Climate Change - Chemonics International

Climate change disproportionately affects the most vulnerable populations who are the least prepared to plan for unanticipated stresses. In our approach, we are committed to improving policies and decision-making based on comprehensive climate information, while increasing the resiliency of the most vulnerable to withstand and recover from shocks. Using improved tools to capture and analyze data, we help partners adapt to the “new normal” while also supporting mitigation efforts to address the root causes of climate change.

Laying a Blueprint for Municipal Public-Private Energy Partnerships

Among the top emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, South Africa has redoubled its efforts to reduce emissions by expanding renewable energy generation. Several municipalities have set ambitious local clean energy goals that go beyond national targets. Yet, despite these ambitious aims, many municipalities in South Africa lack the technical capacity, access to finance,…

Increasing Resiliency in the Face of Disaster: Four Best Practices

As Category 4 Hurricane Florence barreled toward the Southeast of the United States last week, preliminary damage estimates indicated 758,000 homes across three states could be impacted. Reconstruction costs were estimated at $170.2 billion. Despite the dire forecast and its associated challenges, however, the United States is one of the countries most prepared to respond…

Managing for Climate Risk

This post originally appeared on Climatelinks. A changing and more variable climate —threatens to undermine development interventions or investments to improve the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable people. At the June Adaptation Community Meeting, four climate change risk specialists from leading development organizations—USAID, the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Inter-American Development Bank…

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Casimiro António

Brian App

Linda Manyuchi

Peter Nash

Christopher Perine

Jeff Ratcliffe

Mitigating Climate Change in Colombia

Natural Resource Management and Water Security in Southern Africa

Connecting Space to Village

Laying a Blueprint for Municipal Public-Private Energy Partnerships

Increasing Resiliency in the Face of Disaster: Four Best Practices

Managing for Climate Risk