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Climate Change/Science & Technology

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Insights from Administrator Rajiv Shah

Climate Change

Severe marine algae and seaweed have been inundating the areas near the western border of Ghana for over a decade, restricting t

A Leader in Green Development

USAID is working to help countries accelerate their transition to climate-resilient, low-emissions development, helping advance the global green economy.

A mother carries her child in one hand and a packet of collected food in the other down a flooded road on the outskirts of Dhaka

Leading the Charge for Low-Emission Sustainable Development

Farmers in Aklan province will be able to generate additional income by selling their rice husks to Asea One.

Financing Asia's New Clean Energy Markets

Cover image of the USAID Climate Change and Development Strategy

Crafting a Strategy for a Changing Climate

A Kenyan school boy wearing worn out shoes carries a plastic bottle filled with river water as he heads back to school.

The Specter of "Climate Wars"

Forests of Polylepis spp trees in a proposed private conservation area at the foot of glaciers in the Ancash region

Your Voice: Peru's Melting Glaciers Teach Community "to Be Strong in the Face of the Changes"

Students plant trees in Central Kenya.

In the Face of Change, Kenyan Farmers Learn to Adapt

Exclusive Interview with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)

Q&A with Padu S. Padmanaban, USAID Senior Energy Adviser

Halima Khatun and her group in Medha Kachhapia make bamboo baskets.

Harmony Within Bangladesh's Endangered Forests

Science and Technology/Thinking Spatially

Science and Technology: the Great Development Equalizer

More than ever, today’s quickly evolving science and technology developments hold the promise to make this a better world for all by cracking this century’s toughest challenges.

A baby is treated by D-Rev's Brilliance device in a neonatal care intensive unit in Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

What Counts as Innovation?

Dr. Gaudensia Mutua

Collateral Benefits: How the Pursuit of an AIDS Vaccine Has Boosted African Research

Dr. Shakimurat Ismoilov inspects a patient’s X-ray.

99-Minute Diagnosis: Will New Technology Turn Tide on TB War?

Building True Capacity on a Shifting Delta

LAUNCHpad for Innovation

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

USAID's Grand Challenges for Development

USAID has enabled a network of national and regional laboratories to detect and monitor strains of H5N1 and other viruses.

USAID-Sponsored Science Battles Avian Influenza

A Message from the White House Science Adviser

A young girl tests out a new seesaw on a playground built by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation at the Mkhulamini Cl

Connecting the Future with the Present: Foresight Research

For the Advancement of Science: USAID's AAAS Fellows

Ed Carr: Geographer on the Vanguard

Kakuma Refugee Camp: Draft

What It Means to Think Spatially

The Great Data Warehouse

Thinking Spatially with an Eye in the Sky

Mapping Out Disaster, Relief, and Recovery

For the Advancement of Science: USAID's AAAS Fellows

Extras - June/July 2011

Wanted: Photos that Tell USAID's 50-Year Story

Though it was nearly 50 years ago when President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order to create the U.S.

Campbell Public Works Director Robert Kass, left, and former Rioverde Mayor Sergio Gama Dufour in Rioverde.

Years after US Cities Help Developing World Counterparts, Partnerships Continue to Bear Fruit

Giraffes inside the Saadani National Park, Tanzania

Family Planning + Fuel-Efficient Cook Stoves = Better Health for Tanzania