USAID launches new strategy to halt climate crisis

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the 2022–2030 Climate Strategy in order “to tackle the existential threat of climate change over this decade in a way that is truly transformational” according to the agency’s administrator, Samantha Power. This new Climate Strategy sets six ambitious targets that combine USAID’s increased efforts to halt the climate crisis.
USAID has committed to mobilize US$150 billion in public and private finance for climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions in at least 80 countries by 2024. It will also support at least 40 partner countries to attain “systemic changes that increase meaningful participation and active leadership in climate action of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, youth, and other marginalized and/or underrepresented groups”.