The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $1.5 million in two activities in the Black Sea region to improve regional work on electricity transmission, renewable energy, and energy efficiency. One of these, the Black Sea Regulatory Initiative, is connecting regulators from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with U.S. regulators from the Organization of Midwest States. This initiative is working with regional regulators to develop renewable energy guidelines, promote harmonized regulatory practices, and define their role in promoting price reforms and...

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 providing $6.7 million in support of Mexico's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). These funds will support the government of Mexico in developing and implementing a national REDD+ strategy and establishing robust methods for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The program will partner with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to provide technical assistance to the government of Mexico and improve models, methods, and tools for MRV....

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 $2 million in the Program to Enhance Climate Resiliency and Water Security. USAID will partner with the Maldives Ministry of Housing and Environment, provincial utility service providers, and Island Councils and residents on two northern islands to assess long-term climate vulnerability and develop cost-effective adaptation strategies. The program will support innovative solutions to the growing problem of water scarcity, which is made worse by climate change and sea level rise. The program will assist the Government's goal of...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $800,000 in the Competitiveness through Industrial Energy Management Project, which will introduce energy management and energy efficiency to industries in Macedonia, helping reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while lowering utility costs and improving competitiveness and job growth. The project will provide basic energy management systems and training in energy management practices, and also help facilitate energy audits with the goal of building the capacity for the establishment of viable energy service...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $5.9 million in the Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) program, which takes a regional approach to improve REDD+ policy, planning, and institutional frameworks in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. The program is demonstrating how to simultaneously lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve land management, and enhance people's livelihoods, while contributing to building Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) architecture through linking sub-national actions...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is providing $1.5 million that will leverage an additional $9.7 million in co-financing for the Small Decentralized Renewable Energy Power Generation project. The project, implemented by the UN Development Program, will focus on the removal of barriers to the widespread application of decentralized renewable energy in Lebanon.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is investing $5.9 million in the Lowering Emissions in Asia's Forests (LEAF) program, which takes a regional approach to improve REDD+ policy, planning, and institutional frameworks in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. The program is demonstrating how to simultaneously lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve land management, and enhance people's livelihoods, while contributing to building REDD+ architecture through linking sub-national actions to national monitoring systems. The U.S. Forest Service is...

The U.S. Agency for International Development is providing $700,000 to promote climate change mitigation in the Kyrgyz Republic through the Regional Energy Security, Efficiency, and Trade program (RESET). RESET is working with the Kyrgyz Republic's domestic energy industry to improve financial and physical performance, which will promote cleaner and more efficient energy and contribute to long-term greenhouse gas reductions. RESET also collaborates with the energy ministry and regulatory authority to support power sector reforms and has mobilized advisors to the national power generation...