The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $5.3 million in the Coastal Community Adaptation Program (C-CAP) to help reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities in the Pacific Islands region to the impacts of climate change. C-CAP will strengthen community climate resilience through a range of activities, including: building local capacity for disaster risk reduction and preparedness, and integrating climate resilient policies and practices into long-term land use plans and building standards. The program is expected to benefit approximately 90 communities in the...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $4.9 million in the Vietnam Forests and Delta Program to help the Government of Vietnam (GVN) build capacity for climate change adaptation and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Sustainable land use activities under the program may include analyzing the drivers of deforestation, monitoring forest carbon stocks, safeguarding biodiversity, and engaging with stakeholders. Adaptation activities will focus on building capacity to mainstream climate information into decision-making. For instance,...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $1 million in the Europe & Eurasia Low Emission Strategies and Clean Energy Development Program to encourage clean energy investment, improve energy security, and promote regional energy market development, focusing on Albania, Macedonia, Moldova and Serbia. In these countries, this work will support the implementation of the Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development Strategies (EC-LEDS) program, a whole-of-government program that supports partner countries' efforts to pursue low-emission, climate-resilient economic...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $2 million to improve the resilience of Jamaica's agriculture sector to climate change. The program will train farmers on climate-adaptive measures such as relocating crops to less vulnerable areas, altering planting dates, selecting more resilient crop varieties, and improving water collection, storage, and distribution.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $4 million to promote clean and efficient energy use, help reduce energy consumption, and enhance conditions for increased public and private investment in Central America's renewable energy plan. Activities supported by this funding will strengthen the capacity of national and regional government institutions to support clean energy programs and projects and to harmonize regional regulatory and trade policy, including the development of the regional electricity market. The program will also finance activities to facilitate...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $5.2 million to build public and private institutional capacity to improve forest and environmental governance, support efforts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), identify and plan for climate change vulnerabilities, and strengthen climate change risk assessment in Peru. In addition, activities will support the preservation of Peru's highly biodiverse and threatened Amazon region, providing climate change benefits by protecting forests that serve as sinks for greenhouse gases. As the...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $1.5 million to support the island countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in their efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change. The program will raise public awareness of climate change and will improve the policy, legislative, and institutional environment for reducing vulnerability to its impacts. The project will emphasize coastal and water resources management to increase the resilience of the tourism and agriculture sectors, which have...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $1.5 million to support the island countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in their efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change. The program will raise public awareness of climate change and will improve the policy, legislative, and institutional environment for reducing vulnerability to its impacts. The project will emphasize coastal and water resources management to increase the resilience of the tourism and agriculture sectors, which have...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $1.5 million to support the island countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines in their efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change. The program will raise public awareness of climate change and will improve the policy, legislative, and institutional environment for reducing vulnerability to its impacts. The project will emphasize coastal and water resources management to increase the resilience of the tourism and agriculture sectors, which have...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing $3.4 million that will leverage an additional $19.8 million in co-financing for the Addressing Barriers to the Adoption of Improved Charcoal Production Technologies project. The project, implemented by the United Nations Development Program, seeks to reduce the use of charcoal and improve forest management.