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Amidst rising sea levels and persistent waterlogging, the residents of Najirpur in Pirojpur, Bangladesh, have turned to innovative floating crop fields, showcasing resilience and sustainable farming.
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Floating Vegetable Garden

Amidst rising sea levels and persistent waterlogging, the residents of Najirpur in Pirojpur, Bangladesh, have turned to innovative floating crop fields, showcasing resilience and sustainable farming.
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2021 Amazon Vision Report

The purpose of this report is to share progress toward the Amazon Vision’s ongoing efforts to maintain a healthy and resilient Amazon basin. This document describes the challenges and accomplishments of USAID’s biodiversity and sustainable landscape initiatives through this lens.
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A woman in a traditional Moroccan dress and wicker hat, stands at the far side of a solar panel that is labelled with a USAID logo sticker, pointing at the panel in demonstration.
Newsletter Recap

September 2024 Newsletter Recap: Just Energy Transition

These USAID initiatives help countries build sustainable, resilient systems that make them more energy secure, better prepared for the climate crisis, and more capable of meeting their development goals. 
  • Jamie Schoshinski
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Biodiversity Conservation

Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems provide goods and services critical to human well-being and resilience. Climate change poses a direct threat to biodiversity through stressors such as higher temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and ocean acidification.
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Renewable Energy Auctions Support Colombia’s Climate Targets

The Government of Colombia, with the help of the USAID, has deployed energy auctions as a policy tool to reach climate targets, procure renewable energy at competitive prices, and ensure a more resilient energy supply for the country. 
  • Thomas Black, Jairo Gutierrez
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USAID and the U.S. Global Water Strategy

USAID’s investments in water security under the U.S. Global Water Strategy are critical to advance health, prosperity, stability, and resilience. The Global Water Strategy details USAID’s approach to implementing the White House Action Plan on Global Water Security.
Photo of an elephant in the Kwakuchinja wildlife connectivity area of Tanzania.
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Protecting Wildlife and Biodiversity Amid Climate Challenges

In Tanzania, USAID collaborates with local communities, partners, and the private sector to restore wildlife connectivity areas to maintain ecosystem resilience. Climate change exacerbates human-wildlife conflicts, and threatens biodiversity conservation.
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Strengthening Water Security Amid Climate Challenges

Safety Officer Edward Anagaran, Jr. is overseeing the upgrade to climate-resilient water pipelines in Aborlan, Palawan, as part of USAID Safe Water's assistance to enhance the region's water infrastructure against climate change impacts.
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Managing for Climate Risk

At the June Adaptation Community Meeting, four climate change risk specialists from leading development organizations came together to discuss how they are thinking about climate risk and what processes they are putting in place to improve resilience.
  • Climatelinks
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Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) Program Fact Sheet

ACE is a global USAID program that facilitates the Agency’s ambitious work to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources, improve land governance, and expand access to secure, modern energy and resilient infrastructure.
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Powering Indonesia’s Future with Geothermal Energy

The USAID Sustainable Energy for Indonesia's Advancing Resilience (USAID SINAR) activity provided support to the Ijen project, which is expected to leverage $227 million in financing and achieve generation capacity of 110 MW.
  • Janice M. Laurente
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Forces of Nature

Last year, USAID and CARE International in Vanuatu worked together to strengthen disaster resilience in Tanna and three other islands, so they can bounce back faster from natural disasters and rely less on foreign aid.
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