The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $4.2 million to help communities strengthen forest resource management, and to address major drivers of deforestation, including charcoal production and utilization. These efforts will help Zambia reduce deforestation, while ensuring that Zambian households that depend on forests for their livelihoods continue to benefit from these natural resources in a way that promotes sustainable economic growth. These efforts also support the Government of Zambia in refining and implementing a low emission development strategy.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $2.1 million in the Resilience in the Limpopo River Basin (RESILIM) initiative. Climate change will have profound impacts on the availability of water for the 14 million people living in the Limpopo River Basin, which covers parts of Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. This initiative will support the adoption of science-based adaptation strategies to reduce climate vulnerability and improve management of water resources across the basin. USAID will improve policies; build stakeholders' skills; and test...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $48 million to support the Power Transmission Expansion and Connectivity (PTEC) program. This activity is intended to increase the capacity of Afghanistan's electrical grid and connect it to the country's South East Power System. PTEC will expand access to cleaner, more affordable, and more local power, which will reduce Afghanistan's heavy dependence on expensive, diesel-generated power. These efforts will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $400,000 to help Albania further integrate into the European Union regional electricity market, and improve the efficiency and security of its energy supply, which comes primarily from renewable energy sources. This will enable Albania to export more renewable hydropower and wind energy to other countries, thus increasing regional access to clean energy. The program also is helping the government of Albania to develop and implement secondary energy legislation and tariff reforms and to strengthen the institutional capacity of...

Algeria is partnering with the African Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, and the World Bank to implement a Clean Technology Fund (CTF) investment plan that uses $160 million of concessional CTF financing to mobilize $892 million in total investments in utility-scale concentrated solar power (CSP). This program is part of a broader CTF initiative to install a gigawatt of CSP across North Africa and the Middle East. The United States contributed $230 million to the CTF in 2012.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $1.5 million for the Climate Data and Capacity Enhancement program to work with the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology to address the need for adequate and accurate climate data and human resource expertise in climate analysis and technological capacity. Activities supported by this funding may include improving monitoring and forecasting of drought conditions, rainfall, temperature, and wind, as well as developing and providing regular climate change information updates to stakeholders in the region. Additional...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing $10.4 million that will leverage an additional $44.5 million in co-financing for the Introduction of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Measures in Design, Construction and Operation of Social Housing and Community Equipment project. The project, implemented by the Inter-American Development Bank, will establish a regulatory framework and technological guidelines for the design, construction, and operation of social housing in order to reduce energy demand and related greenhouse gas emissions from their construction. The United States...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $1 million in activities to support the integration of Armenia's power system with its northern neighbors, in particular to synchronize and integrate its transmission network with Georgia, thus improving regional energy security and enhancing trade through exchange of electricity. The project will promote sub-regional hydro-power models, assist with regulatory changes that will support transparent cross border trade of clean energy, and promote greater investment in renewable energy development. The activity also will...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing nearly $800,000 for the Black Sea Regulatory Initiative, connecting regulators from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with U.S. regulators from the Organization of Midwest States and with each other to strengthen regional regulatory capacity and cross-border cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency. The Initiative will work with regulators throughout the Black Sea region to develop renewable energy guidelines, help define the role of regulators in promoting energy efficiency and price reforms, and...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $8 million in the Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) program, which will provide technical advisory and assistance services to government ministries and technical agencies and to community-based organizations co-managed by aid donors and recipients. CREL will promote alternative, climate-resilient livelihood activities; biodiversity conservation through co-management of natural resources; polices that institutionalize community-based natural resource management; and climate change strategy implementation,...