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Communications Advisor Erin Martin
Erin Martin is a communications advisor on the Adaptation, Thought Leadership, and Assessments (ATLAS) project.
by Erin Martin
New Report Synthesizes Evidence on Climate Risks to Health in Africa
This blog post originally appeared on Climatelinks. Thanks to aggressive interventions in recent decades, remarkable progress has been made across sub-Saharan Africa in reducing child mortality, malaria deaths, and stunting rates, and improving overall health. But these gains may be lost as climate and weather variability put more people at risk of infection and death…
Local Government: A Channel for Action on Climate Adaptation
This blog post originally appeared on Climatelinks. New research in Mali highlights a promising opportunity for action on climate change adaptation: local government development planning. Tim Finan and Mamadou Baro of the University of Arizona presented results of a study supported by USAID’s Adaptation, Thought Leadership, and Assessments (ATLAS) project on January 12 at USAID’s…