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With a presence in 100 countries and more than 10,000 staff globally, USAID has a unique and timely opportunity to help reshape the renewable energy ecosystem and promote the adoption of a circular economy approach to renewable energy, plastics, and other sectors – helping to shift the balance of natural resource use for all our stuff from one of waste and disposability to one of sustainability while providing and creating new economic opportunities.

• 10/24/2022
• Gillian Caldwell

Learn how Youth Climate Communicator Dainalyn Swaby is rallying young Jamaicans to make climate change a priority in their livelihoods.

• 08/10/2021
• Kimberly Weller

Grappling with the reality that many USAID projects that help change policies or strengthen an institution’s capacity will not lead to emissions reductions until after the project’s end, last year we introduced a standard indicator for projected emissions reductions.

• 10/05/2016
• Kathryn Stratos, Montserrat Acosta

Sustainable transportation is critical for both inclusive economic growth and low-emissions development. A long-term strategy (LTS) is a policy tool that establishes a vision and pathway towards sustainable, low-emissions development to 2050, and helps national planners understand the actions needed to achieve that vision while also supporting national climate commitments. 

• 04/07/2021
• Derina Man

Since the 1970s, the Sahel region of northern Africa has been experiencing ongoing drought. The ecological, economic and social impacts are far-reaching, and coastal and estuarine ecosystems have
not been spared.

• 03/14/2019
• CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

In May, the first rains of the monsoon season are just starting to fall. In some countries, the rains signal relief. In Bangladesh, they mean preparing for potential disaster.

• 09/30/2015
• SERVIR Global

In the Philippines, women are leading the way in reducing plastic waste pollution by creating circular economies where waste is used and reused as a resource. This also offsets climate change-fueling emissions.

• 08/19/2021
• Georgia Hartman , Melinda Donnelly

The recently published Amazon Vision 2021 Report provides insight into USAID's work to conserve biodiversity and reduce the loss of carbon from the Amazon region. It unifies the Agency’s goals of combating deforestation, conserving biodiversity, creating environmentally friendly economic opportunities, improving the management of important landscapes, and supporting Indigenous rights in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.

• 11/22/2022
• Lindsey Larsen

In the fight against climate change, the private sector plays a strategic role in addressing development challenges. This blog describes how USAID partners with the private sector to consult, strategize, align, collaborate, and implement technological, financial, or strategic solutions to conservation, adaptation, and mitigation challenges.

• 10/25/2022
• Tedi Rabold

We are in a time of crisis and great uncertainty. Faced with the current situation, we need to support Latin American countries so the food security of the population is not at risk. Ensuring production, mobility, and distribution of food is one of many current challenges.

• 09/15/2020
• Agrilinks

Many domestic commercial banks in Central America have been reluctant to provide loans for clean energy companies and users due to high perceived risks and a limited understanding of relevant technologies, business models, and investment viability.

• 02/05/2019
• Santiago Enriquez, Eric Hyman

USAID is helping decision makers visualize and plan where investments in land-based climate mitigation can be most effective while also providing co-benefits for both people and the environment.

• 09/20/2022
• Ioana Bouvier, Janet Nackoney, Christine Urbanowicz

More than half of rural people living in southern Africa do not have access to safe and reliable sanitation. That figure emerged during the development of Botswana’s new National Sanitation Roadmap 2020-2022, the country’s first ever sanitation-focused initiative.

• 06/20/2023
• USAID Resilient Waters

This blog series features interviews with the winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest. This photo, submitted by Jordan’s Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI), is available on the Climatelinks Photo Gallery.

• 02/18/2021
• Climatelinks

The countries that share the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – frequently experience agricultural, hydrological, meteorological, and socioeconomic droughts.

• 06/10/2019
• Agrilinks Team