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Niger is highly vulnerable to climate change and regularly experiences extreme weather. Rainfall is unpredictable, as floods give way to extended droughts resulting in unproductive agricultural lands and leading to widespread food insecurity.

• 05/16/2023
• Nancy Kim

Decisions related to regional energy cooperation and CBET vis-a-vis climate action often needs to overcome political-economy realties and geopolitical considerations. Therefore, Parlia­men­tarians and legislators have a key role to play in accelerating regional trade and cooperation.

• 05/15/2023
• Namrata Mukherjee, Rajiv Ratna Panda, Mukul Sharma, Sumedha Basu

Through focus groups with partner organizations, USAID found that partners are aware of the Special Objective and are already implementing initiatives aligned with it, like reducing greenhouse gas emissions and prioritizing local and in-country procurement.

• 05/11/2023
• Evan Penrose

Across the Sahel, growing tensions between farmers and herders are more frequently spilling over into deadly clashes. Rapid population growth, along with the impacts of climate change such as extreme drought and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, are intensifying pressures on land and associated natural resources, contributing to this uptick in violence. 

• 05/10/2023
• Karol Boudreaux, Daniel Abrahams

Energy is a key strategic area bet­ween the United States and India. Pro­gress in US-India en­e­rgy cooperation has boos­ted eco­no­mies and contributed benefits ranging from electrifying industries, powering the transport of agricultural products to enabling access of remote villages to power.

• 05/09/2023
• Ipshita Nandi Banerjee

USAID and global online retailer Amazon discuss how and why they have joined forces to address the massive gap in gender-equitable climate finance through the newly launched Climate Gender Equity Fund. Read the full Q&A here.

• 05/09/2023
• USAID

USAID has been investing in the planet — and all of us who depend on it — for decades. From conserving key species to empowering communities who depend on natural resources, the Agency and its partners are working across the globe to safeguard nature.

• 05/04/2023
• Christine Chumbler

USAID/India supports a clean energy transition, systemic reforms, expanded economic de­velopment, increased private sector participation and new regional investments, expanding regional trade, and cross-border energy cooperation.

• 05/02/2023
• John Smith-Sreen