Tools & Guidance

Curated evidence, insights and resources to plan, implement and integrate resilience approaches into your programs, as well as tools to measure resilience.

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USAID Climate Strategy 2022-2030
Operational Strategy

USAID Climate Strategy 2022-2030

22 Apr 2022
United States Agency for International Development

USAID’s approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help partner countries build resilience and improve its own operations.

Climate Change
Climate Finance
Climate Information Services
Climate-Smart Food and Agriculture Systems
Disaster Risk Reduction
Livelihood Diversification
Nature-Based Solutions
Water Resource Management
Natural Resource Management
This technical brief outlines and expands upon the key considerations above to provide guidance to those working to improve the outcomes of USAID water resource management programs.
Technical Guidance

Water Resources Management

11 Apr 2022
USAID Water and Development

This technical brief provides guidance to those working to improve the outcomes of USAID water resource management programs.

Water
Natural Resource Management
Streamflow Prediction System in Bangladesh
Tools & Guidance

Enhancing Flood Early Warning Services in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

03 Aug 2021
ICIMOD/SERVIR Hindu Kush Himalaya, Brigham Young University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal, Flood Forecast and Warning Centre, Bangladesh

Enhancing Flood Early Warning Services aims to build the resilience of communities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region by increasing flood forecast lead times.

Climate Change
Water
Climate Information Services
Migration
Natural Resource Management
Map of Southeast Asia
Tools & Guidance

Surface Water Mapping Tool

02 Aug 2021
Deltares, Technical University Delft, SERVIR-Mekong, eartH2Observe, Google, ADPC, Stockholm Environment Institute, Spatial Informatics Group, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

The Surface Water Mapping Tool documents the dynamics of seasonal flooding cycles on the Mekong River to better understand some of the impacts of dams. 

Climate Change
Water
Social Protection
Natural Resource Management
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Policy Brief

Resilience and Food Security Amidst Conflict and Violence

01 Jul 2021
USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, University of Denver and Peterson Institute for International Economics

Resilience investments are increasingly focused on conflict-affected countries. USAID has developed this brief to frame their work in this space.

Conflict and Fragility
Livelihood Diversification
Political Stability
Migration
Natural Resource Management
Access to Markets
Policy Brief

Incentives Could Create a Tipping Point in Conservation Agriculture Adoption

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Conservation agriculture is widely viewed as an important strategy for maintaining healthy soils and improving long-term agricultural productivity, but also has the potential to help in managing waterways that...

Agriculture
Natural Resource Management
Climate and Ecosystem-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Brief
Technical Guidance

Climate & Ecosystem-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Brief

21 Aug 2019
Organizational Author: Mercy Corps under the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning Award , Author: Henly-Shepard, S.

This approach to promoting climate and environmental sensitivity, risk reduction and resilience capacity-building works best when applied equally to operations, staffing and partnerships as a foundation for an...

Climate Change
Natural Resource Management