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How You Can Build Your Skills to Combat Climate Change

The scale of the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. Wondering how you can help in 2022? We pulled together our top tools and trainings for addressing climate change through development work.
  • Neeha Mian
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announcing a new $3m gender-sensitive agriculture insurance activity at the Our Climate Future is Female: Women and Girls Leading Climate Action session.
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SERVIR at COP26: Collaborating for Climate Action

Building on more than 120 years of combined experience of its two parent agencies – USAID and NASA – SERVIR joined the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to highlight work that betters both scientific understanding and human well-being.
  • SERVIR Global
Clean water is already hard to come by in the Korogocho slums of Nairobi, Kenya, but when heavy rainfall leads to flooding, it only exacerbates the situation. Clean water sources get contaminated, leaving residents vulnerable to many risks, including waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
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USAID’s Climate Roadmap

The task before us is not easy. Climate change is one of the most difficult challenges we have ever faced — one that touches every corner of the globe and every priority we have as an Agency, from ecosystems and biodiversity to food and water security. USAID is prepared to address this challenge given our breadth of technical expertise, decades of experience, and longstanding relationships with over 100 partner countries.
  • Gillian Caldwell
A rusty solar PV panel approaches the end of its use.

Circular Economy for Clean Energy Equipment

A circular economy for renewable energy equipment will result in a more resilient, low emissions global value chain for materials while powering economies, creating further use, and redirecting older products  away from waste dumps and back into the market. This nascent approach has the potential to uplift lives, empower women, strengthen communities, and ensure that communities and workers benefit from the transition to a new clean energy economy.

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Editor’s Pick: Regional Approaches to Climate Change

Climate change impacts different regions in different ways and, as such, requires tailored initiatives to meet local development needs. Every region will face challenges brought on by the climate crisis and will integrate programs and systems to adapt.
  • Sophie Schrader
Factsheet

Scaling Up Renewable Energy II (SURE II) Fact Sheet

USAID’s Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) program helps partner countries meet bold international climate commitments by accelerating their transition to more widely accessible, affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy that spurs economic growth, powers health systems, and reduces emissions.
  • USAID
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Promoting Sustainable Woodfuel Systems: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Program Design

This paper aims to assist development practitioners to strengthen programming intended to reduce the environmental impact of woodfuel harvesting for urban markets. It provides an overview of the woodfuel sector and four components of sustainable woodfuel programming, lists common challenges facing the sector, and includes recommendations intended to orient national-level programming.
  • USAID/Tetra Tech
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Newsletter Recap

Climatelinks December 2021 Newsletter Recap

Climatelinks had a big year in 2021! More than 284,000 people used the site, visiting from more than 220 countries around the globe. In December 2021, we outlined the top 5 photos, blogs, and resources of the year, as well as blogs and resources that you may have missed.
  • Sophie Schrader
Solar panels and wind turbines generating electricity.
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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