Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Southeast and South Asia accounted for more than 29 percent of total emissions in Asia and more than 15 percent of worldwide emissions in 2013 (World Resources Institute, 2013). 1 Governments in the region are working to achieve national climate change mitigation targets, reduce air pollution, and meet increasing demands for energy. Leading multinational and Asian corporations have embraced the business case for clean energy (CE). RE100 is a global initiative of the Climate Group and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) that was established in 2014.

USAID/Bangladesh asked the Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment, and Resilience (CEADIR) Activity to conduct a situation analysis on climate finance in Bangladesh. The purpose was to assess the policy environment, institutional arrangements and the government’s capacity to access and implement climate change projects; and explore modalities for achieving a functional institutional arrangement for managing climate finance in Bangladesh.

USAID asked CEADIR to analyze recent experiences with renewable energy (RE) reverse auctions in El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru. This report focuses on the policy and regulatory environment, characteristics and results of the auctions, and financing of winning bids. USAID also requested shorter summaries of experiences in Brazil, India, and South Africa. This report is based on interviews with investors and representatives of financial institutions and governmental entities in El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru and secondary information sources.

At the regional workshop on “Convening Private Sector Investment in Climate-Smart Commodity Production in Southeast Asia,” held on March 29, 2017, 89 private sector leaders and government officials discussed regional needs, opportunities, challenges, and priority actions to accelerate investment in climate-smart, low-emission agriculture and forestry production. Private and public sector participants agreed that an important priority is to increase communication and collaboration.

Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot with over 175,000 endemic species (Thompson 2011). Madagascar also has a high level of poverty and underdevelopment, ranking 158 of 188 countries on the 2016 Human Development Index. Over 75 percent of the population lives below the World Bank’s poverty line (World Bank 2018). More than 80 percent of Madagascar’s population depends on natural resources for agriculture, fishing, and forestry livelihoods (Hay Tao Statement of Objectives). However, the natural resource base has declined sharply due to unsustainable use.

Opportunities for Scaling Up Financing for Clean Energy, Sustainable Landscapes, and Adaptation 

A 20-year retrospective evaluation of the theory of change behind this widely used approach to biodiversity conservation

This policy is a first step within a larger cultural and operational transformation to expand our engagement with the private sector to achieve outcomes of shared interest Agency-wide. The purpose of the policy is to accomplish the following: • Set forth the vision and operating principles that will guide and advance USAID’s engagement with the private sector, with an emphasis on promoting U.S.