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Climatelinks 2024 Year in Review: Resources You May Have Missed
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Climatelinks’ resource library curates and archives technical guidance and knowledge related to USAID’s work at the intersection of climate and development. Climatelinks published more than 100 resources this year. Here are a few resources you may have missed in 2024:
Hydrogen Considerations Tree Executive Deck
There is a growing need from Missions and country partners to respond to requests related to hydrogen in the energy sector, including questions about its costs, benefits, and tradeoffs. This “considerations tree” can help stakeholders think through the technical, regulatory, economic, environmental, social, and analytical questions that arise when considering support for hydrogen and its derivatives.
Climate Information Services in Ethiopia – A Key Resilience Capacity for Households and Businesses
Timely access to climate information services can play a key role in enabling producers to manage their livelihoods in the face of uncertainty and mitigate the impact of shocks, but these systems are largely absent in the lowlands of Ethiopia. This learning brief describes how locally driven services for climate and early warning information are being implemented in the region, the impact this is having in terms of household-level decision making, and the challenges of achieving long-term sustainability of these systems.
Floods, Droughts, and Water Security: How is Water Data Critical to Climate Resilience?
Extreme weather events like floods can wash away homes and critical infrastructure and increase the spread of waterborne diseases. On the other hand, droughts can disrupt food systems and food security by resulting in crop failures and livestock die offs. This webinar explored how USAID and NASA are working with partners to use weather and water data for improved climate resilience.
Climate-Resilient Biodiversity Programming Stocktaking
Measuring Impact II helped USAID review 111 activities over the last 10 years to understand how the Agency’s biodiversity programming is already addressing climate impacts, and to identify practices that can be improved for greater impact. This slide deck presents the results of this stocktaking activity.
Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services in Support of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: An Evidence Review
Agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS) provided by public, private, and civil society organizations play a crucial role in promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation at scale. This evidence review analyzed over 500 journal articles and other documents and recommended measures to enhance the contribution of EAS to the climate field.
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Climatelinks’ resource library curates and archives technical guidance and knowledge related to USAID’s work at the intersection of climate and development. Climatelinks published more than 100 resources in 2024. Here are a few you may have missed.
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GS1 Australia has entered into a partnership with the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence (the Centre) with the intention of speeding a transition to a circular economy.
The two not-for-profit organisations will pool their resources to foster innovation, enhance product stewardship and drive the development of sustainable practices across industries in Australia.
Peter Carter, General Manager of Public Policy & Government Engagement at GS1 Australia, said the two organisations wanted to provide practical tools and standards that improve and support accurate communication about products, services, places and people, across the entire product supply chain and life cycle.
“With over 85 active national collective stewardship schemes and individual business initiatives across 27 product classes, there is an enormous opportunity for Australian industry to leverage current supply chain data collection and communication processes,” Carter said. This includes reducing the use of harmful plastics, improving product and materials recovery, and streamlining business and regulatory processes.
“GS1 Australia’s product and location registries, along with global open standards, play an important role in managing information about products and their supply chains. Accessing and sharing this information with product stewardship initiatives is critical given Australia’s appetite for imported manufactured goods and our reliance on export trade,” Carter explained.
Rose Read, Director of the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence, said the Centre welcomed the opportunity to partner with GS1 Australia in creating awareness and greater consistency in capturing and sharing product and supply chain data to accelerate the establishment, implementation and effectiveness of product stewardship schemes in Australia.
Dharshi Hasthanayake, Manager of Sustainability and Circularity at GS1 Australia, added, “We are looking forward to working with the Centre on initiatives that promote best-practice data collection and sharing, to support long-term circularity throughout the entire product life cycle.
“The partnership supports a shared commitment to environmental responsibility and the leadership role that business and government can play. We have mutual goals to create lasting positive change for our industry, our communities and the planet.”
Image credit: Australian Bedding Stewardship Council.
