Engagement (PSE) is a strategic approach to international development through which USAID consults, strategizes, aligns, and collaborates with the private sector for greater scale, sustainability, and effectiveness of development or humanitarian outcomes.

• 05/14/2020
• Isabela Barriga, Eric Hyman

We asked Climatelinks community members to share their PPP-related research, tools, blogs, knowledge portals and other resources, which you can find here!

• 02/28/2018
• Joyce-Lynn Njinga, Katherine Cunningham

The 2015 Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health final report, “Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch,” begins: “Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth’s natural systems represent a growing threat to human health.”

• 06/13/2019
• Christine Chumbler

To help authorities better monitor and manage forest fires, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, developed a two-day fire outlook that provides a general index of fire risk throughout Nepal’s forests.

• 07/20/2023
• SERVIR Global

The world faces a profound climate crisis that requires collective action and integrated solutions. Here are three ways that USAID’s investments in integrated family planning approaches are addressing the climate crisis.

• 09/22/2023
• Aoife O’Connor