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White House statement highlights role of ART-TREES standard in groundbreaking deal to protect Amazon rainforest
November 19, 2024
A statement issued by the White House during President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Brazil cites new initiatives aimed at combating climate change and protecting forests, including in the Amazon, and highlights the importance of the ART-TREES standard in verifying high-integrity forest carbon credits issued recently by the Brazilian state of Pará. Winrock International plays […]
Evidence-based CSi audit: A #thaiRAIN success story
Conclusion of #thaiRAIN’s First S of the 5-S Approach #thaiRAIN has completed the first phase, Source, of its evidence-based participatory approach called “5-S,” which involves Sourcing, Supporting, Scaling, Selling, and Sharing climate-smart innovations (CSi). In its third year of operation, the project will validate the market for all audited CSi to determine the support needed […]
Reducing waste and supporting a circular economy in the Dominican Republic
November 14, 2024
To read the U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo’s announcement about the project launch, please click here. The USAID/Dominican Republic Solid Waste Reduction Program was launched at a dynamic event in Santo Domingo on Nov. 6, 2024, attended by the Dominican minister of Environment and Natural Resources and the USAID/Dominican Republic mission director. Implemented by Winrock with […]
Decentralizing power in Nepal: Distributed generation strategy reduces new risks from climate breakdown
November 5, 2024
This column by Bikash Pandey was originally published in Nepali Times. Nepal’s national electricity grid is supplied with power from a remarkably decentralised array of 162 hydropower projects and 14 solar photovoltaic schemes spread across 43 districts, supplying power over the grid to 30 million people. Another 249 hydropower projects and 14 solar projects are […]
Platform for Peace and Humanity publishes interview with Winrock project leader
November 4, 2024
The Platform for Peace and Humanity, an international civic association specializing in humanitarian and international law, features an interview with Gulnaz Kelekeyeva, Winrock’s project leader for the Kazakhstan Actions Against Trafficking in Children project, in a recent issue of the Platform’s Peace & Security Monitor Central Asia. The report’s lead piece, authored by Lova Jansson, […]
Partnering with the private sector to transform water management in Liberia
October 30, 2024
“The installation of pumps in our homes and the construction of the kiosk in Telboima Community by Peace & Development Outreach Volunteers (PDOV) with technical support from the government of Liberia through the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) will go a long way in improving the social and economic well-being of the residents of […]
Pairing CSi and Krayasart: a #thaiRAIN success story
October 29, 2024
Innovation forum paired with Thai tradition In Thailand and neighboring countries, the Festival of the 10th Lunar Month holds a special place in local traditions. It is a time when people pay homage to their ancestors with the season’s first harvest, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Among the foods prepared during this […]
New York Times story on cyber-scams and forced criminality in Asia cites research by USAID Thailand CTIP
October 28, 2024
An in-depth story in The New York Times about cyber-scamming and forced criminality in South Asia cites a report conducted by the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons project and a social enterprise partner, Humanity Research Consultancy. The feature story in the Times, by reporter Tara Siegel Bernard, is headlined: “Swindled Savings: Lured by a […]
Meet the Wallace Center’s Arkansas Food Systems Fellows
October 23, 2024
The Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network is thrilled to announce the 2024 Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship cohort. The Arkansas Food Systems Fellowship supports a diverse cohort of 24 Arkansan leaders with training and technical assistance to understand the context and systems they are working in, and to provide the resources needed to shift those […]
Environmental Finance features ACR’s Mary Grady
October 21, 2024
This column was originally published on Environmental-Finance.com on Sept. 6, 2024. “Carbon removals vs. reductions misses the moment,” an essay by ACR Executive Director Mary Grady, was published in Environmental Finance, an online news and analysis service that reports on sustainable investment, green finance and environmental markets. “When you’re in a hole, the first rule is […]