Water workers repairing a pipe within the watershed

Humanitarian Assistance

The climate crisis is truly a humanitarian crisis. It disproportionately affects fragile and conflict-affected communities globally. As climate disasters become more frequent and intense, their impacts will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and inequalities. The USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) is leveraging its role as the largest humanitarian donor to equitably support and partner with countries and communities most at risk of climate-related disasters to help achieve the goals of USAID's Climate Strategy. BHA addresses both short- and long-term humanitarian needs by deploying life-saving humanitarian assistance; supporting early recovery, risk reduction, and resilience programs; promoting locally led adaptation; and enhancing coordination and complementarity among donors. BHA is also committed to the greening of humanitarian response and operations to mitigate climate risks of humanitarian activities.

Climate Risk Profiles for Resilience and Food Security Activities
Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience (ER4)
Programming Considerations for Humanitarian-Development-Peace Coherence: A Note for USAID’s Implementing Partners
Windows of Opportunity for Risk-Informed Humanitarian Assistance: An Anticipatory, Early Action, and Disaster Risk Finance Framework
The 2024 Climatelinks Photo Contest captured how communities across the globe are confronting climate change. We received over 300 submissions from the Climatelinks community, representing more than 45 countries.
Learners of Kwerekwe ‘E’ pre-primary school in Zanzibar, Tanzania, cooling off with clean water during handwashing before their mid-day meal provided by Parent-Teacher Partnership (PTP) members
Our 2024 Photo Contest theme is In Focus: Communities Confronting Climate Change. Submissions will be accepted beginning June 5, 2024 until July 26, 2024.
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Here are some resources to help humanitarian assistance practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change.
Group of women in Zimbabwe conducting gulley reclamation

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