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Combating Air Pollution for Clean Air and Blue Skies

Air pollution is a grave threat to global health and well-being of everyone. More than six million people die each year from causes related to air pollution—a number that is more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. A number that is also more than the current number of deaths from… Read More

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

Foreign Service Limited Position Opportunity: Green Cities Environment Officer – FL-0028-02

Agency:  U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentOrganization:  Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI), Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (EEI), Green Cities Division Location of Position:  Washington, DCOpen Period:  07/28/2021 – 08/17/2021Appointment Type:  This is an excepted service, time-limited appointment that is not-to-exceed five yearsSalary:  (USD) $116,786 – $171,504 (annually)  Number of Vacancies:  One  Description of Organization:  DDI integrates technical… Read More

From City to Sea: Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution

Ocean plastic pollution has reached a crisis level, threatening the world’s delicate marine ecosystems, major industries such as fishing and tourism, food security, and ultimately human health. Read More

Air Quality

Air pollution is a global health and environmental crisis, causing more deaths a year globally than HIV/AIDs and malaria, combined. Meanwhile, reducing certain types of air pollution can be one of the strongest levers available for slowing near-term global warming. Air pollution impedes progress on 15 of the 17… Read More

Announcing the Climatelinks 2021 Photo Contest

The Climatelinks 2021 Photo Contest theme is Climate Change and People: The Challenges and Opportunities. We’re looking for submissions that capture the human dimension of climate change, particularly social and economic responses to global change. Examples of relevant photos include depictions of the links between climate change and:… Read More

Event: Rising to the Global Challenge of Ocean Plastic Pollution

In honor of World Oceans Day, please join us for a virtual program bringing together policy makers, leading experts, and local problem solvers to discuss ways to ensure that the growing international efforts to combat the ocean plastic pollution crisis are effective and beneficial. Read More

Improving Subnational Domestic Resource Mobilization

A Review of Issues and Opportunities for Strategic Donor Support Read More

USAID Launches the Clean Air Catalyst Program to Combat Air Pollution

On Thursday March 18, 2021, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Clean Air Catalyst, a new flagship program to combat air pollution, alongside a global consortium of organizations led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and… Read More

Introducing the Newest Member of the Links Family: BiodiversityLinks

BiodiversityLinks, USAID’s newly refreshed and relaunched knowledge portal for biodiversity conservation, features key USAID tools and resources, as well as new evidence and learning. Many long-time users likely remember BiodiversityLinks’ predecessors, the Natural Resources Management and Development (RM) Portal and… Read More