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Climate Change

Helping countries and communities predict and prepare for climate shocks and stressors can minimize losses, reduce vulnerabilities and build adaptive capacities to respond to these impacts, while safeguarding development gains. 

Climate Change Adaptation

Climate-related shocks and stressors are increasing in frequency and intensity around the globe, acting as a threat multiplier. Recurrent droughts, changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and sea levels, and more intense storms can create new risks and exacerbate existing social, economic and environmental pressures like urbanization, land use change, and environmental degradation. Weather and climate can have profound impacts across sectors and undermine current and future progress towards development goals, such as food and water security, improved health, biodiversity, and economic growth.

Climate adaptation efforts can support resilience-building by anticipating and preparing for, both the current and projected changes in weather and climate. Climate adaptation enables people, communities and systems to better manage climate and disaster risk, helping efforts to reduce poverty and foster inclusive growth.

Approach

Addressing these challenges for more effective resilience programming through adaptation efforts requires: 

  • Adding a climate-lens to development efforts, by improving the availability, quality and use of weather and climate information available to decision-makers in support of early action
  • Mainstreaming adaptation measures into governance, planning and budgeting so resilience can be increased democratically and equitably
  • Piloting and disseminating risk-reducing management practices for climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, health, and water
  • Mobilizing finance for adaptation measures from multiple sources

Climate variability and change is a critical risk across the areas where we work.  USAID supports countries and communities to build their capacity to anticipate and prepare for current and projected changes in weather and climate patterns.

Please visit ClimateLinks.org for additional information and content on USAID's climate change investments.

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ResilienceLinks Webinar | Progress on the Call to Action to the Private Sector for PREPARE

30 Mar 2023, GMT -4 - USAID's Center for Resilience

Join ResilienceLinks, USAID, Google, Starbucks, Wills Towers Watson and Marsh McLennan to learn how the private sector is taking action on climate adaptation.

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Breaking the Cycle: Practical Solutions to Unlock Climate Finance for Fragile States

22 Feb 2023 - Mercy Corps, Flood Resilience Alliance

Many fragile and conflict-affected countries are highly vulnerable to climate change. However, the more fragile a country is, the less climate finance it often receives from funders. This report showcases four case...

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Migration as a Climate Adaptation Strategy: Challenges & Opportunities for USAID Programs

08 Feb 2023 - USAID's Center for Resilience, Yale University, American University

Climate-related migration ranges from a proactive adaptation strategy to forced displacement in the face of life-threatening risks. While climate-related displacement is a critical issue, this report explores the...

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Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth in Northern Kenya: PREG II Recurrent Monitoring Survey Results

06 Feb 2023 - The Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Associate Award, Save the Children

This analysis examines whether borrowing counters high inflation.

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