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 investing $1.5 million in the South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration Program (SARI/EI) to promote energy security through cross-border energy trade and regional electricity markets development. The SARI/E Program will bring together key regional stakeholders to discuss cross-border energy trade, including harmonization of policy/legal/regulatory matters, transmission infrastructure planning, and energy exchange/ markets issues. Through policy dialogue, institutional strengthening and energy trade programs, SARI/EI will...

As part of the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon (ICAA) program, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing approximately $5 million to address climate change in areas in Bolivia and Colombia where there is significant potential to slow, halt, and reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Projects supported by this funding may include support for social and environmental aspects of national REDD+ strategies such as improving the transparency of land titling and tenure in forest zones, creating sustainable forest production...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $600,000 through its Regulatory and Energy Assistance Project (REAP) to support energy reforms and clean energy development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. REAP will focus on harmonizing Bosnia and Herzegovina's energy legislation and regulations with those of the European Union (EU), including those pertaining to renewable energy and energy efficiency. This will help Bosnia and Herzegovina further integrate into the EU internal energy market and make the electric and gas sector more attractive for private investors leading to the...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $2.8 million to improve Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) readiness in Brazil by increasing the adoption of land management best practices on private lands, by building the capacity of state and municipal governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land use and land use change, and by improving monitoring, reporting, and verification capacity for REDD+ to estimate forest carbon.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $7.3 million in the Indonesia Forestry and Climate Support program, which works with the Indonesian government, the private sector, and communities to improve forest governance and planning at the district level; promote sustainable forest management in target landscapes; and increase sustainable development of local economies by engaging private sector partners who can provide financing and technical expertise. The program supports key Indonesian climate change initiatives, including the objectives of the Norway-Indonesia...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $3.3 million into the Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-PLUS) program. This technical assistance program aims to reduce emissions and enhance carbon sequestration by taking Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) activities to scale. Forest-PLUS will support the Ministry of Environment and Forests with climate change mitigation interventions that emphasize science and technology. The program focuses on scientific collaboration in forest carbon inventory and monitoring, field testing of new...

As part of a larger economic growth and environment program, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $3.8 million to work with the government, local businesses, and key conservation institutions in Honduras to improve management practices in protected forest areas and to strengthen national policies related to adaptation to climate change. Honduras' National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy identifies climate change as a specific threat to biologically-sensitive ecosystems such as protected areas. Project activities will help the government and its...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $2 million in sustainable agricultural development practices to decrease the risk of flooding in Haiti's Port-au-Prince, St. Marc, and Northern development corridors and to bolster the climate resilience of these communities. USAID will rehabilitate drainage and irrigation canals and rehabilitate rivers to slow water runoff and promote greater infiltration and better water availability for crop production. USAID will also help farmers transition from planting corn and beans to perennial tree crops such as mango, cacao, and...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $3.2 million in the Climate, Nature and Communities program to build resilience to climate change impacts and promote low emission development to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change. The program will help conserve biodiversity, improve natural resource management, and reduce risks from climate related natural disasters. The program will also help communities address acute natural resource protection issues such as illegal logging, wildfires, and the impact of narco-trafficking in biologically important areas...