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Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: What They Are and Why They Are a Big Deal

This blog was originally published on Climatelinks. Air pollution is the world’s largest environmental health risk, contributing to an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths each year globally. It is also a critical development challenge because low and middle income countries (LMICs) experience the greatest health burdens from poor… Read More

Women in the Waste Sector: Unlocking Global Climate Gains through Local Action

Originally posted on Climatelinks. Around the world, the visible impacts of plastic pollution are steadily growing, seen in mounting landfills, oceans filled with plastic, and once pristine coastlines that are now clogged with waste. How we produce and consume goods, and dispose of the resulting waste also accounts for… Read More

From the Field: Empowering Youth as Agents of Change to Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution

The world produces twice as much plastic waste as two decades ago, and only 9 percent of that waste is recycled.1 The resulting pollution is having far-reaching human health and environmental impacts that are just starting to be understood. Today’s youth—defined by the United Nations as anyone between the ages… Read More

Making Cities Work IDIQ

The purpose of Making Cities Work is to provide access to short- and long-term technical services, training, and capacity-building in areas related to improving urban and local governance.   Status: Active Region: Global Key Documents: Making Cities Work IDIQ Fact Sheet (Final) Issues: Economic Growth Gender and Women’s Empowerment Decentralization… Read More

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Financing Sustainable Urban Development: USAID’s Role in Bridging the Gap

To meet our goals, much of the needed investments in electricity, schools, transportation, telecommunications, housing, water, and sanitation infrastructure will have to take place in cities. Most countries are not investing enough to meet these needs. Read More

Strengthening Routing and Collection for Improved Waste Management

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Announcing the new Climatelinks design and features!

Climatelinks has a new design and updated content – just in time for the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. The site has been revamped to better meet the needs of the USAID, its climate and development partners, and the climate community around the world.  Originally launched in… Read More

USAID Urban Champion: Colin Quinn

Colin Quinn is an ecologist who works for the USAID’s Bureau for Africa. He is on the climate change team where he focuses primarily on urban issues, as well as health issues. He brings experience from his time working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where he helped link… Read More