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The White House released a new Executive Order – Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade – on March 19, 2015.

• 03/25/2015

Industrial energy efficiency in India is the key to progress.

• 03/15/2022
• Amit Singh Parihar

In Ethiopian cuisine, onion rules. Stews, sauces, and salads all rely on onions as a star ingredient, and market stalls are stacked high with fragrant bulbs. Across the country, onions contribute significantly to food security, adding taste and nutrients to diets otherwise mainly made up of cereals. Despite their popularity, onion crops yield much less in Ethiopia than in other African countries. Farmers here, like elsewhere, use irrigation to cultivate onions. In fact, farmers prefer to irrigate onion more than other crops, thanks to the high demand and high prices for onions. But yields remain low.

• 02/27/2020
• Agrilinks Team

Climatelinks’ resource library curates and archives technical guidance and knowledge related to USAID’s work at the intersection of climate and development. Climatelinks published more than 100 resources in 2024. Here are a few you may have missed.

• 12/03/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

Our 2024 Photo Contest theme is In Focus: Communities Confronting Climate Change. Submissions will be accepted beginning June 5, 2024 until July 26, 2024.

• 05/20/2024
• Climatelinks

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.

• 04/09/2024
• Jamie Schoshinski

Le service d'eau rentable, durable et fiable assuré par des pompes solaires ouvre la voie à des investissements accrus dans les solutions solaires de la part des banques et des compagnies des eaux.

• 12/04/2023
• Modou Fall, Salimata Massaly, Johanna Toure

Our 2021 Photo Contest theme is Climate Change and People: The Challenges and Opportunities. We’re looking for submissions that capture the human dimension of climate change, in particular, social and economic responses to global change.

• 06/01/2021
• Climatelinks

There is an urgent need to speed and scale up profitable business models that secure sustainable, deforestation-free supply chains. There is also a need to develop innovative strategies to scale landscape restoration and conservation.

• 10/28/2020
• Climatelinks

In Djetkoram village, Niger, Catholic Relief Services counters conflict and promotes stability through a Cash-for-Work project, which distributes cash tolocal community memberspeople recently displaced by Boko Haram violence in exchange for work on community projects. The majority of displaced people are seeking refuge in local communities, putting a strain on already vulnerable host families coping with the effects of climate change and poverty.

• 07/07/2020
• Climatelinks

This common sighting in the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon portrays a "buoyer," a person whose job consists of untying timber that has floated to the banks of the river. The timber is on a downstream journey that takes over 24 hours. Nearly 40% of the Amazonian population in Peru relies economically on the timber value chain, including over 250,000 families, mostly of indigenous descent.

• 05/08/2020
• Climatelinks