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Last updated: November 07, 2022
Today, the White House released its Action Plan to guide the implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE).
At the 12th Pacific Island Conference of Leaders in Honolulu, Hawaii from September 12-14, 2022, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) announced a new five-year, up to $18.5 million activity to combat climate change by conserving forests in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Today in Islamabad, Administrator Samantha Power announced that the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $20 million in humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by severe flooding in Pakistan resulting from heavy monsoon rains, as well as landslides and glacial lake outbursts, that have been ongoing since June.
Today, the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Government of India and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced the launch of a new program, “Trees Outside Forests in India.” The program will expand tree coverage outside of forest lands to enhance carbon sequestration, support local communities, and strengthen the climate resilience of agriculture, thereby supporting global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $30 million in humanitarian assistance to support the people affected by severe flooding in Pakistan resulting from heavy monsoon rains, as well as landslides and glacial lake outbursts, since mid-June.
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