Global Climate Change
The Biodiversity and Climate Change Integration Working Group formed in collaboration with the Global Climate Change Office and includes technical staff from pillar and regional bureaus. The group is working to explore and support the integration and co-programming of Biodiversity and Global Climate Change activities and funds within USAID.
The working group is focusing on several key topics, including:
- The role of biodiversity and ecosystems in adaptation strategies
- The role of forests and other landscapes in mitigation strategies
- The impact of climate change on biodiversity and protected areas
The group delivers coordinated technical assistance to missions (e.g., joint TDYs), develops case studies, best practices and evidence documents on integrated programming, and develops training and outreach materials on best practices and integration evidence.
Learn more:
Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Biodiversity Results and Integrated Development Gains Enhanced (BRIDGE)
Resources
Integrating Ecosystem Values into Cost-Benefit Analysis: Recommendations for USAID and Practitioners
This document provides recommendations for the incorporation of ecosystem service valuations into Agency cost-benefit analysis (CBA) across sectors, both for USAID staff that produce…
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Coastal Populations
This evidence summary highlights ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help coastal populations build resilience to climate change, including the establishment and management of…
Maintaining Water Security in Peru Through Green Infrastructure
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Peru mission’s three sub-national projects. These focused on building local community and government capacity for improved…
Case Study: Improving Ecosystem Management to Strengthen Resilience to Extreme Weather in the Philippines
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Philippines mission’s Emerging Champions for Biodiversity Conservation and Improved Ecosystems Services (ECBCIES) project, which focused on…
Case Study: Conserving Ecosystems to Support Climate Resilience in Bangladesh
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Bangladesh mission’s Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) project, which focused on conserving biodiversity and strengthening ecosystems…
Case Study: Restoring Coral Reefs in the Face of Climate Change in the Seychelles
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the USAID/Southern Africa Regional Mission’s Reef Rescuers project, which is restoring damaged coral reefs to increase their…
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Water Security
This evidence summary highlights ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help people and communities address water insecurity by increasing water quantity, enhancing water quality…
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Food Security
This evidence summary highlights specific ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can address food security by strengthening and maintaining natural systems and the goods and…
Evidence Summary: The Economics of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
This evidence summary highlights the economics of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches, which can offer cost savings compared with other approaches, as well as additional…
Incorporating Geospatial Analysis into USAID Biodiversity Program Design
Incorporating Geospatial Analysis into USAID Biodiversity Program Design is a biodiversity case example that describes the use of geospatial data and analysis for program…
Case Study: Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments in Mongolia
This ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) case study highlights the key EbA activities under the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Approach to Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments…
Evidence Summary: Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Extreme Events
This evidence summary highlights specific ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approaches that can help communities adapt to extreme weather and other climate events such as floods,…
USAID Biodiversity and Development Handbook - Chapter 4.4: Global Climate Change
Chapter 4.4 of USAID's Biodiversity and Development Handbook is focused on the integration of biodiversity conservation work with global climate change. Chapter Four contains…
Integrating Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Activity Design
This brief provides recommendations that can be implemented at various stages of the USAID program cycle to achieve appropriate and effective integration. It should…
