USAID's Investments for Environment in Armenia - Dollars to Results

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Results of USAID's Environment spending

FY 2011 $87.8 K

Total Environment $87.8 K

FY 2014 $1.0 M

Total Environment $1.0 M

In order to increase Armenia's private sector competitiveness and economic stability, USAID/Armenia focuses on improving environmental issues and unsustainable use of natural resources.

Why Our Work Matters…

Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4°F over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5°F over the next hundred years.

Illustrative results in 2011

2 institutions with improved capacity to address climate change issues

Institutions with improved capacity will be better able to govern, coordinate, analyze, advise, or make decisions related to adaptation, clean energy, or sustainable landscapes.
1 stakeholders with increased capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change
Adaptive capacity is the ability to adjust to climate change, to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.

Illustrative results in 2014

216 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, measured in metric tons of CO2 equivalent, reduced or sequestered

Reducing GHG emissions has long-term impacts on slowing climate change. Reducing GHG emissions can also have strong ancillary benefits for pollution, security, and health.
75 stakeholders with increased capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change
Adaptive capacity is the ability to adjust to climate change, to moderate potential damages, to take advantage of opportunities, or to cope with the consequences.
63 person hours of climate change training conducted

Topics under global climate change include the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change; national greenhouse gas inventories, national programs or policies to mitigate or adapt to global climate change; promotion of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; promotion of public awareness efforts; activities to reduce the vulnerability to climate change impacts; activities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the land use sector; activities to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. Training activities support demonstration activities that strengthen in-country capacity, as well as promote strategic partnerships, education and outreach, technology cooperation and research.
18 institutions improved capacity to address climate change issues

Institutions with improved capacity will be better able to govern, coordinate, analyze, advise, or act to mitigate climate change through clean energy sources or absorption of carbon in forests adaptation, or to adapt to the risks and consequences of climate change.
The experts from Environmental Impact Monitoring Center take water sampling together with USAID's Water Resources Management Age

The experts from Environmental Impact Monitoring Center take water sampling together with USAID's Water Resources Management Agency program consultants.

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