What on Earth Is Climate Finance?

What exactly is climate finance? Why is it so critical to helping communities across the global mitigate and adapt to climate change, particularly those most vulnerable to its impacts? And how can the development community help?
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Cracking the Nut 2023: The Role of Green Finance in International Development

Chemonics International and USAID’s Climate Finance for Development Accelerator convened a panel of private sector leaders to discuss corporate investments to promote greener, more sustainable, and more climate resilient supply chains.
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Centering Youth in the Green Workforce: Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship presents a viable option for providing decent employment to the world’s growing youth workforce, with green entrepreneurship growing faster than other sectors. 
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Cracking the Nut 2023: The Art of the Pivot

Project leaders from Ukraine, Lebanon, and the Horn of Africa share recommendations for engaging firms and communities amidst of war, economic collapse, and extreme drought, to create opportunities for transformation.
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Supporting Global Food Security and Farmer Survival with Data

The USAID Ukraine Agriculture Growing Rural Opportunities Activity (AGRO) was able to urgently reconfigure programming using beneficiary feedback and operational data to react to the most critical needs by introducing emergency respons
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Stabilizing Iraq, One Job at a Time

Salar was forced to leave his hometown of Bashiqa during the conflict with ISIS, where he spent his time working as a blacksmith. He was supported by USAID's Durable Communities and Economic Opportunities, or Tahfeez, program.
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Centering Youth in Green Workforce Development: Agriculture

Youth employment and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector can provide direct career opportunities, promote positive economic outcomes along the agricultural value chain, and drive the adoption of climate-smart technologies.
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Living the Principles for Digital Development: Be Collaborative

We take a look at what it means to “Be Collaborative” in our approach to strengthening digital ecosystems.
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Living the Principles for Digital Development: Understand the Existing Ecosystem

In Pakistan, the USAID Small and Medium Enterprises activity (SMEA) helps small businesses overcome structural inequalities in the digital ecosystem.
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Living the Principles for Digital Development: Design with the User

In Georgia, the USAID Zrda Activity works to support micro-small, and medium-sized enterprises to boost economic growth. Zrda partnered with Georgian Farmers Association and the Adjara Group to create Agronavti, a matchmaking app.
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USAID Rural Finance Initiative – Davivienda Agricultural Credit

USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative's work with rural Colombian client Davivienda, offering agricultural credit.
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USAID Rural Finance Initiative – Microempreses de Colombia Digital Credit

USAID Colombia Rural Finance Initiative's work with rural Colombian clients through the Microempresas de Colombia digital credit.
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