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USAID has been working around the world — and in the Dominican Republic — for more than 61 years to promote a more sustainable future for all. By working with educators, USAID is helping to raise awareness about climate change and unsustainable practices. By raising citizen consciousness for the environment, USAID can help reduce climate threats, protect habitats, and work toward a better future with sustainable solutions.

• 04/14/2023
• Brenda Silverio

Did you miss the Climatelinks March newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the March 2023 ‘Gender and Social Inclusion’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.

• 04/13/2023
• Climatelinks

USAID has developed dozens of resources to aid climate and development practitioners in their work at the intersections of climate, gender, and social inclusion. Climatelinks is proud to host a variety of these resources, from technical reports and analyses to fact sheets. This blog compiles some recently added gender and social inclusion resources.

• 04/11/2023
• Ariel Schindler

In Uganda, USAID, and Berkeley Lab partnered with Clean Energy Enthusiasts to help women entrepreneurs upgrade to more efficient and productive electric equipment. After conducting a survey of small business owners on the challenges of accessing and financing efficient electric equipment, the team trained 240 women small business owners in eight districts across Uganda.

• 04/06/2023
• Christine Chumbler

Millions of people lack access to clean and safe water, especially in developing regions like the West Africa Sahel. The situation is even more dire for women and girls, who often bear the burden of fetching water, sometimes walking miles a day to bring fresh water back to their families. 

• 04/04/2023
• Ariel Schindler

Earth Day in 2023 will be recognized on April 22 and like each year since the first Earth Day in 1970, it will raise awareness of environmental issues, mobilize support for the planet, and promote action for a more sustainable future.

• 04/03/2023
• Bradford Strickland

Did you miss the Climatelinks February newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the February 2023 ‘Climate Resilience’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.

• 03/31/2023
• Climatelinks

By using a collective impact approach, Winrock can – and does ─ help communities to identify the obstacles facing frontline or marginalized inhabitants and act based on self-education. Examples of this approach abound, ranging from the current USAID Reducing Pollution project, which has engaged participants from across Vietnam’s government to analyze air and plastic pollution issues, and create data-based action plans, to our recently-concluded Vietnam Forests and Deltas project.

• 03/30/2023
• Hannah Butler

With support from the USAID Climate Ready project, award-winning FDB was the first development bank in the South Pacific to be accredited to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest climate fund. In 2017, it became a Direct Access Entity, meaning it can submit funding proposals to the GCF and oversee the funded projects. Such accreditation is a pathway for countries to gain access to funds that can enable them to act on their own climate change priorities.

• 03/28/2023
• USAID Climate Ready

Adaptation to water insecurity can create valuable opportunities to redress imbalances in decision-making power between men and women, or between different ethnic and socio-economic groups.

• 03/22/2023
• Stockholm Environment Institute

SCALE-NRM is helping communities and the provincial government of Malaita in the Solomon Islands to co-design conservation economies that empower islanders to benefit directly from ecosystems protection.

• 03/21/2023
• Winrock International